Man City’s Mahrez, Laporte Test Positive For COVID-19
Manchester City players Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte have tested positive for coronavirus just five days before the start of the new Premier League season, the club announced on Monday. City said in a statement that French defender Laporte and Algerian international forward Mahrez were self-isolating in accordance with Premier League and government rules. “Neither […]
Erica Disqualified, Lucy Evicted From Big Brother Show
Ngozi ‘Erica’ Nlewedim has been disqualified from the ongoing Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show. The reality star was disqualified on Sunday night after receiving third strikes from Biggie. Erica had two occassions broke the hosue rules on whispering and misuse of the Head of House(HoH) lounge. Biggi warned that her one more strike […]
Customs Warns Of Alleged Plans By Boko Haram To Attack Abuja
By Alex Akao The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has raised the alarm over what it called plans by members of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents to launch deadly attacks in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The warnings came at the weekend in a classified memo from the office of the Comptroller-General (CGC) of Customs, Col. Hameed […]
I Once Lived In A New York Shelter – Tiwa Savage
Nigerian singer and award-winning artist, Tiwa Savage, has narrated how she once lived in a shelter meant for the poor people with drug addiction-related issues in Brooklyn, New York due to lack of money. The 40-year-old singer made this revelation during a surprise party organized for her by friends to launch her latest album-‘Celia According […]
Why I Returned To School- Davido
Award-winning Nigerian singer and label record owner, Davido Adeleke popularly known as Davido, has revealed why he returned to school. The Assurance çrooner made this known in a recent Instagram Live chat with Grammy Museum, He said, “In the early stage of my career, I was like a one-man-band. For my first single, I made the […]
Fuel Price Increase Inhuman, Insensitive- CAPPA
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa(CAPPA) has described last Wednesday’s increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by the federal government is insensitive and an affront on the collective sensibilities of Nigerians who have endured pains and agony in the last five years. The increase, which was announced by the Pipelines and […]
Russia presents COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey L. Shebarshin, has presented Covis-19 vaccine from his country to Nigeria. He said the purpose of presenting the sample vaccine was for study, further researches, patronage and application. The Director of Information, Media and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health, Olujimi Oyetomi, in a statement said the […]
UK court grants Nigeria $10b relief against P&ID
Nigeria has won in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). Ross Cranston, a judge of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions. With this ruling, the case […]
Govt says no new palliative over fuel price hike
The federal government has ruled out any palliative over the recent jump in fuel price. On Monday, the PPMC, the petroleum products marketing and distribution arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), raised the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.70 to N147.67 per litre. However, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), which is […]
Resident doctors to embark on strike Monday
Residents doctors have signified their intention to embark on a strike from Monday, September 7. In a statement by the troika of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba; Secretary, Dr Bilqis Mohammad and Publicity Secretary, Dr Egbogu Stanley, the association said the strike would commence after expiration of the 21-day […]
