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Kogi has declared a two-day mourning period in memory of those that died in the tanker explosion in Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Wednesday. No fewer than 25 persons, including five students of the state-owned polytechnic,…

Pop Star Yemi Alade has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) by the UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. “We can’t wait to hit the ground running with you, Yemi. We look forward to hearing…

The Corps Commander, Ekiti State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, Brig. Gen Joe Komolafe, said on Wednesday that training for successful candidates for the outfit would begin on Sunday. Komolafe said the 325…

The candidates of the 17 political parties contesting the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State are expected to sign a peace accord Tuesday next week, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood…

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for coronavirus, the Serie A club have confirmed. The announcement comes just hours before Milan are due to take on Norwegian side FK Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League third…

At least 23 people have been confirmed dead and many others injured following a petrol tanker explosion that gutted five other vehicles at the Felele area along the Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State on Wednesday. While the Federal Road…

One of the aircrafts in the Presidential Fleet, Hawker 4000, with the registration number 5N-FGX/: RC 066, has been advertised for sale. The Federal Government, in a paid newspaper advertorial in of the national dailies, on Wednesday…

Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life. Magu was testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing allegations of…

The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the NLC had last week issued a two-week ultimatum to the government threatening to ground the economy if its demands for a reversal was not met. Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said…

The World Health Organisation today sent a chilling warning to all tobacco smokers to quit now to avoid avoidable heart disease and death, including death from COVID-19. In a brief released one week to World Heart Day on 29 September,…