Nigeria

As the six-month partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge starts Friday evening, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to residents of the state to exercise patience and bear the discomfort that will be experienced. The governor said the closure of the 11.8km bridge – the busiest in […]

All is set for the inaugural meeting of the group, Igbo Presidency Solidarity Congress, IPSC. In a statement signed Dr. Patrick Enuneke , the Southeast Chairman of the group made available to the press, said the aim and objective of the group is to galvanise , sensitise and advocate for […]

Update on COVID-19 shows that on the 23rd of July 2020, 604 new confirmed cases and 20 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its report said till date, 38,948 cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed, in the country. Of this number, 16,061 cases have been […]

The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB), yesterday, approved the appointment of five Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) of Customs and the promotion of 2,634 Officers. In a statement after its 52nd Regular meeting in Abuja, the Board also approved the dismissal of one ACG and the compulsory retirement of another ACG. […]

Suspected Insurgents have released a video where five aid workers were executed. The group is believed to have demanded five hundred thousand dollars as ransom The aid workers had been in their custody for about a month. Reports said the terrorists executed the abducted aid workers living in their custody […]

The figures show that till date, 38,344 cases have been confirmed, 15,815 cases have been discharged, while 813 deaths have also been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the 543 new cases were reported from 15 states. The […]

Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced a 35-year-old man, Adekunle Olalere, to life imprisonment for defiling a two-year-old girl. The Assistant Chief State Counsel, Mrs Oluyemisi Aruleba, told the court during the trial that Olalere committed the offence on March 22, 2017, at No. 18 […]

Statistics have shown that there have been over 15 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide with over 600,000 deaths, and over 9 million treated cases. In Nigeria, as at yesterday there have been almost 40 thousand confirmed cases of coronavirus, over 15 thousand treated and almost 900 deaths. The Acting […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions to begin the conduct of the first and second choice admissions from August 21. The board gave the directive in the 2020 admission guidelines released in Abuja by the board Spokesperson, Dr Benjamin Fabian.Dr Fabian, in the guidelines, […]

COVID-19 Update in Nigeria on the 20th of July 2020, shows that 562 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, therefore, observed that the spread of novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the country has continued to record significant […]