Customs clears air on alleged attempt to ‘smuggle’ vegetable oil
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has made a clarification on an alleged attempt to ‘smuggle’…
Nigeria records 86 new COVID19 cases
By Abujah RachealNigeria has recorded 86 fresh cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the country’s largest number in a single…
Burkina Faso security forces ‘kill dozens of unarmed civilians’, says HRW
Issued on: 20/04/2020 – 07:29Modified: 20/04/2020 – 07:29 Burkina Faso’s security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern…
Wuhan institute not source of coronavirus – China
Yuan Zhiming, the head of the Institute of Virology in the Chinese city of Wuhan has rejected allegations by the…
‘Armed bandits’ kill dozens of villagers in northwest Nigeria, according to police
Issued on: 20/04/2020 – 04:09 Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina…
Mali election runoff tarnished by intimidation and allegations of vote rigging
Issued on: 20/04/2020 – 02:55 Acts of intimidation and allegations of vote buying marred the final round of legislative elections…
Lockdown: Lagos CP, others reassure residents on security
By Oladapo Udom The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, and heads of other security agencies in the…
Lockdown: Archbishop Adewale Martins tasks Christians on charity, mercy
By Chinyere Omeire The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, on Sunday urged Christians to show more love…
Ramadan: Islamic authority recommends home worshipping
Saudi Arabia’s top Islamic authority has called on Muslims around the world to perform prayers at home during the Muslim…
COVID-19: Beijing supports work resumption with caution
Beijing has rolled out policies to support businesses to resume work while suspending resumption in venues with poor ventilation and…
U.S.-Canada border to remain closed for another 30 days, Trudeau says
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada and the U.S. had agreed to keep their border closed for non-essential…
Covid-19, jihadist threats and kidnapping fail to stop Mali vote
Issued on: 19/04/2020 – 12:22Modified: 19/04/2020 – 12:22 Polls opened in Mali Sunday for the final round of legislative elections…
Nigerian president’s top aide and ‘de facto head of govt’ dies of Covid-19
Issued on: 19/04/2020 – 10:54Modified: 19/04/2020 – 10:54 The powerful chief of staff to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari has died…
Nigerians in Ghana mourn Abba Kyari
By Fortune Abang Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Ghana chapter, says it is saddened by passing of Malam Abba Kyari,…
Northern CAN mourns Abba Kyari
By Polycarp Auta The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Northern Nigeria, has expressed rude shock over the demise of…
El-Rufa’i condoles President Buhari over Kyari’s death
By Hussaina Yakubu Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has personally called President Muhammadu Buhari to condole him over the…
Abia Gov’t finds missing suspected coronavirus case
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Abia government on Saturday said that the suspected coronavirus case which it declared wanted on April 17…
Abba Kyari: Death, necessary end – NIPR
By Emmanuel Afonne The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has described the death of Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of…
COVID-19: Experts urge aged people to stay indoors
By Mujidat Oyewole Some medical experts have urged aged people to stay indoors in order to prevent contact with Coronavirus…
COVID-19: Dieticians caution Nigerians against unregulated supplements
By Ifeoma Aka The Dietician Association of Nigeria (DAN) has advised the people to be wary of unregulated supplements as…