Three PSG Players Test Positive For COVID-19
Three Paris Saint-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the French club announced on Wednesday, in a setback to their preparations for the scheduled start of their Ligue 1 campaign next week. French sports daily L’Equipe reported the players in question were Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes, but PSG did not reveal any […]
Petrol price goes up again, now N151.56
The Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has announced new petrol pump price. It is now N151.56 per litre. In a memo dated September 2, 2020, it said “a new product price adjustment has been effected on our payment platform. “To this end the price of premium motor spirit (PMS) is now one hundred and fifty […]
DSS Didn’t Interrogate Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Says spokesman
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it had at no time interrogated Marvin Record boss, Michael Ajereh (aka Don Jazzy) and music rave Tiwa Savage over political postings against President Muhammadu Buhari. An online medium had recently reported that the duo where interrogated two weeks ago in Lagos. It claimed that the interrogation […]
Diplomatic tiff: Gbajabiamila visits
Speaker of the HOUSE of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila is in Ghana to meet with his Ghanaian counterpart over the misunderstanding between the two countries. He told journalists at the Presidential Villa after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari that he was at the Villa to rub minds with the President on the diplomatic row. He […]
Gunmen abduct medical director, two others in Ondo
GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers have taken away the Chief Medical Director of the General Hospital, Idoani, Dr. Olufemi Adeogun. He was abducted on the Owani/Idoani Road. Also abducted were Mrs. Foluke Ajibola, who was said to be a record officer as well as a yet to be identified person. According to reports, the driver […]
Two policemen die in Oshiomhole’s campaign convoy
Two policemen died in an accident involving the convoy of Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday. The former chairman and a campaign team of the party were on their way to Usen in Ovia south east local government area of Edo State during the fatal accident. The APC governorship […]
Adesina begins second term as AfDB president
Akinwumi Adesina has been sworn in as the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Adesina who was sworn in on Tuesday at the AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, begins his second five-year tenure. He was elected in May 2015 as the first Nigerian to occupy the position. He was re-elected on August 27, […]
UNILAG visitation panel begins sitting
Dr. Babalakin The Special Visitation Panel raised by the Federal Government to look into the crisis rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG) began sitting yesterday behind closed doors. The panel has begun the collation of memoranda submitted by members of the public. It has two weeks to submit its report. A box has been […]
LASU students to resume in batches
Students of Lagos State University (LASU) are to resume in batches, according to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lanre Fagbohun. He said final year students are expected back in school three months ahead of others. This is in line with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive that all tertiary institutions in the state should resume on […]
Awosika, First Bank’s chairman makes film debut
*Stars in Citation, movie by Afolayan Mrs. Awosika The Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, has made her debut in a movie produced by award-winning, movie producer, Kunle Afolayan. The movie, Citation, is meant to correct rape and sexual molestation – which have become common of recent. Mrs. Awosika acts the part of the […]
