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United States House of Representatives, on Friday, passed the historic $2 trillion stimulus package bill that passed in the Senate earlier this week, thereby overcoming the last-minute drama, by using an unusual procedural move to thwart a demand by a conservative Republican to force members to vote in person. Republican Rep. from Kentucky, Thomas Massie, […]
Continue ReadingOil prices slumped anew on Friday with Brent North Sea crude plumbing a 17-year low owing to massive oversupply as the coronavirus crisis paralyses global demand. Around 1435 GMT, Brent for May delivery was down 7.33 percent from Thursday, at $24.41 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate fell 5.97 percent to $21.25. Oil has tanked in […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed the application by the Abdulaziz Yari’s faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, seeking the review of the May 24, 2019 judgement which nullified all the APC elections. The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the APC had no candidates having failed to conduct valid primaries ahead […]
Continue ReadingThe General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has donated Intensive Care Unit beds with ventilators to Lagos State. The 78-year-old cleric also donated ICU beds and ventilators to the Ogun State and Plateau State governments. In a statement on Friday, the church said the equipment would help the […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s Deputy Ambassador to Hungary, Steven Dick, has died in Budapest after contracting coronavirus. The Foreign Office confirmed in a statement that he died on Tuesday, March 26 after contracting Covid-19 UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “I am desperately saddened by the news of Steven’s death and my heart goes out to his parents […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Info FM is proud to announce the newest addition to its award-winning station. Veteran and multiple award-winning media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as ‘Daddy Freeze’, joins the Nigeria Info team of exceptional broadcasters. Daddy Freeze started his radio career in 1996 with The Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) and joined Cool Fm […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, granted post-conviction bail to a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment last year December. Udeogu was convicted of N7.1bn and jailed alongside his principal, Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of […]
Continue ReadingAn Italian priest who contracted coronavirus has died after choosing to give the respirator bought for him to a younger patient who was also battling the illness. Friar Don Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, was the priest for the parish of Casnigo, a small village just 40 miles north east of Milan. He died in hospital in […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State government is seeking to discontinue 566 non-active cases which have been in courts since 2015 and below, being prosecuted by the police prosecutors. The decision to discontinue the 566 non-active cases followed the review of the recommendation of the Committee on Decongestion of Non Criminal cases at the State High courts and […]
Continue ReadingMainstream opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Wednesday, that the banning of some major media houses from covering activities in Nigeria’s Presidential Villa was unjustified. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, had in a statement on Tuesday restricted the coverage of activities in the Villa to 13 media […]
Continue ReadingA Twitter user has narrated how a man broke down in tears and threatened to kill himself after discovering that the two boys he is sponsoring in Canada are not his. According to @EWAWUNMIII, only the last child who is 12-years-old belongs to distraught man. The boys aged 23 and 20 reportedly belongs to his wife’s […]
Continue ReadingActor Alkali Matt, popularly known as Dareng, has died while filming on set. Matt passed away on 24th March at around 7.00pm. Dimbo Atiya who shared the news on Facebook said Matt passed “suddenly while he was filming on a set for an epic movie in a village near Keffi.” He is popular for his role […]
Continue ReadingChinese authorities have been sued for $20 trillion damages over the spread of coronavirus which has caused the death of many and also halted activities in different countries around the world. The Chinese government, Chinese army, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Director of Wuhan Institute of Virology Shi Zhengli and Chinese army’s Major General Chen […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said he is self-isolating at the moment and has taken the coronavirus (COVID-19) test following his previous meeting with two people who have tested positive for the virus. He made this known via his Twitter handle where he confirmed that he is currently in self-isolation. “I just took […]
Continue ReadingOsun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Wusamotu confirmed on Wednesday that 20 judges, who recently travelled to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirate were presently on self isolation. He added that the judges went into isolation immediately they arrived the state to ascertain their medical status as the killer disease ravage the world. Wusamotu […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, arraigned a 16-year-old girl before the Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court for alleged murder of her father’s friend who allegedly attempted to rape her. The young girl, a Senior Secondary School (SSS) three pupil, was arraigned by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) before Mrs A Adedayo […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon toured the Presidential Villa beginning from the office of the Chief Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. It is believed that the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, who was not in the office on Tuesday, was reported to have gone into self-isolation. Also on self-isolation is the […]
Continue ReadingOndo State Executive Council, has on Monday, approved the appointment of 15-year-old Prince Oloyede Adeyeoba as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose local government area of the state. The 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student is the only surviving son of his father, the late king. Adeyeoba’s appointment was among the three ratified at the State […]
Continue ReadingA 40-year-old woman identified as Precious Tamunoiprenye Jumbo, a resident of 24 Ozuoba/Rumuosi Link Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has been declared missing. According to a family source, a police report has already been made and all efforts to trace Precious has remained futile. A visit has also been made to all the morgues […]
Continue ReadingBoko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed 70 soldiers in the restive Northeast of Nigeria Military sources said on Tuesday that the insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno State, Nigeria on Monday. “The terrorists specifically targeted a truck loaded with soldiers with RPGs and incinerated […]
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