Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre,has died in Paris at the aged...
Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,932. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the enforcement of a total lockdown in Kano state. The President stated this while addressing the nation for the third time...
A filling station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) located within Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State has been gutted by fire.
The Lagos state government says it will be forced to “have a mass burial” if mortuaries across the state are not decongested within two weeks. Speaking...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 117 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a tweet, the NCDC said...
Reports reaching NEWSVERGE indicate that The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, has died, more than two weeks after he tested positive...
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s economy will recede by 3% in 2020. This would be the worst recession in 30 years after...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In his nationwide broadcast...