Bill Gates denies ‘inventing’ COVID-19, says our foundation has given more money for vaccines than any group
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a bad combination of pandemic and…
Premium Times, Punch, others to benefit from Google’s JERF
The Google News Initiative (GNI) Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) has announced it was supporting 16 Nigerian publications in financial distress with funding. Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative…
Arotile: We didn’t conduct autopsy because the family was satisfied with investigation- NAF
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said they did not conduct an autopsy following the death of Flying Officer, Tolupe Arotile because the family were satisfied with the agency’s investigations and…
West African leaders to hold extraordinary summit on Mali crisis July 27
West African leaders will hold a virtual extraordinary summit on Monday to propose measures to end the deepening political crisis in Mali after five heads of state met with the…
Sudan finds mass grave believed to have bodies of army officers executed by Bashir
Sudan has found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former President Omar al-Bashir, the…
Sitting for GCE may be the only option for Nigerian students if we cannot convince WAEC to shift its examinations – FG declares
The Federal Government says final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of…
Killing of five aid workers by Boko Haram angers US Government
The U.S. Government has condemned the killings of five humanitarian aid workers by Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria’s North-East. The Public Affairs Department of the U.S Embassy in Abuja…
Madagascar herb has no real curative properties against COVID-19 – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday declared that the much talked about “Madagascar COVID-19 herb syrup did not show any evidence that it had real curative properties against COVID-19. The Minister…
FG welcomes int’l community’s support for NESP, COVID-19 response
As the Federal Government kick starts the implementation of the National Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP), a move from the international community to support the successful execution of programmes encapsulated in…
3 foreigners, 6 Nigerians arraigned over hijack of vessel
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned three foreign nationals and six Nigerians for their alleged roles in the hijack of Equatorial Guinean Vessel, MV Elobey VI. The suspects and employees…