The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement…
The number of deaths from COVID-19 across the world has reached 808,986 with the number of confirmed cases standing at 23,400,929 according to data on worldometer.info. 27,987 people have died…
Following the presentation of a Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) research report on the corruption and mismanagement of funds, going into trillions of naira, by the Niger Delta…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 340 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death related to the disease. There are now 51,304 confirmed cases of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Dr. Wale Babalakin, the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, setting up a seven-man Visitation Panel to investigate the crisis in the university. The president…
The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the invocation of “Godwin” undoubtedly served as a talisman in his…
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr. Ben Gbenro:…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said Nigeria is on a journey of transformation because of…
Governor Nasir of Kaduna State has said that he was not the one that approached the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to speak during its forthcoming Annual General Conference (AGC). The…
Seven more people in Nigeria have died from COVID-19 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Giving an update on the number of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the…