Tin Can Customs rakes in N31. 7b in March
Muyiwa Lucas Despite the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, the Tincan Island port command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a revenue of N31,210,006,189.8 in...
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Lawan urges fairness in stimulus package distribution
From Sanni Onogu and Tony Akowe, Abuja Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday urged the executive arm of the government to ensure equity and fairness...
NDIC contributes N1b to COVID-19 relief fund
Moses Emorinken, Abuja THE Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has pledged donated N1billion to the COVID-19 Relief Fund. The Director, Communication and...
Three in court over used female underwear
Our Reporter Three men on Wednesday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun for allegedly being in possession of used female underwear. The police...
Covid-19: Wage cut, layoff imminent
Toba Agboola THE Organised Labour has admitted that there will be a serious job loss and wage cut by many organisation this year as a result...
Fed Govt proposes N318b cut in 2020 Appropriation
By Tony Akowe and Victor Oluwasegun, Abuja The Federal Government has sent a proposal to the National Assembly seeking to reduce the 2020 Appropriation Act...
Two arraigned for raping minors in Ekiti
Our Reporter Two men on Wednesday appeared before magistrate courts in Ekiti State charged with unlawfully having carnal knowledge of minors. Joe Sunday, 31, was...
Eko DisCo improves power supply in Lekki
To strengthen its network and improve power supply across its network, Eko Electricity Distribution Plc (EKEDP) investments in infrastructure has resulted in significant improvements in...
Firm donates N100m to fight against Covid-19
AYM Shafa Limited operating in the oil and gas industry has provided over N100 million in funds and materials to support the government in the...
Police impound 13 vehicles in Lagos
By Precious Igbonwelundu, Tajudeen Adebanjo and Omolola Afolabi Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos have impounded 13 vehicles in Alapere for not...
US intelligence agencies started tracking coronavirus outbreak in China as early as November
(Biorports)US spy agencies were tracking the rise of the novel coronavirus as early as November, weeks before that information was included in President Donald Trump’s...
ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ finale is the end of an era — and hopefully the beginning of a new one
A decade ago, two gay dads and a lesbian couple raising two teens helped change the face of American families. The fictional TV dads, Cam...
Linda Tripp, central figure in the Clinton impeachment, dies at 70
Linda Tripp, the former White House employee who became a key figure in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, has died at age 70.Tripp, who...
Bernie Sanders bet big on a small tent to win the Democratic nomination. Here’s why it didn’t work.
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, Bernie Sanders met with a group of allies on Capitol Hill on a spring day to discuss a potential second...
Barack and Michelle Obama to come off sidelines after Bernie Sanders drops out
Barack and Michelle Obama will “come off the sidelines and get involved” to support presidential candidate Joe Biden, according to Mr Obama’s former campaign manager....
Trump’s approval rating tanking as criticism mounts over White House response to coronavirus pandemic
Donald Trump’s approval rating appeared to be tanking as criticism over his White House administration’s seemingly slow response to the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount...
Coronavirus: First big test for Dominic Raab amid calls to come clean on how long UK will remain on lockdown
Dominic Raab is facing his first big test as stand-in prime minister, amid a clamour to come clean on how long the UK will remain...
‘Mentally, it’s excruciating’: Life without a sense of taste and smell
It’s something I heard a lot. “Well, if you had to lose one sense, that would be the one, wouldn’t it?” alongside “I don’t think...
Suicides in England hit record high in 2019, figures show
The number of suicides recorded in England has risen to a record high after surging by a quarter in two years, new figures reveal. Data published...
Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton scandal, dies at 70
Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, has died at age...
With Boris Johnson in the ICU, who’s leading the UK?
The U.K. doesn't have a clear emergency succession plan for prime ministers. April 8, 2020, 7:52 PM6 min read Less than a year after Boris...
Commercial real estate could be in big trouble — even after this is all over
Commercial real estate owners, brokers, and landlords have collectively made many hundreds of billions of dollars a year in recent years as the economy zipped...
Fact check: Trump offers two dangerous falsehoods in a largely straightforward briefing
Washington (Biorports)Over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefings have become a daily occurrence at the White House. They’ve also become regular venues...
Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1.5 million globally – Biorports
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said models projecting the number of American deaths from coronavirus have dropped dramatically in recent days because...
Coronavirus live updates: Cases top 1.5 million globally – Biorports
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said models projecting the number of American deaths from coronavirus have dropped dramatically in recent days because...
PDP kicks as fire guts AG-F office
From Blessing Olaifa, Sanni Onogu and Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja The Federal Fire Service (FFS) on Wednesday put out the fire that gutted the top floors...
NNPC to stop running refineries, says Kyari
John Ofikhenua, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will no longer be involved in the management of refineries after their rehabilitation, the agency’s Group...
Ondo okays Easter Sunday worship
Ondo State Government has approved the request of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), to hold Easter Sunday worship in churches across the state “based...
67 returnees from Ivory Coast quarantined in Badagry
From Blessing Olaifa, Abuja with agency report Sixty-seven Nigerian residents in Ivory Coast, who on Wednesday arrived in the country, have been taken into quarantine...
Akeredolu: owner of explosives will pay for damaged properties
Osagie Otabor, Akure Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said that the firm which owned the explosives that exploded at Eleyewo along the Akure-Owo-Benin Highway...