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The Supreme Court, on Friday, quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Amina Augie, held that the Federal High Court in Lagos …

No fewer than 10 persons at the Lagos State Government House Marina have tested positive for COVID-19. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed on Thursday afternoon on his verified twitter handle. He said the development forced Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Joke to undergo another test. The tests, …

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 195 new cases of COVID19. According to a tweet from the NCDC, Lagos State recorded 82 cases, 30 in Kano, 19 in Zamfara, 18-Sokoto 10-Borno, 9-FCT, 8-Oyo, 5-Kebbi, 5-Gombe, 4-Ogun, 3-Katsina, 1-Kaduna, 1-Adamawa. As it stands, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria are 3145, with 534 …

Two hundred and sixty-five Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have arrived Lagos, The Nation is reporting The Emirates Airlines aircraft they boarded landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. Regional Manager, South West, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mrs Victoria Shin – Abah said the aircraft arrived 7.30 …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.28k per litre to N108.00K per litre across all its products loading facilities as well as in its through put operations. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group …

Nigeria has recorded another 148 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking its overall total to 2,950. In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday, Lagos topped with 43 new infections, while Kano ramps up 32 new cases. “On the 5th of May 2020, 148 …

When in February 2020, news broke that a certain SBI Media has won the media planning and buying business of 9Mobile, a tentative whisper echoed around the country. The question on many lips was this: SBI-who? Usually, when listing media independents — agencies that match advertisers with appropriate media and …

P+ Measurement Services, a media intelligence and Public relations audit agency, undertook the analysis to show, the weekly growth in the number of cases, discharged cases and death cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria in the month of April 2020. The report shows that Nigeria recorded a total number of 1795 …

NCDC boss Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the federal government may issue another lockdown if there is an explosion of COVID-19 cases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier issued a five-week lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja to contain the spread …

  There was pandemonium at a First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch in Lagos on Monday after a man showing COVID-19 symptoms collapsed causing customers to flee the scene. According to reports, the incident occurred at the Onipanu branch of the bank where many customers were reported to have gathered for various transactions. The …