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Prominent Nigerians, friends, associates and family members of the late chairman of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, Sam Nda-Isaiah,  gathered at a service of songs to pay glowing tributes to the media mogul in Abuja as part of the funeral rites for the late newspaper publisher and serial entrepreneur. At the virtual...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Comfort Innocent, for allegedly attempting to traffic two underage girls to Libya for prostitution. The Spokesperson for the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday. Oyeyemi said Comfort was arrested following a complaint by the mothers of...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) request to President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors to disclose details of their proposed ‘security votes’ spending in the 2021 appropriation bills. SERAP, which urged the leaders to prioritise security and welfare of Nigerians, also...

  predicts 1% recovery rate for inflation The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Lagos lost about N2.7 billion in revenue to the lockdown, occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. The Director-General of the Chamber, Dr Muda Yusuf, who disclosed this...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in 19 states and Abuja, has described those castigating the Christmas message of the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Father Mathew Hassan Kukah, as sectional zealots who see the trouble in Nigeria from their primordial views. It would be recalled that the...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 838 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with renowned broadcaster, Smolette Adetoyese Shitu-Alamu, popularly known as The Alamu Man, on occasion of his 70th birthday. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday, applauded the writer, actor, disc jockey, presenter, producer, news reporter, editor, sports...

  mourns Ajakpo, Air Commodore Nkanga   President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the sacrifices of 20 doctors reportedly killed by COVID-19, saying their welfare is a priority for his government. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, the President also sent...

  The Lagos State government has once again urged residents to comply with the restrictions on various activities, as the country battles the second wave of COVID-19. In an infograph posted on its official Twitter page, Lagos government listed 13 guidelines to be adhered to. These include making it compulsory...

 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed shock over the death of veteran film producer, Chico Ejiro. The minister, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, said the death was a huge blow to the nation’s Creative Industry in general and to Nollywood in particular. He expressed...