Diamond Celebrities

The leadership of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said “the wickedness and stinginess of Igbo leaders” would not deter it and its believers from actualising the Sovereign State of Biafra. This separatist group also said all Biafrans in the United States of America contributed $2,300 into its defence fund. The Leader of […]

The Lagos State Government has ruled out the immediate reopening of churches and mosques in the state. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday that Lagos being the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic would not reopen worship centres until there is a “clear coast for the state to do so”. He […]

DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country’s history comes just weeks before it had hoped to declare […]

The Federal Government has said banks in the country could resume ‘normal working hours’, effective June 2, The Punch reports. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. He said, “Effective from Tuesday, June 2, the easing of the lockdown will be characterised by […]

The Federal Government has said that schools would remain closed “for now”. The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 made this known during its daily briefing on Monday. While giving an update on the PTF announcement, the Personal Assistant on New Media to @MBuhari, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted, “For now, all the schools are to remain closed, the […]

Nigeria, on Monday, announced that domestic flights would resume at all airports by Sunday, June 21. To curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the federal government had suspended domestic flights in the country since March. During the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Monday, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the resumption […]

An Onitsha-based cleric, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere popularly known as Odumeje, has apologised to people of Awka, Anambra state capital over alleged threat to destroy their festival, known as Imo-Awka. The controversial cleric also tendered unreserved apology to the people of Arondizuogu in Imo state for allegedly vowing to put a stop to the Ikeji festival […]

The Federal Government has said hotels in the country could reopen from June 2 (Today). The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. He said, “Effective from Tuesday, June 2, the easing of the lockdown will be characterised by the following: “Hotels […]

Abubakar Umar, a retired army colonel and former military governor of Kaduna State, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria risks sliding into crisis if the president “continues to give undue preference to some sections of the country over others” in national appointments. Mr Umar, in an open letter he wrote on Sunday to Mr […]

The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State has laid off a large chunk of its workforce in one of the latest fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the affected workers were asked to stay at home until further notice. Head, Human Resources, Administration and Procurement of the organisation, Olanike […]

The Lagos State Safety Commission has said the Register-to-Open initiative of the state government will soon begin in preparation to reopen the economy. The Director General of the agency, Mr Lanre Mojola, said in line with the directives of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the guidelines towards reopening of the economy, especially religious and social centres, had […]

COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased beyond 10,000 mark on Sunday with 307 new cases reported by the country. The increase has continued despite intensified efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCC) takes infections in Africa’s most populous nation to 10,162, […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service will henceforth charge Nigerians N50 stamp duties on all forms of electronic notifications. These includes SMS and messages on any electronic platform such as emails and WhatsApp messages. This was contained in a circular, signed by FIRS’ Chairman, Muhammad Nami, published on the Service’s website. The circular went further to  […]

The Federal Government says there is no online portal for unemployed youths to register for its 1,000 jobs per Local Government Area. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), stated this in a two-part tweet on Friday. He said, “Some have asked me why there’s no registration portal for the 1000 […]

Pope Francis called on Saturday for a “more just and equitable society” in the post-pandemic world, which he said would be changed for “better or worse” by the coronavirus crisis. “Once we emerge from this pandemic, we will not be able to keep doing what we were doing, and as we were doing it. No, […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria yet, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The country recorded the second and third highest daily figure from confirmed COVID-19 within the past […]

More than six million cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded worldwide, two-thirds of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally on Saturday. As of 2015 GMT, there were at least 6,000,867 cases of coronavirus recorded and 366,848 deaths. Europe remains the continent hardest hit by the pandemic, […]

COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Friday with 387 cases reported by the country, even as authorities intensify efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections to 9,302, out of […]