A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed “tremendous progress” in the fight against the deadly new coronavirus since it emerged in China in […]

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State in the 2019 General Elections, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has debunked allegations that he was a mole of the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the polls. He said on Wednesday in Lagos that all the allegations against him during the last general election were political gimmicks employed […]

A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has ordered the release of the passport of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA). Hussein Baba-Yusuf, the judge, gave the order on Wednesday following an application by Ahmed Raji, Dasuki’s lawyer, pursuant to section 491, 492 of the Administration ofCriminal Justice Act 2015. In the application, Raji asked for an order directing […]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has faulted a report by a newspaper of his purported selection to serve on a monitoring team for the forthcoming Supreme Court review of the case between Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress and Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party. The apex court on January […]

An Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Dagan, has been killed by yet-to-be identified assailants. Dagan was said to have been killed in her apartment in Galadimawa, Abuja, on Monday shortly after she returned from work. The 47-year-old Plateau State indigene was said to have left her office in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, around […]

Monguno, Kyari locked in fierce battle of supremacy ‘How chief of staff hijacked presidential powers’ Revelation validates call for Buhari’s resignation, says PDP Service chiefs warned against taking orders from CoS The signs have always been there: inter-agency rivalry, uncoordinated national security, and other policy missteps, discordant tunes on all matters and a hardly coherent […]

Drugs shortage is likely in the country should the Coronavirus epidemic continue in China, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) warned on Monday. The agency boss, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said India which Nigeria depends on for a greater percentage of its drug imports, has already been hit by the ravaging […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly said on Monday it would resume on Tuesday (today) to commence the legislative process towards passing into law the Ondo State Security Bill. The House, which has been on recess, received the bill on Wednesday from the State Executive Council. A statement issued by the Director of Information Service […]

Tomorrow, February 18, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal filed by Chief Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking it to review its judgement on the governorship election held on March 9, 2019, in Imo State. The apex court fixed the date one month after it sacked Ihedioha on January 14 and declared […]