BREAKING: Kabiru Yusuf, Daily Trust Chairman Emerges New NPAN President
Kabiru Yusuf, Daily Trust Chairman has been elected the new President of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN). He takes over from Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, publisher of Thisday Newspaper. Also victorious at the just concluded election...
BREAKING: 90-year-old Woman Becomes First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In UK
A grandmother has become the first person in the world to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as the NHS embarks on a mass vaccination programme. Margaret Keenan, 90, received the jab at 6.31am in Coventry on Tuesday,...
FG To Reduce Petrol Price By N5 From Monday
The Federal Government has agreed to slash the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, by N5 from Monday next week. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while...
BREAKING: Police Extradite Maina From Niger Republic
The Nigeria Police Force has extradited the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niamey, Niger Republic.
He was arrested in the Nigerien capital on Monday, by the operatives of...
BREAKING: Buhari Sends Finance Bill 2021 To Reps
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted Finance Bill 2021 to the House of Representatives for consideration and passage.
The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read Buhari’s letter at the opening of Tuesday’s plenary.
The bill proposes amendments to existing...
BREAKING: Parts Of The Country Plunged Into Blackout As Power Grid Collapses
The current power outage being experienced in parts of the country is as a result of the collapsed national grid. Two of the power distribution companies in the country, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Lagos, and...
BREAKING: Explosions Rock Gov Wike’s Father’s Church
Explosion has rocked a church belonging to father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The Nation reported that hoodlums numbering about five sneaked into the Christian Universal Church International on...
BREAKING: Legendary Footballer, Diego Maradona Dies Aged 60
Football legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. He...
BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Wife, Son Of Atiku’s Security Detail
Suspected gunmen have abducted the wife and son of a security detail of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The kidnappers were believed to have gone for the said aide to Atiku, whose name is not...
BREAKING: NUC Transfers Ownership Of LAUTECH To Oyo State
The National Universities Commission has transferred ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso to the Oyo State Government while the Osun state Government is to take over the College of Health...
BREAKING: Imo Assembly Speaker Impeached
Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mr. Chiji Collins, has been impeached. He was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday during plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in...
BREAKING: NNPC Raises Petrol Depot Price, Marketers To Sell At N168-N170/Litre
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre. The...
Court Orders Toke Makinwa To pay Ex-lover N1m For Defamation
A Lagos High Court has ordered On Air Personality (OAP) Toke Makinwa to pay ex-lover and fitness entrepreneur Maje Ayida N1 million for defamation. The court in its judgment on Thursday, held that after careful...
