President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, something the White House had taken extra steps to avoid as highly transmissible strains struck top aides, Cabinet members and the vice president. Biden is experiencing “very mild” symptoms and is taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …

To finally leave Manchester United during this summer transfer window,  Cristiano Ronaldo, is ready to take a 30 percent pay cut. Renown journalist Ben Jacobs, who disclosed this, said that is what Jorge Mendes, Ronaldo’s representative, is telling the top clubs potentially interested in signing the Portugal captain this summer. …

As the 2023 elections approaches, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has revealed efforts being made to resolve the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking with Arise TV on Thursday, Ortom, said he was urged by the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to appease Governor Nyesom Wike of …

The minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that was formally transited to a private limited company by President Muhammadu Buhari this week, has not been privatized. Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, had announced that NNPC …

A Calabar-based clergyman, Apostle Ekapong Ubi, has distanced himself from the list of ‘bishops’ and other ‘clergymen’ who were purported to have graced the formal unveiling of Alhaji Kashim Shettima as the running mate to Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been urged to call off its six-month-old strike. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who made the call at the 2022 police meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria held in Abuja, said ASUU needs to give room for dialogue and …

Days following the dead of veteran actress, Ada Ameh, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reacted. Ortom who described Ada Ameh as a worthy ambassador of the state, said her death is a huge loss to the country, the state especially the entertainment industry. “In Ada Ameh, Benue State has …

Abubakar Mohammed, a 23-year-old Kuje prison escapee, was apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command. Abubakar, who is said to be facing terrorism charges and had been at the Kuje prison since 2017 prior to the recent escape, was apprehended in days of surveillance along with 12 other suspects. According to …

The National Security Council on Thursday announced that it is considering a nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining activities in the country as part of its strategy to curb terrorist activities, checkmate loopholes and cut off their sources of funding. Addressing state house correspondents after the meeting chaired by the …

Following the death of a Nigerian man identified as Mr. Michael Chima Echefu, in Johannesburg who was killed by armed robbers, Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has announced plan to repatriate his remains. The deceased  a native of Amaigbo, Imo State, was shot dead three weeks ago in …