Amuwo Odofin Local Government Council has placed an indefinite ban on sporting activities on fields and sports centres in the area. The council Chairman, Mr Valentine Buraimoh, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said operations at bars and clubs were also suspended indefinitely. The

Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to fight a coronavirus surge and parliament was suspended, with critics charging it was a bid by the unstable government to cling to power. The surprise move came a day after the prime minister announced sweeping

Hundreds of youths in Rumuolumeni community, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, have on Tuesday morning blocked all major and internal roads including waterways in the community to protest the detention of their leaders by operatives of Nigeria Navy Pathfinder operating in the area. The

1,244 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, January 11, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-774, FCT-125, Plateau-102, Anambra-47, Ondo-46, Rivers-27, Edo-18, Kaduna-16, Ogun-16, Gombe-16, Bauchi-11,

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has said that the inauguration of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line has been put on hold due to the upsurge of COVID-19 in the country. Amaechi, who disclosed this in Abuja, said that over 60 staff on the project site have been

The money laundering trial of a former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke could not go on today owing to his absence in court. Counsel to the defendant, Kanu Agabi informed Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja

The Department of State Services (DSS) has uncovered fresh plans to incite religious violence across Nigeria. DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya who disclosed this in a press release Monday said the targeted states include: Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Oyo, Lagos and those in the South East. He

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. Wolf’s departure as head of the body in charge of security for the January 20 event came five days after President

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed readiness to return to class but warned that it would declare trade disputes with states indebted to workers up to four months’ salaries. The organisation said since teachers had wasted about five months at home because of COVID-19, they