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Lagos, Nigeria; 19 January 2021: Jumia Food has expanded its food delivery service to five additional states in Nigeria as the company seeks to further drive the growth of online food and beverage delivery in the Nigerian market. The new tier-2 cities on the Jumia Food map are Minna, Benin …

The Matriarch of the Ebi family; Ezinne Maria Eriaba Ebi will on Friday January 29, 2021 be laid to rest at Urualla in Ideato North Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. The late Ebi, who is mother to former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and …

The travails of Aisha Alkali Wakili alias Mama Boko Haram are yet over as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Office, have slammed fresh fraud charges against her. Mama Boko Haram was Monday arraigned before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, …

The Lagos state government on Friday reiterated that public and private schools below tertiary level are to resume on Monday. This was contained in a press release signed by the Head of Public Affairs at the state’s Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi. “This affirmation was made today by the Honourable …

  The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake fresh lockdown alert in circulation on social media. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, made this known in a short video statement released on Thursday. There have been concerns regarding a fresh lockdown as the country …

The U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol siege, making him the first president to be impeached twice. While voting is still under way, a majority of lawmakers has already voted to impeach. The outcome, which was expected, comes only seven days …

Edwin Clark, chairman of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has asked the minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio to stop “interfering” in the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Speaking when he received Effiong Okon, NDDC interim administrator, at his residence in Abuja on Wednesday, Clark said: “The problem …

Nigeria’s curve of coronavirus infections maintained an upward trend on Wednesday, with 1,398 new cases confirmed across the country. Over 1,000 new cases have been recorded across the country for the tenth consecutive day, according to data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) — over 9,000 fresh infections …

As authorities put measures in place to prevent rapid spread of covid-19 in the light of the second wave of the pandemic emanating from mutation variants of the dreaded virus, Jumia Nigeria CEO, Massiliano Spalazzi has highlighted the services of ecommerce platforms as one of the measures to help mitigate …

IGP Mohammadu Adamu Assures Of Improved Security A statement attributed to the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Monday said a total of 21,296 “dangerous” criminals were arrested in 2020. The statement was signed by the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Frank Mba, in Abuja. The statement also disclosed …