The Minneapolis ex-policeman accused of killing unarmed black man George Floyd has made his first court appearance, where his bail was set at $1.25m (£1m). Prosecutors cited the “severity of the charges” and public outrage as the reason for upping his bail from $1m. Derek Chauvin faces charges of …

Makurdi – The 12-year-old girl who was last week allegedly raped by a 42-year-old Eddy Ojah at Otada community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state has disclosed that she placed a curse of God’s judgement on her rapist who is currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal from …

  Content streaming service providers, Netflix and Amazon, as well as pay television channels, iROKOtv and Africa Magic are considering halting further investments in the Nigerian content industry, Vanguard has learnt. The four platforms, Vanguard exclusively gathered, have been forced to consider discontinuation of investments in Nigeria because of the …

  The Nigerian Senate, Tuesday, was on stand still as Chief Whip of the Senate , Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and former Governor of Abia State resumed for his Senatorial duties at the Red Chambers, IGBERE TV reports. Orji Kalu’s resumption could be described as a “triumphal” entry as he …

As Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 12,000 and the death toll hit 342 on Sunday, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the epidemic. The PTF lamented that Nigerians were avoiding being tested; a situation he said was responsible for the low …

  Health Minister Osagie Ehanire: Lagos coronavirus cases explodes Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria has recorded 128 new cases of coronavirus, its highest in four days. The new figure was announced on Monday by the NCDC, which put the new national total as 12,801. On Sunday, Lagos had just …

coronavirus patients are being treated by doctors wrongly, a new research has indicated. The researchers said the doctors are prescribing the wrong treatment because they understand the virus infection to be a respiratory disease. But doctors involved in the new research said the coronavirus is also a blood vessel disease, …

Following the recent global plunge in oil prices primarily as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CEO of a power generating company, Century Power Generation Ltd, Dr. Chukwueloka Umeh says there is no better time than now for the Federal Government to take definitive and courageous steps towards diversifying …

Lana Del Rey,  popular American singer-songwriter said there has to be a place in feminism for women who look and act like me citing her lyrics on submissive roles. After facing criticism on the thoughts she expressed via Instagram earlier on Thursday (May 21), she has come out to defend …

Nigerian parents have been urged to let go of superstition, prevent newly born babies untimely death by not forcefully removing the ‘Natal Teeth’  as it is a normal growth. This advice was given by a Nigerian medical doctor practising abroad, Dr Olufunmillayo, on his Twitter account where he occasionally sheds …