The Lagos state government has announced closure of schools over the outbreak of coronavirus disease. There are currently six confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria’s commercial capital. In a statement on Wednesday, Folashade Adefisayo, attributed the development to moves to check the spread of the virus. “As part of the preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has distanced itself from rumours in some quarters that results of its 2020 UTME taken on Saturday March 14 and Monday March 16 had been cancelled. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Media and Information, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. According to him, …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday said it had planned ahead of the emergency closure of all camps across the country and posted corps members for their primary assignment. The South West Director of the scheme, Mr Attah Emmanuel, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “We have planned …

Prosecutors will focus on what they believe is a money laundering scheme, involving Brazil football legend Ronaldinho and the businesswoman who invited him to Paraguay. Investigators will review files and messages on phones belonging to Ronaldinho and his brother and business manager, Roberto Assis. The lead prosecutor in the case, Osmar Legal, told Reuters he is investigating the link between …

Grammy-nominated contribution to Beyonce’s The Lion King: The Gift album and co-signs from Timbaland and Drake, Nigeria’s Queen of Afro-House “NINIOLA” teams with music icon FEMI KUTI for her latest single, “Fantasy.” The track, which premiered today on Beats1 Radio with Ebro Darden, pairs NINIOLA’s seductive vocal notes with the inimitable saxophone playing of Femi Kuti, four-time Grammy nominee and …

Invictus Group CEO and Forbes-rated 32-year-old Nigerian billionaire, Obinwanne Okeke currently facing two counts of computer and wire fraud in the United States has filed a prelimnary objection to the charges. Obinwanne Okeke stated that the American authorities lacked jurisdiction to charge him for fraud as he did not commit the offence he is being accused of in America, neither …

There has been a rapid change in the music industry. Everything has evolved, and some old fashioned tips are no longer effective at this time. As an upcoming or independent artiste finding time to write music is also as important as keeping updated to the latest trend in the music industry. In this piece, I would be sharing with you …

The President/CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is still Africa’s richest person for the ninth time in a row, as disclosed in Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2020. The recently released list captured only eight African countries with billionaires; Egypt and South Africa have five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two. The Nigerian-born businessman maintained …

WHO still remains alarmed by the coronavirus outbreak, even after health experts say the virus might be over by April. As the epidemic squeezed the world’s second-biggest economy, Chinese firms struggled to get back to work after the extended Lunar New Year holiday, hundreds of them saying they would need loans running into billions of dollars to stay afloat. Company …

In a speech celebrating 30 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa stated that “It will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable days in the history of the world,” Ramaphosa said, speaking from the City Hall balcony in Cape Town, in front of a giant statue of Mandela. On February 11, 1990, …