Championship side Derby County have appointed England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year con...
Friday, 15 January 2021
LASU Shuts Hostels as 3 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
Nedu Echianu
January 15, 2021
Three students of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja, have tested positive for COVID-19, compelling closure of ...
Disregard Misinformation on Lockdown, FG Advises Nigerians
Nedu Echianu
January 15, 2021
The Federal Government on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the news circulating on the social media that it was contemplating another l...
Thursday, 14 January 2021
Lawan: A Messenger of Harmony @62 by Ola Awoniyi
Nedu Echianu
January 14, 2021
High political office is surrounded on all sides by distractions. Experience best teaches this. It is not enough to take into th...
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first US president to be impeached for a second time, when a bipartisan majority in the Hou...
Instagram Suspends Tunde Ednut*s Account Again
Nedu Echianu
January 13, 2021
Instagram has suspended the official handle of Nigerian artist turned blogger Tunde Ednut, after hitting one million followers. ...
NECO Releases 2020 SSCE Results
Nedu Echianu
January 13, 2021
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination results. This was disclosed...
Owner of New Telegraph, David Barclay Dies at 86
Nedu Echianu
January 13, 2021
David Barclay, the secretive British billionaire whose portfolio included The Daily Telegraph newspaper and The Ritz hotel, ha...
Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, a former Lagos state and old Imo State military Governor has reportedly died of suspected COVID-19 c...
Only NIN Generated By Us is Valid – NIMC
Nedu Echianu
January 13, 2021
The National Identity Management Commission on Tuesday said Subscriber Identification Modules would not be linked with National ...
US Lawmakers Call For Removal of President Trump
Nedu Echianu
January 13, 2021
Members of the US House of Representatives have passed a resolution calling for the removal of outgoing US President Donald Trum...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Demons of PIB Will be Defeated This Year - Lawan
Nedu Echianu
January 12, 2021
***Says Nigeria now earns $2billion from Deep Offshore Production Sharing Contracts The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, d...
Monday, 11 January 2021
Former Deputy President of the Senate and Leader, South East Caucus of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the...
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Presidency Alerts Public to Smear Campaign Against Buhari
Nedu Echianu
December 24, 2020
The Presidency has alerted the public to a smear campaign in the works against Mr President and his office by disgruntled political elements...
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
CAF Champions League: Enyimba Thrashed 0-3 in Sudan
Nedu Echianu
December 23, 2020
Nigeria's remaining representative in the CAF Champions league, Enyimba International of Aba, slumped to a 0-3 loss to Al-Me...
Breaking: ASUU Suspends Nine Month Strike
Nedu Echianu
December 23, 2020
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a union of university lecturers in Nigeria, has suspended its nine month old in...
DSS Rings Alarm Bell on Plot to Attack Public Spaces During the Yuletide
Nedu Echianu
December 23, 2020
The Department of State Services (DSS) has informed the public about what it describes as plans by some criminal elements t...
Nigeria is at Risk of Becoming a Failed State - Financial Times
Nedu Echianu
December 23, 2020
More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were reunited with their families last weekend, days after they had been abducted by kidnapper...
Former Education Minister Jerry Agada is Dead
Nedu Echianu
December 23, 2020
Former Minister of State for Education and one time national president of the Association of Nigeria Authors, Prof. Jerry Agada...
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
National Assembly Passes N13.58trn Budget for 2021
Nedu Echianu
December 22, 2020
***Adjourns plenary till 26th January, 2021 The National Assembly, during an emergency session convened on Monday, passed a N13....
Monday, 21 December 2020
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication servic...
President Elect Biden Receives Covid-19 Vaccine On Live TV
Nedu Echianu
December 21, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has received his first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, saying he was getting the jab to show Amer...
Sunday, 20 December 2020
Presidency Insists Army Rescued 344 Katsina School Boys
Nedu Echianu
December 20, 2020
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, confirmed the involvement of men o...
80 Abducted Kastina Students Rescued —Police
Nedu Echianu
December 20, 2020
The police in Katsina on Sunday confirmed the abduction of another set of 80 students from an Islamiya school in the state on Sa...
WHO in Close Contact With the UK Over New Variant of Covid-19
Nedu Echianu
December 20, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is in "close contact" with UK officials over the emergence of a new va...
Friday, 18 December 2020
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Breaking: Abducted Katsina Students Released
Nedu Echianu
December 17, 2020
Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, kidnapped last Friday have been freed, according to the...
Senate Passes 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP
Nedu Echianu
December 17, 2020
***Pegs Oil Benchmark at $40 per barrel, Exchange Rate at N379/1US$ The Senate, shortly before it adjourned plenary on Thursday,...
French President Macron Tests Positive for Covid-19
Nedu Echianu
December 17, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing several European leaders to self isolate after coming into co...
Physically Challenged Persons Storm National Assembly, Lament Neglect
Nedu Echianu
December 17, 2020
A group of physically challenged persons from the Niger Delta on Thursday stormed the premises of the National Assembly protesti...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Finally, Senate President Swears in Stephen Odey
Nedu Echianu
December 16, 2020
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday swore in Stephen Odey as Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial Di...
Senate to Pass 2021 Budget Next Week Monday
Nedu Echianu
December 16, 2020
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has announced that the Senate will next week Monday, 21st of December, 2020, hold a specia...
Senate Extends Capital Implementation of 2020 Budget Till March Next Year
Nedu Echianu
December 16, 2020
The Senate has extended the implementation of capital projects captured in the 2020 budget till 31st March, 2021. The approval ...
Appeal Court Nullifies Metuh's Conviction, Orders Fresh Trial
Nedu Echianu
December 16, 2020
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the conviction and seven years jail term imposed on a former spokesperson of the P...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Senate Considers Bill to Establish Nigerian Peace Corps, Hunters Council of Nigeria
Nedu Echianu
December 15, 2020
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to give statutory backing to the Nigerian Peace Corps. Sponsored by Senator Ali ...
NCC Orders Telcos to Block All Unregistered SIM Cards
Nedu Echianu
December 15, 2020
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications companies in the country two weeks to block all unregi...
Dickson, Abiru Unfold Legislative Agenda as Senate Swears-in Four New Senators
Nedu Echianu
December 15, 2020
The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson and his counterpart representing Lagos East Senatorial Dis...
House of Representatives Calls For Suspension of Special Works Programmme
Nedu Echianu
December 15, 2020
The House of Representatives has called for the immediate suspension of the controversial Special Works Scheme of the Federal Go...
