Medical staff push a patient on a gurney towards a medical helicopter at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, to be evacuated to another hospital, on March 19, 2020, amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than […]

Lagos State Government on Wednesday said 276,000 people have been displaced by Sunday’s gas inferno that engulfed the Abule Ado and Soba areas of the state. Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), disclosed this newsman in Lagos while assessing the damage at the scene of the incident. Oke-Osanyintolu, who expressed shock […]

13 parties to participate Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, yesterday released the final lists of chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the April 18 local government elections in the state. The list signed by the chairman of the commission, Prof. Yomi Dinakin were displayed at the commission’s headquarters in Akure and its area offices across […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has shut down all the orientation camp nationwide to avert the spread of coronavirus. The directive, which came from the NYSC headquarters in Abuja early Wednesday morning disrupted the orientation camp of the 2020 Batch A Stream 1, across the 37 centres in the country. The Lagos State NYSC Coordinator, […]

Ogun State Government on Wednesday banned high density gatherings in places like cinemas, sports arena, restaurants and night clubs for the next 30 days to contain the spread of coronavirus. The Government noted that it has found it expedient to announce the immediate ban of all high-density gatherings that would bring together 50 or more […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the reduction of the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. “Mr President has approved reduction in the price of PMS which is a direct effect of the crash in global crude oil prices,” the petroleum resources minister of state Timipre Sylva said in […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released another batch of results of about  450, 000 312 candidates that sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday. JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this on Wednesday, in a statement. He urged candidates who sat for the examination on […]

A former governor of Osun state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and some other members of the African Democratic Congress in South West have decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defection took place on Wednesday during the South West Rally held at Mapo Hall in Ibadan. Some of the defectors were Chief Taofeek Arapaja – […]

This file photo, taken on July 29, 2012 shows dancers at Femi Kuti’s the New Afrika Shrine night club in Lagos. / AFP PHOTO / Pius Utomi EKPEI The New Africa Shrine has suspended all programmes as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID19. Femi, the son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, made […]