Shooting In The Villa: Aisha Buhari Demands Release Of Aides
Circumstances surrounding the reported shooting at the Aso Villa on Thursday evening, have revealed that the shots were fired to prevent a presidential aide from running away from the premised. In the meantime, no official statement have been made except by the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, who on her official Twitter handle on Friday, […]
Buhari Orders Review of White Paper on Rationalization of Parastatals, Agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari he has authorized a review of the white paper on the rationalization of government parastatals and agencies. He made this assertion in his address to mark the 2020 Democracy Day on Friday June 12. President Buhari said, “In the face of dwindling resources and rising cost of governance, I have authorized that […]
President Buhari’s Full Speech On Democracy Day
President Muhammed Buhari addressed Nigerian on the occasion of Democracy Day on Friday. Read Full speech below: NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an […]
Chimamanda Adichie Loses Father
Prof. James Adichie, father to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a renowned Nigerian novelist is dead. According to PMNews, the 88-year-old man died on Wednesday night in Awka, Anambra State. Before his death, he was said to have been admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. The late Adichie […]
FirstBank Presents Lagos Students With E-Learning Devices
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has presented 20,000 units of e-learning devices to the Lagos State government at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The devices are planned for distribution to school children. With the gesture, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the State had found a “real development partner” in FirstBank, noting that […]
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 […]
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 […]
