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The Federal Government has threatened to dismiss officers caught leaking official documents on social media. It said recent “unfortunate unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media” was embarrassing and therefore unacceptable. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, issued the threat in a circular marked HCSF/109/S.1/120 with the title, […]

The Acting Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has asked Nigerians in Diaspora to put pressure on the United Kingdom to release former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison Madueke, to face trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria. Magu, who made the plea during a Virtual Town Hall Meeting with Nigerians […]

The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, on Sunday chased out worshipers who were not wearing face masks during the Holy Mass to mark the 2020 World Communications Day at the Holy Ghost Cathedral. Onaga, who regretted that many Nigerians, especially residents of Enugu State, chose not to wear face masks, wondered […]

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday disclosed that it will take miracle for COVID-19 pandemic to disappear. But, Adeboye said the pandemic will soon subside. He said this during his ministration, on Dove television monitored by our correspondent. The clergy man maintained that by the grace […]

Nigeria has recorded 265 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said late Saturday. The total infections for the country now stand at 7,526. In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC reported that 133 of the new cases were found in Lagos, 34 in Oyo, 28 in Edo, […]

A family in Virginia, USA, has shocked many after returning $1m (N390m) cash they found on the road while taking an afternoon ride in Caroline County. The unusual cash discovery took place last weekend when the Schantz family was just trying to get out of the coronavirus blues by taking a long drive. A car […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday assured Nigerians that the lockdown measures would not go on longer than necessary because they would be reviewed from time to time to ease the increasing hardships on the people. President Buhari, in his Sallah message to Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, admitted that “for the first time in […]

Nigeria on Friday recorded 245 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing total infections in the country to 7,261. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the new figures in a tweet via its verified handle. According to the NCDC, 131 of the new cases came from Lagos, 16 from Jigawa, 13 from Ogun, 12 […]

Some days ago, it was reported on some blogs that Lanre Gentry, the estranged husband of actress and businesswoman, Mercy Aigbe, had married another woman simply identified as @fab_mrsgentry after he shared her picture on social media. However, in an interview with Saturday Beats, Gentry clarified that the woman in question was his brother’s wife and […]

At least 76 people have been killed after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight crashed Friday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, according to a statement from the Sindh Health Department. The airline’s CEO said at a news conference that the flight from Lahore was carrying 99 passengers and crew members in total, revising down a higher […]

Delta-based trader, Anthony Okolie, has written a letter to the Department of State Services demanding the payment of N10 million to him as ordered by a Federal High Court in Asaba last week. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had last week ordered the DSS to pay Okolie N10m for illegally detaining him for 10 weeks after purchasing […]

The nation’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, says the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force the economy into negative growth. Ms. Ahmed made the comments after the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “On the economy, COVID-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices,” she said. “This will impact negatively, […]

Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further on Wednesday with 284 cases reported by the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases, confirmed by specialist agency the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Twitter took the country’s total infections to 6,677 out of which 1,840 have been discharged […]

A 30-year-old Nollywood actor, Temitayo Ogunbusola, has allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death following a disagreement over the payment of electricity bill. The incident happened on Sunday at No. 4 Sebil Kazeem Street in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Temitayo was said to have been beaten to a pulp by a mob […]

The Nigerian Medical Association in Lagos State has asked its members to embark on an indefinite “sit-at-home” industrial action over alleged harassment and intimidation by security agents in the state. The NMA gave the “stay-at-home directive” in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Saliu Oseni, and Secretary, Dr Ramon Moronkola, on Wednesday. According to […]

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday admonished Nigerians to prepare for the worst, even as the Federal Government assiduously work to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He urged health workers and citizens alike to do their best to learn more about the virus. Speaking during the daily briefing […]

A Pastor, Frankline Ndifor, 39, who laid his hands on dozens of confirmed and suspected coronavirus sufferers is dead, according to Dailymail.co.uk Dr Gaelle Nnanga, who was called to treat Ndifor after he started suffering severe respiratory difficulties a week after falling ill with the virus, said the pastor died ten minutes after treatment. Ndifor, a […]

President Donald Trump on Monday made the surprising revelation that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that his own government experts say is not suitable for fighting the novel coronavirus. Trump, noting that he has tested negative for the virus and shows no symptoms, said he’d been taking the drug “for about a week […]