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As part of plans to effectively lock down the Lagos metropolis, the police have blocked the inbound and outbound sections of the Lagos-Ibadan express way. This move follows the recent order by President Muhammadu Buhari, in line with local and ...

Some youths in Udu area of Udu local government area yesterday reportedly stormed some markets in the area forcing garri sellers to revert to the old price of N800 naira for the small paint can. The youths according to eye ...

Popular philanthropist and businessman, Sir Kesington Adebutu, has donated the sum of N300 million to the Lagos State government towards combating the coronavirus in the state. The state currently has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country with ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called on Governor Seyi Makinde to declare a total lockdown of the state for about 14 days to prevent a rapid spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement by its ...

The police in Kaduna have arrested 165 persons for not adhering to the sit at home order of the state government. The government had imposed curfew on the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID 19. ...

Japan has been accused of covering up coronavirus cases to protect the Olympics, after a spike in Tokyo’s infection count following the postponement of the Games. The Japanese government insisted for weeks that Tokyo 2020 would go ahead as planned, ...

Mayegun of Yorubaland and fuji lord, K1 is giving out free food stuffs, water and sanitizers to Nigerians in Lagos and Ijebu Ode to help them isolate better. The musician has made Anjola bakery deports both in Lagos and Ijebu ...

The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited, Modupe and Folorunsho Alakija have donated N1billion to support the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. According to them, the donation symbolises their resilience, character and strength as they plan to work with ...

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, and Chairman of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Chris Olakpe, is dead. It was learned that Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police died on Sunday, as confirmed by LASTMA’s Director of Research ...

The main opposition figure in Niger, Hama Amadou, who has been in prison since last November for alleged baby smuggling, is among more than 1,500 inmates who are being released early because of the coronavirus pandemic. Amadou’s name is among ...

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole being coordinated by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, have killed a top Boko Haram leader, Abu Usamah, and scores of other terrorists during a gun battle with the insurgents in Gorgi in the Damboa Local ...

The Cross River State Government on Monday turned back 35 American oil workers over coronavirus screening. The state government was said to have asked the workers to go for further screening in Lagos or Abuja before they would be allowed ...

Billionaire businessman and one of Africa’s richest entrepreneurs, Mike Adenuga, on Monday, announced a donation of N1.5 billion to the initiatives to combat coronavirus in Nigeria. He announced the donation in a letter sent to the Lagos State Governor, Jide ...

Drake’s son Adonis has made his Instagram debut, more than two years after his birth. Rapper Drake, 33, who has kept his son out of the private eye, posted a series of candid snaps of himself with the toddler and ...

The police in Imo state have arrested a housewife, Mrs. Ada Amuzie, for killing a commercial s.e.x worker, identified simply as Hapiness. The police said Amuzie had accused Happiness of dating her husband, Ejike Lambert Amuzie. It was gathered that ...

Prince Charles was today allowed out of self-isolation one week after being diagnosed with coronavirus and is in ‘good health’, royal aides have said. The 71-year-old Prince of Wales had a ‘mild’ form of the illness which first saw him ...

A recovered COVID-19 patient, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has shared how she successfully beat the virus and tested positive twice following treatment at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. In a series of tweets on her handle, she shared her survival story, revealing ...

Saudi Arabia is hijacking mobile phone data to track the movements of its citizens living in the US, new information leaked by a whistleblower suggests. Data shows that the kingdom’s three biggest mobile phone providers sent millions of requests to ...

The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is to prosecute four supermarkets and their proprietors in Abuja for alleged arbitrary hike of prices of sanitizers, hand-wash liquids, disinfectants and other anti-bacterial hygiene products. According to Court documents, the four ...

Police in Shinyalu, Kakamega County, Kenya are searching for a man who allegedly killed his younger brother following a quarrel over Sh160. Shinyalu OCPD Robert Makau said the suspect, 31, went into hiding after killing his brother, 23, in a ...

Lawmakers in the Senate chamber of the National Assembly have agreed to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to curb the spread and treatment of coronavirus in the country. The Senate Committee Vice Chairman on Media and ...

The Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, on Monday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has allowed skeletal operations in the financial system and money markets during the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun. In a statement on Monday titled, “Notice to affected ...

Two Chinese expatriates working in Ebonyi state have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The incident, it was learnt, happened in Ishiagu, Ivo Local government area of the state. They are said to be working for a mining company in the ...

As corporate bodies and individuals have been supporting the federal and state governments with resources to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, Nigerians have called on telecommunication companies to cut down on data price or give free data. Following ...

The Lagos State Government has confirmed that five additional patients who have recovered from Coronavirus, COVID-19, have been discharged on Monday from Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, when contacted through his ...