Tag: NCDC
Naira Marley prosecuted over Abuja concert; pleads guilty | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, commonly known as Naira Marley has been arraigned by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department ...
The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 gives reasons for recent low numbers of confirmed cases | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
The Presidential Taskforce on the coronavirus pandemic has given reasons why low numbers of confirmed cases have been recorded in ...
Marketers push for hike as petrol sell for N150 per litre | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol may sell for N150 per litre in August as marketers are pushing for an upward review. This ...
Lagos shuts Eti-Osa, Agidingbi Isolation Centres | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared that the Eti-Osa Isolation Centre and the Agidingbi Isolation Centre would be closed down. ...
Mamman Daura calls for an end to rotational Presidency | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Mamman Daura, nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, has called for a jettisoning of zoning and power rotation among the regions ...
President Buhari departs for Mali; first foreign trip since the pandemic | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
President Muhammadu Buhari is to embark on a one-day visit to Bamako, the Republic of Mali on Thursday for a ...
Third Mainland Bridge to be shut down on Friday – FG | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
The Federal Government has announced that there will be a partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, from ...
Buhari’s ally and confidant, Ismaila Isa Funtua is dead | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Founding Managing Director of New Africa Holdings (publishers of the defunct Democrat newspapers), Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead. He ...
Southwest States consider reopening schools for 2019/2020 WAEC exams | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Southwest States consider reopening schools for 2019/2020 WAEC examinations Six states of the Southwest including, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun ...
Lagos Doctors begin warning strike | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Amidst a pandemic, the Medical Guild, an Association of Medical Doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government, is ...
Psychological fantasy movie ‘Sylvia’ is finally coming to Netflix l 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Psychological fantasy movie Sylvia is finally coming to Netflix and it’s long overdue. With the high flux of Nollywood titles ...
Obaseki emerges as Edo PDP guber candidate | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has emerged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the September 19 ...
Resident doctors are suspending their nationwide strike | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
The National Association of Resident Doctors has announced the suspension of the nationwide strike with effect from today. The strike ...
Kasanova is coming soon to Netflix | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Kasanova is coming soon to Netflix, and joins the streamer’s massively expanding catalogue of Nollywood titles. Directed by Oluseyi Asurf ...
Burna Boy and Rema nominated for 2020 BET Awards | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
BET has announced nominations for the 2020 Awards ceremony, which will also mark its 20th anniversary. The awards celebrate the ...
FG gives marketers freedom to fix petrol price | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has removed the cap on the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also ...
9 killed in Kaduna village in fresh attack | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
A fresh attack by bandits in Avong Doka village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna, has left 9 people ...
Domestic flights might resume June 21 – FG | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
The Federal Government yesterday said the ban placed on domestic flights may be lifted by June 21. Dr. Sani Aliyu, ...
Odion Ighalo to stay at Manchester United till January | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Odion Ighalo will remain at Manchester United and this was decided by Shanghai Shenhua, after it was revealed that Chinese ...
John Boyega is demanding better respect for black people | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
John Boyega has reacted to the racist lynching of an African African man George Floyd by white policemen in a ...
Nigerians take to Twitter, demand from NCDC answers to COVID-19 puzzles
The Coronavirus by now is something the whole world is familiar with, and whether or not one has had a ...
#StopCovidLies: Here’s why Nigerians think they’re being lied to
From the day the first case of the coronavirus was announced in Nigeria, there have been many who are of ...
INEC approves e-voting as from 2021 | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
INEC has said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from 2021, ...
Gernot Rohr to continue as Super Eagles coach | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has confirmed he has agreed on a new two-and-half-year contract extension with the Nigeria Football ...
Zainab Ahmed says Nigeria is heading towards recession | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, has said that the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force Nigeria’s ...
Is Osas Ighodaro starring in the Rattlesnake remake? | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Osas Ighodaro might be starring in the remake of the 1994 action classic Rattlesnake. The actress posted a cryptic image ...
All there’s to know about NCDC, Nigerians, and #EndCovidScamNow currently trending
Nigerians on Twitter have called out the NCDC over the ever-rising figures on the COVID-19 ‘confirmed cases’ in Nigeria. In ...
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is celebrating 25 years in Nollywood | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is celebrating 25 years in Nollywood. With the current pandemic we are all immersed in, it just occurred ...
President Buhari to address the nation today | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
President Buhari is expected to address the nation in a broadcast today, as the first phase of the gradual easing ...
DJ Cuppy wants to use her platform to help upcoming artistes | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
DJ Cuppy has had an epiphany – she intends to use her platform to help upcoming artistes in the industry. ...