President Akufo-Addo Wins Second Term
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won a second term after a tightly contested presidential election, the country’s electoral commission announced Wednesday, beating long-time opponent John Mahama. Akufo-Addo of the centre-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) received 6,730,413 or 51.59 percent of votes while Mahama of the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC) received 6,214,889 or 47.36 percent […]
Gunmen kidnap Taraba lawmaker
A member of the Taraba House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The lawmaker who represents Nguroje constituency in the assembly was abducted by gunmen about 1:00am on Wednesday in Jalingo, the state capital. He was reportedly kidnapped from his home which is close to an office of the Department of State […]
Govt didn’t promise to pay ASUU before strike was called off, says Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said the federal government did not promise to pay members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) before they go back to work. The minister in his reaction to a statement by Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president, that the federal government failed to […]
Stop registration of new sims, NCC tells telcos
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications companies to suspend the sales and reactivation of new SIM cards. A letter to the telcos dated December 7 by the commission said it is to embark on an audit of the subscriber registration database. It said, “In accordance with the federal government directive to consolidate the […]
Olabiyi Yai: A farewell to the Pollyanna of Afro-optimism
Yai By Toyin Falola Staring through space that drowned my muse I fight to hide unbottled emotions with every stroke; And every image I attempt to word Gets lost at the tip of my quill, or worst still; Giving life to the monster I never intended to create As I beseech the heavens for […]
Nigeria Records 550 New Cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced over 500 new positive confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus- the highest figure in the last two months. According to the update of the virus on the verified Twitter handle of the agency on Tuesday, Lagos and FCT top the highest numbers of the cases with 219 […]
Ronaldo Scores Twice As Juventus Beat Messi’s Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice from the penalty spot to win his battle with rival Lionel Messi and guide Juventus to a 3-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday, earning the Italians top spot in Champions League Group G. The former Real Madrid striker and his Argentina counterpart traded Ballon d’Or wins for a decade between 2008-2017 […]
Man Utd Crash Out Of Champions League After Falling To Leipzig
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 3-2 at RB Leipzig who resisted a late fightback to reach the last 16. Leipzig were 3-0 up mid-way through the second half thanks to goals by Manchester City loanee Angelino, Amadou Haidara and Justin Kluivert at the Red Bull Arena. United pulled […]
APC Dissolves EXCO At Wards, Local Governments, States And Zonal Levels
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday dissolved all the party executives at wards, local, states and zonal levels. The party decision-makers also expelled Ntufam Hilliard, vice -chairman south-south, for failing to withdraw a suit he instituted against the caretaker committee. The decisions were taken at the emergency meeting […]
Buhari to address National Assembly on Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari is to address a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday. This is coming after he was summoned by the House of Representatives. The address is expected to focus on the security situation across the country. Dozens of farmers had been killed on their farms in Borno State by Boko Haram. […]
