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The immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru is dead. Malam Mele Kari, the Group Managing Director of the Corporation disclosed this on his Twitter handle…

The Lagos State Government says 29 additional coronavirus patients, comprising two Indians and 27 Nigerians have been discharged from its isolation centres. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement in a statement on Friday. …

No fewer than 15 former African Presidents on Friday rallied support for President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, lauding him for taken the bank to amiable heights. In a statement signed by the former…

Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China’s most populous, commercial city. Mr. Stanley Olisa, Spokesman of the airline, said in…

Professional Insurance Ladies Association (PILA) on Friday elected Joyce Ojemudia as its new president to pilot the affairs of the professional body for the next two years​. A statement by the Association made available to the News…

Razaq Bamidele The dispute between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Minister, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the Head of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa over controversy surrounding…

The United Nations on Friday honoured three Nigerians and 80 other military, police and civilian peacekeepers, who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2019. The fallen heroes were posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal…

The Osun Government says an 82-year-old woman recovered from the coronavirus disease in the state, against the belief that elderly people with chronic diseases are the highest risk group. Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, the State Commissioner for…

...as state is set to slash 2020 budget by 40bn Razaq Bamidele Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Friday said the administration is not in a rush to purchase official vehicles or make the Government House overtly cosy when…

Ayodele Olalere Lagos state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday dedicated his one year anniversary to health and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus. The governor saluted the courage of the workers while…