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COVID-19: Nigeria takes delivery of 7.5 tonnes of medical supplies from UAE

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday donated 7.5 tonnes of medical supplies to the Nigerian Government to support it in its response to the Coronavirus...

COVID-19: Omotola reportedly tests positive

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade- Ekeinde reportedly tests positive for COVID-19; now in isolation

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Rivers in total blackout as youths shut down Afam transmission lines

  Some angry youths in the late hours of Friday shut down the Afam power station belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) resulting to total blackout...

Lagos Ibadan rail: Cheers as Amaechi, Mohammed ride on new trains

It was cheers from ecstatic Nigerians Saturday as the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...

Poverty: 21.76m Nigerians have no means of livelihood, NBS

  The nations poverty index was further revealed weekend as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) a total of 21,764,617 are presently unemployed and have no means...

Sodomy: NAPTIP arrests Labourer for luring 12 children in Sokoto

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has arrested a labourer, Lawalli Bala, of Rikina Village in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area...

Clampdown: Na’aba too invited by DSS

  Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and co-chairman of the political group, National Consultative Front, NCFront, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, will...

Nogerians in Ghana cry out over closure of shops by authorities

Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, on Saturday decried Ghanaian authorities’ closure of shops owned by Nigerians doing business in the...

Lagos/Ibadan rail to begin operation with 16 trips daily – NRC

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it will commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line from the middle of September with 16 trips...

We borrow for infrastructure development – Amaechi

…Asks NASS to approve $5.3 billion loan for Ibadan-Kano rail line The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is effectively...