Ronaldo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo “is asymptomatic” and “will not play against Sweden” in Wednesday’s Nations League match, the federation said on its website. The 35-year-old Juventus forward, who has been voted the world’s top player five times, played in Portugal’s goalless Nations League draw […]
BREAKING: Buhari Nominates Media Aide Onochie, Three Others As INEC Commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as the national commissioner for Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) representing Delta State. Buhari’s request was made known in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the senate on Tuesday. Others nominated are: Prof. Muhaamad Sani(Katsina), Prof. […]
CAPPA Launches Journalism Fellowship On Trans Fats Reporting
Practicing journalists in Nigeria with a knack for writing good reports have been encouraged to apply for the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) Trans Fat Free Nigeria Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship focuses on ways to eliminate trans-fat from Nigeria¹s food supply chain and journalists are expected to produce investigative reports from an informed […]
Edo Assembly Speaker Impeached
The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Hon. Francis Okiye has been Impeached. Okiye was removed following a motion by the majority leader, Henry Okhurobo and seconded by Yekini Idaiye, the lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo I The impeachment letter was signed by nine of 10 assembly members at the plenary session on Monday The House […]
Singer Oxlade Injured, Manager Arrested As #ENDSARS Protest Turns Violent
Nigerian singer, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, better known as Oxlade has sustained injuries at the on going #ENDSARS protest in Surulere area of Lagos The singer was among several other protesters who hit the street on Monday to demand an end t police brutality in he country. Before the injuries, the singer was seen in an […]
All Classes In Lagos Schools Can Now Resume- Commissioner
The Lagos State Government has approved full re-opening of all classes in pre-primary and primary schools in Lagos. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, announced this in a statement on Monday. She said the remaining classes in both public and private schools in the state to resume from Monday, October 19, 2020 The statement […]
Nimi Wariboko and Humanistic Pluriversality
By Toyin Falola On November 21, 2020, a new book that I edited, The Philosophy of Nimi Wariboko, will be presented to the public at a major conference. The book celebrates the thoughts of a Philosopher King, an economist, a theologian, an oracle of God, a strategist, a teacher, and a public intellectual. NEW, […]
Updated: INEC declares Akeredolu winner of Ondo governorship election
*Buhari congratulates Governor Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has won the Ondo governorship election held on Saturday. Akeredolu, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won in 15 of the state’s 18 local government areas, based on the results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, at its headquarters in Abuja. On the other […]
Breaking: Akeredolu emerged winner of Ondo Gubernatorial Election
Akeredolu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), secured a total of 292,839 while Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) garnered 193, 585 votes. Agboola Ajayi of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) came a distant third with 60,051 votes. Abel Olayinka, Chief Returning Officer of INEC for the governorship election, announced the results on […]
BREAKING: IGP Scraps SARS
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force Adamu made the announcement of the disbandment in Sunday afternoon, days after nationwide protests demanding scrapping of the unit over allegation of brutality and human rights violation “The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, otherwise known […]
