The asteroid that slammed into Earth some 66 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs also produced a gigantic pool of magma many times larger than the crater at the center […]
Rev. Al Sharpton condemned the destruction that took place in Minneapolis this week, particularly the black-owned businesses that were vandalized following the death of George Floyd. During his “Morning Joe” appearance on Friday, Sharpton […]
Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel yesterday commissioned a 300- bed space infectious disease Isolation and treatment center, Ituk Mbang, Uruan local government area as part […]
Tributes have poured in after the death of Bob Weighton, the world’s oldest man, at the age of 112. He died “peacefully” in his sleep at home in the UK in Alton, […]
CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter and the Washington Post are facing intense backlash for attempting to compare the arrest of a CNN crew while covering the Minneapolis riots to the tragic death of […]
TIPEDI cautions NASS against interference in IMC audit By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has vowed to investigate the sudden death of the Acting Executive Director, Finance […]
TIPEDI cautions NASS against interference in IMC audit By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has vowed to investigate the sudden death of the Acting Executive Director, Finance […]
Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Bureau of Public Enterprises is not opposed to the planned forensic audit of the power companies in Nigeria by the Federal Government. The Director-General (D-G) of […]
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Scammers beware: Google is on the lookout for you. The Mountain View, Calif., company on Thursday […]
By: Victoria Ojeme Nigerians in Diaspora Commission at the weekend called on all Heads of Ministries, department and agencies to apply emotional intelligence at all times in the service of the administration […]
European Union foreign ministers on Thursday decided to extend sanctions on Syria’s Bashar Assad regime and its supporters by one more year over the regime’s continued crackdown on civilians in the conflict-torn […]
The face off between Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Pantami, and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians In Diaspora Commission; Abike Dabiri-Erewa, assumed a new and messier twist after the […]
Transcripts of phone conversations between then-incoming White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016 were released Friday. The transcripts have long been sought by lawmakers […]
UAVOS and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) of Saudi Arabia are developing a new medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle, the Saker-1C, according to a company […]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Government has said it will shut down any worship centre that fails to comply with the strict measures guiding the partial lifting of the ban on […]
Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph have called it quits. The “Bachelor” star, 28, and his Season 23 winner, 25, announced their breakup on social media on Friday. “First off, I want to […]
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, announced that the country has recorded 387 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 9,302. The NCDC […]
Active wildfires are being detected in the Arctic Circle as an unusually warm and dry spring threatens to bring back infernos that ravaged the region last year, scientists have warned. Satellites belonging […]
387 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria, on Friday, May 29, 2020. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 254 cases were recorded in Lagos, 29 in Abuja, 24 in Jigawa, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said Nigeria recorded 387 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total infections now 9,302. “387 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-254 […]
The family of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died shortly after he was arrested by police officers on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill, has retained prominent forensic pathologist Dr. […]
An environmentalist has said wetland is more beneficial to the ecosystem than buildings. Mr. Adedamola Ogunsesan, Project Manager, Lekki Conservation Foundation, LCF, said this during a zoom programme organised by Lagos State […]
Independent Newspapers Limited, registered on July 17, 2001 (RC No: 419927), commenced publication on October 1, 2001. With the registered office at 8, WEMPCO Road, Ogba, Ikeja, it publishes DAILY INDEPENDENT, Monday […]
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Friday with 387 cases reported by the country, even as authorities intensify efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases […]
President Trump weighed in on the unrest in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd, saying Friday that “the looters should not be allowed to drown out the voices of so many […]
