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Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Senate want flights from UK, China, others banned

The Senate on Tuesday has called for travel ban on high risk countries with Coronavirus. The high risk countries are United Kingdom, China and others. Det...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Oshiomhole Arrives APC National Secretariat

The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has arrived the national secretariat of the party. He arrived at exactly 12:5...

Mar 17, 2020

UPDATE: New Coronavirus case came through British Airways – Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways. The PUNCH repo...

Mar 17, 2020

Senate probes Lagos explosion ...Observes a minute silence in honour of the dead

The Senate on Tuesday directed its Joint Committee on Petroleum to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent Lagos explosion to prevent reoccurr...

Mar 17, 2020

Abuja doctors begin strike as FG announces new Coronavirus case

The Abuja Chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors on Tuesday began an indefinite strike in the midst of the announcement of a new Coronavirus case in Lag...

Mar 17, 2020

FG completed 19 out of 43 tertiary institutions’ internal roads- Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the Federal Government had completed 19 out of the 43 internal road projects being cons...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Buhari Approves Immediate Postponement Of Edo Sports Festival

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate postponement of the National Sports Festival, Edo 2020. Details later…

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: FG postpones National Sport Festival

The Federal Government has approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival Edo 2020. The postponement is attributable to the coronavirus outbreak f...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court reserves Zamfara APC’s request for review

The Supreme Court has adjourned till a yet to be announced date, its decision in a application by the Abdulaziz Yari faction of the All Progressives Congress (A...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Inflation rate rises to 12.2% – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday revealed that inflation rose by 12.20 percent year-on-year in February. According to the bureau, the inflation r...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria records third case of confirmed coronavirus

The third case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Lagos. The Lagos State Ministry of Health, which confirmed the case, said the patient is unconnected with...

Mar 17, 2020

Lagos explosion: Death toll rises to 20, families search for missing relatives

The death toll in the Abule-Ado explosion in Lagos rose to 20 on Monday, as many families continued to search for their missing relatives. Our correspondents...

Mar 17, 2020

CBN okays N22b for entertainment industry, others

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to invest N22 billion in the entertainment industry and software manufacturing. Its Director of Corporate Communicati...

Mar 17, 2020

BREAKING: Coronavirus: NOUN postpones convocation indefinitely

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has announced the postponement of its 9th convocation ceremony slated for Saturday, March 21, at its Headquarters...

Mar 17, 2020

Pastor denies paying woman for fake miracle

Pastor Chris Okafor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, aka Liberation City, Ojodu Berger, Lagos has dissociated himself from claims of performing f...

Mar 17, 2020

Hollywood star Idris Elba tests positive for Coronavirus

Hollywood actor, Idris Elba, has tested positive for Coronavirus. The actor disclosed this via his Twitter page. Elba said he had undergone a test for the...

Mar 17, 2020

Togo, Niger, Benin owe Nigeria N30bn for electricity

The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to th...

Mar 17, 2020

Govt to close Adejobi Street for rail project

The Lagos State Government will close down Adejobi Street in the Agege axis today until Thursday, from 6:00pm to 6:00am daily for the level crossing constructio...

Mar 17, 2020

‘Money lenders must register’

Money lenders must henceforth register with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Lagos State, it was learnt on Monday. The state government also said they must obt...

Mar 17, 2020

34 arrested for cultism in Abuja • Two pistols recovered

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has arrested 34 suspected cultists at a hideout in Gwako, Gwagwalada Area Council. Spokesman of the comma...