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The wife of the pastor of a new generation church has approached a Yola Upper Area Court in Adamawa State for the dissolution of her marriage to her husband, whom she allegedly caught sleeping with female church members. Mrs Jummai Mala, who also claims to be the breadwinner of the family, alleged in court filings […]

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be receding from Nigeria as confirmed cases sank further. While on Saturday, 341 cases were announced, on Sunday cases dropped to 240. Here is a breakdown of Sunday 28 February cases: Anambra-85 Lagos-82 Osun-17 Ogun-10 Kwara-9 FCT-8 Kano-7 Abia-6 Borno-4 Edo-2 Bayelsa-2 Kaduna-2 Rivers-1     – PMNewsNigeria

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Third Mainland Bridge is fully reopened after rehabilitation works. Fashola made the announcement on Saturday via Twitter. The Federal Government had partially shut the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24, 2020 for another round of rehabilitation.

Only 341 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by Nigeria on Saturday, the lowest in February and since the second wave of the pandemic began last December. Until Saturday, the lowest number of cases this month was the 506 recorded on 7 February. The number of COVID-19 deaths similarly tanked: only three were announced by […]

A youth group has called on a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to run for the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the ruling party Samuel Alamoh, the director-general of the group known as ‘Tinubulate Nigeria Agenda’ (TINA), made the call at the inaugural […]

Naira on Friday fell at the parallel market below the 480th mark to the dollar, the first time in nearly three months, a day after the government said it would take time to unify multiple exchange rates. At the unofficial market, data from abokiFX.com showed the domestic currency exchanged for the green back at N482, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the regulation of cryptocurrency transactions in the country, saying banning it outright would not be a better idea. Mr Osinbajo made the remark while delivering a keynote address at the CBN Bankers Committee Economic Summit held virtually on Friday, according to a statement issued by Laolu Akande, his […]

The Federal Government will not make progress unless it borrows more to fund critical infrastructure in the country, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said. Mrs. Ahmed spoke on Thursday during the maiden edition of the weekly special ministerial media briefing, organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said […]

Two self-made South Korean billionaires have pledged in as many weeks to give away half their fortunes –- a rarity in a country where business is dominated by family-controlled conglomerates and charity often begins and ends at home. Kim Beom-su, the founder of South Korea’s biggest messaging app KakaoTalk, announced this month he will donate more than half […]

The Imo State High Court in Owerri on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties said to be illegally acquired by a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, while he was in office from 2011 to 2019. Justice Fred Njemanze gave the order following an application brought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has explained why his administration is seizing a property belonging to his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha. He said the state government’s action was in accordance with a report of a judicial panel set up by former Governor Emeka Ihedioha before he left office. Mr Okorocha, a serving senator, was involved in […]

The Lagos State Government has announced that there will be a total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge from midnight of Friday, February 26 till midnight of Saturday, February 27. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, says the 24-hour closure would enable the contractors move the equipment used during the rehabilitation process off the […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Pandemic has warned Nigerians not to patronize uncertified vaccines from the black market. Its Chairman and Secretary to Government of Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha, who gave the warning during the task force’s news conference in Abuja Monday, assured that Nigeria would soon receive the initial four million […]

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed officers of the agency across the country to seize rickety vehicles plying the roads. According to a statement on Tuesday by FRSC’s spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem, this is to reduce road crashes in the country. Mr Kazeem said zonal commanding officers and sector commanders […]

US golfer Tiger Woods was hospitalised Tuesday after a car crash in which his vehicle sustained “major damage,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department said. Woods, the sole occupant, was removed from the wreckage by firefighters and paramedics and taken to a local hospital for treatment, a statement said. The extent of his injuries was […]