BREAKING: Senate Passes 2020 Revised Budget
The Senate has passed the revised 2020 budget of N10,805,544,664,642. The budget was passed at the plenary on Thursday after the chairman of the appropriation committee, Jibrin Barau presented a report. The budget was initially passed in December but it came back to the national assembly after the executive reworked it to reflect the current […]
Aregbesola, Tinubu: End of the road?
The man regarded as the Lord of the manor in Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his Siamese twin brother, former governor of Osun State Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola seem to be falling apart. Recent moves in Lagos which led to the outright ban of all groups within the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives […]
Appeal Court: Senate confirms Dongban-Mensem as president
The Senate has confirmed Monica Dongban-Mensem as the president of the court of appeal. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday forwarded her name to the senate following rising concern that she may not be named as president. Dongban-Mensem was confirmed after Opeyemi Bamidele, chairman of the committee on judiciary and legal matters, presented his report […]
Nigeria Coronavirus Cases Now 13,873
Nigeria has announced 409 novel coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 18, 873 in the country. In a tweet by the health agency, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) on Wednesday the new cases spread across 15 states. According to the health agency, Lagos top the list of new cases with 201. The tweet also revealed […]
Olu Jacobs Is Alive, Hale and Hearty — AGN
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has debunked the rumors that the movie veteran Olu Jacobs is dead. The Guild confirmed that Jacobs is “alive, very hale and hearty. On Tuesday, there was a rumor that the movie star had passed on after battling protracted illness. But in a statement issued by the guild national […]
Neymar Faces Criminal Complaint For Homophobia
A Brazilian gay rights activist has filed a criminal complaint against Neymar for homophobia, after the football superstar called his mother’s boyfriend an anti-gay slur in comments leaked to the media. The Sao Paulo prosecutor’s office confirmed to AFP it had received the complaint, which it must now examine to decide whether to open a […]
Burundi President Dies of Heart Attack
President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunzuza is dead. According to a statement from the government, he died of Cardiac arrest in a hospital on Monday. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunzuza, President of the Republic of Burundi, at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital […]
Former Lagos Commissioner of Police, Tsav, Dies At 81
Former Commissioner of Police in Lagos state, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav is dead. His death was confirmed by his personal assistant, Torkuma Uke. Uke disclosed that TSav died at Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi on Monday. His remains ill be laid to rest Monday evening in Makurdi according to Islamic rite. Details shortly…
BREAKING: Court Restrains APC From Conducting Primaries In Edo
A Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the All Progressives Congress and its national chairman from conducting any primary election in Edo State ahead of the state governorship election in September, pending the determination of the suit on June 11, 2020, The Nation reports Details shortly…
Six NDDC Staff Test Positive for COVID-19
Six staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. This was confirmed in a tweet on the commission Twitter handled on Monday According to the tweet, the affected staff were attached to the office of Cairo Ojougboh, executive director (projects), of the agency. But Ojougboh was said to have […]
