The United Progressive Party (UPP) which is one of the 74 political parties recently deregistered bt the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially announced its merger with the All Progressive Congress (APC).  This disclosure was contained in a statement made by the national chairman of the defunct part, Chief Chekwas Okorie at the end of its National Executive Committee (NEC) with Board of Trustees (BOT) and stakeholders. Okorie informed that the merger resolution was reached after APC stakeholders assured the party that its members will be warmly welcomed and giving equal opportunity with bona fide members of the ruling party.

The Socio-Economic and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 192 other have filed a lawsuit demanding the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to restrain Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker House of Reps and all his members from spending  N5 billion Naira they plan to squander on buying luxury cars for themselves.

An Area Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to investigate an allegation of forgery on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate filed against the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Before being sworn in as deputy governor of Bayelsa state following February 14, 2020, judgement of the Supreme Court, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo was a Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, -was dragged before the court in Lugbe, Abuja on the allegation of presenting a forged NYSC Exemption Certificate with code No: 139708 dated Feb. 2, 1998, on his nomination form to INEC.

China has on Thursday announced that the biggest drop in new cases of the coronavirus has been recorded, since its outbreak, indicating that the disease control efforts are working, AFP reports.

Lagos State Government Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has on Wednesday confirmed that the second case of Lassa fever has been recorded since 2017, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Although, details about the patient and location was not disclosed.

The very first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to have entered Africa has been detected in Egypt on Friday, Feb. 14 after a "foreigner tested positive. The case was detected through a follow-up programme implemented by the Egyptian government for travellers arriving from countries where the virus has spread. The infected man, whose identity and profile has remained unknown so far has since been quarantined in a hospital.

Following the outcry of the Nigerian populace on estimated billing, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has criminalised the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) from charging residential customers above N1,800 as their monthly consumption bill until they are metered.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has today released the Gross Domestic Product report for the 2019 fiscal year indicating the economy rising by 2.27 per cent in the 2019 physical year.

The Kastina state branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it facilitate the refund of up to N82,04 million to commercial bank customers who were short-changed by the bank in 2019 when it received about 57 complaints from those customers.

The Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has disclosed that he is not sure he would allow Eden Hazard participates for the club again in the remaining season, seeing the way he saw limping in the second half of the game with Levante which ended 1 – 0. Scans have already confirmed the Belgian born player suffered a hairline fracture on his right ankle.

British legend boxer, Tyson Fury has regained his world champion status on Saturday after he beats up Deonty Wilder in the 7th round of his game.

Training of volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics have been postponed over the Coronavirus outbreak in Japan. The organising committee of the event in a statement made the announcement on Friday saying the training slated for Saturday has been rescheduled to a later date.