The number of people worldwide who have died with Covid-19 has passed one million, researchers say, with many regions still reporting surging numbers of new infections. The tally by Johns

Abel EjIkeme The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says it has uncovered corrupt practices in the federal government’s school feeding program, where N2.67 billion payment made

Rita Osakwe Laycon has been crowned the winner of the fifth season of the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija. After 71 days in the house, the 26-year-old beat out

Rita Osakwe As Nigeria celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence on October 1, the THISDAY ARISE Group is hosting a virtual event which promises to be an evening of

Abel Ejikeme Ahead of Nigeria’s 60 years Independence Day celebration, the country’s foremost media group, THISDAY ARISE Group will be hosting a 6-hour global commemoration to celebrate this milestone for

Peter Uzoho No fewer than 30 people were yesterday injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State, while 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed. The spokesperson

Anthony Joshua will vacate his WBO belt if that meant a fight with Tyson Fury was easier to facilitate, his promoter, Eddie Hearn, announced Thursday. The Sagamu-born British heavyweight boxer

Abel Ejikeme Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said the country is going through the most difficult period in her history in terms of finances. He said all the

AC Milan have confirmed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for Covid-19 and will be taking in a period of quarantine. The 38-year-old must self-isolate after seeing it revealed that

Abel Ejikeme President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has demanded relevant authorities and stakeholders in the transport sector put an end to the rampant carnage on Nigerian roads. He also

Alex Enumah in Abuja Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offence Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasonoye, his counterpart in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Mr Anthony

Abel Ejikeme The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved seven hundred and forty-five million Naira to engage eight more field forensic auditors to probe activities of the Niger Delta Development

Abel Ejikeme Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says the federal government has allocated about N3.49bn for the supply and commissioning of 150-ton capacity railway crane. The Minister said the

Rita Osakwe A former U.S. police officer involved in the death of Breonna Taylor has been indicted by a grand jury. Sgt. Brett Hankison was on Wednesday indicted on three

Abel Ejikeme The Federal government says it has fixed Thursday, September 24, to meet with organised labour to unveil government’s palliative plans to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade

Rita Osakwe Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Hon Patricia Scotland, on Wednesday announced the new date for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Previously

Abel Ejikeme Several people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker Wednesday exploded in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Reports suggest the incident occurred around 8:30 am when the

Rita Osakwe Four Nigerians, including Heirs Holdings Chairman Tony Elumelu, made it to this year’s TIME100, Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The

Abel Ejikeme The Nigerian government has hit out at those criticizing the National Water Resources Bill, describing them as ill-informed. It further reiterated that there’s no going back on the

Ernest Chinwo Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the outcome of the Edo governorship election would be recorded in history as a triumph of democracy. He spoke yesterday when