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The Deputy governor of Lagos state, Obafemi Hamzat, was on TVC this morning where he revealed that the Italian man diagnosed with the first case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, went to Ewekoro in Ogun state before he fell ill and was brought to Lagos where he was diagnosed with the virus. This young...

Health officials at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos are conducting screening on passengers arriving the country from different parts of the world, amid the outbreak of coronavirus. The disease which first broke out in China in December has affected over 80,000 people across the...

On Thursday, the Lagos state government and the federal ministry of health confirmed the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. The novel case was found in an Italian on a business visit to Lagos, Nigeria. He has since been quarantined and is being managed at the Infectious...

Austin Usman Okai has been arraigned again for his publication calling on Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to pay workers' salary in Kogi state. Okai, a popular blogger and the convener of PDP National Youth Frontiers, was re-arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lokoja. The case was brought...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says result of the 11 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) tested in Nigeria is negative. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General of NCDC, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja read more

Five-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis in a column she has written for Vogue and Vanity Fair. The Russian retires at the age of 32 having last won a grand slam in 2014 when she clinched the French Open for the second time. Her last appearance came...

David Lyon and the All Progressives Congress have lost their bids to overturn the Supreme Court ruling of 13 February, which sacked Lyon as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa state. read more

First City Monument Bank has done a patriotic duty flagging a suspected account after an inflow of $54,000 and then doubling down by reporting the account to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation. The bank’s exemplary role came to light in court filing by the EFCC...

The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the sack of nineteen staff from her service for certificate forgery. A statement signed by the NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, said Staff Certificate Verification Committee...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh to seven years imprisonment concurrently on seven count charges. Delivering judgment in the charges of money laundering against Metuh, Justice Okon Abang ordered Metuh to pay the sum...

Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC, has said men who have only one wife are "missing a whole lot" and are "living a half life". He said this while reacting to a video of a man being amused by his wives. read more

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh for receiving N400m from former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki. Justice Okon Abang on Tuesday held that Metuh could not prove that the money was approved by former...

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Former governor of Zamfara state and three-term Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima has tipped himself as an aspirant for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023 and has declared as unworkable any power transfer understanding or agreement Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have contrived with President Muhammadu Buhari...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday February 23, disclosed that they had little doubts about Senators Ahmad Lawan and Ovie Omo-Agege before they emerged as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively. Osinbajo made the disclosure at a Thanksgiving service for Mr Omo-Agege in...

Some residents of Garkida, Adamawa state and Korongilum, Borno state, have alleged that Nigerian air force (NAF) fighter jets refused to open fire on suspected Boko Haram insurgents when they attacked their communities. Last Tuesday, the insurgents attacked Koriongilum burning many houses, and...

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, has accused Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), of acting with impunity. Speaking when he hosted ex-President Goodluck Jonathan at his residence in Benin city, the state capital, Obaseki said the former president...

Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Deontay Wilder has been reportedly rushed to hospital after losing to Fury. read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2SPPDl6 --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

Eden Hazard will miss Real Madrid’s Champions League last-16 tie with Manchester City after suffering a broken ankle during Saturday’s La Liga defeat at Levante. The Belgian, who only recently returned from a three-month lay-off due to an ankle problem, was replaced in the second half of the...

Breaking: Chelsea down Tottenham, maintain grip on fourth position read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/38OlTL2 --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News