Local News
WHO says new Congo records 2 new cases of Ebola infection
The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the ...
World News
Facebook, Snapchat join other companies voicing concerns about discrimination against African-Americans
Facebook Inc and Snap Inc became the latest U.S. companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over ...
Commentaries
How Not to Police a Pandemic
By Victor Ikem As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic was announced and its widespread implications made public, everyone including governments around the world went into a ...Wike and the whelps of Eleme
KEN UGBECHIE ..Gongbeat column It’s been all too horrid. Sticky. The matter of Governor Nyesom Wike ordering and supervising the demolition of two hotels in his ...
Sports
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Manchester United extends Odion Ighalo’s loan contract till January
Odion Ighalo is staying with Manchester United after the club agreed a loan extension with Shanghai Shenhua until January 2021. Eyebrows were raised when the former Watford striker made his deadline day ... -
Chelsea target Chukwueze if Sancho bid fails
Premier League giants Chelsea are reportedly stepping up their pursuit of wingers in the transfer market this summer and have identified Samuel Chukwueze as a potential target if they fail in ... -
Rohr, Redknapp tear Nigeria football administrators apart
Out of job Harry Redknapp has been tipped for a shock return to management, this time as manager for Nigeria. It will be his African national team experience as a manager. He ...
Business & Economy
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Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge construction begins early next year
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, says the construction of Fourth Mainland Bridge will start in the first quarter of 2021. Hamzat ... -
Global Finance 2020: Zenith Bank is Best Bank in Nigeria
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. The ... -
All eyes on Konga for second live online auction today by 12pm
All is set for the June edition of Konga Last Price, a live online auction pioneered by foremost composite e-commerce giant, Konga. The auction ... -
How to make Almajiris digital natives, millionaires – Ekeh, Zinox Boss
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, says Nigeria can turn the poor, nomadic children popularly called Almajiri into millionaires, ... -
Kwara slashes telecoms RoW fee to N1 per km
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has directed the slashing of the Right of Way (RoW) fee for telecommunications firms (Telecom) from N5,500 per linear ... -
14.07% contribution to GDP: Telecom stakeholders applaud NCC, Danbatta
Operators and stakeholders of Nigeria’s telecom ecosystem have applauded the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for rallying the sector to an unprecedented 14.07 percent contribution ... -
Konga set for second live online auction on Monday
Excitement and anticipation have reached fever-pitch for the June edition of the live online auction pioneered by foremost composite e-commerce giant, Konga. A monthly ... -
CBN cuts MPR to 12.5 %, retains other rates
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday reduced its monetary policy rate to 12.5 percent from its previous 13.50 percent, as part of efforts to ...
