Nigeria will overcome COVID-19 pandemic – Ooni
*NCDC announces 438 new cases Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 438 new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing the total infections from the virus to 39,977. This is coming as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said the country will overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The monarch said this as Ife […]
Army graduates 373 cadets from Infantry School
Three hundred and seventy-three cadets have graduated from the Direct Short Service Course 25 at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna State. The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), at the passing out parade, charged the cadets to be loyal to the country and the military authorities. Represented by the Chief […]
Akeredolu’s date with destiny
By Idowu Ajanaku Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example -Cory Booker That the incumbent governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) was recently announced as the flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, with a landslide victory over his competitors is no mere […]
Gunshots rock PDP campaign venue in Edo
Sounds of gunshots were heard at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Benin, Edo State on Saturday. The stampede led to the injuring of 10 people. The rally was held to kick off campaign activities for Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state and candidate of the PDP in the September 19 governorship election. The […]
Police, Shiites clash again in Kaduna
The Nigeria Police in Zaria, Kaduna State have clashed with members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The group was on the streets commemorating the sixth anniversary of three sons of the group’s leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and 32 others. They were killed in July 2014 during a Quds demonstration in Zaria. It led […]
NDDC is home of corruption, says Kwankwaso
Senator Rab’iu Kwankwaso has said he resigned from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) due to the chronic corrupt practices there and in many government agencies. He traced this to the failure of the leadership of these agencies. The former governor of Kano State resigned as a board member of the commission in […]
APC is lawless, Obaseki declares
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared lawlessness in his former party was responsible for his dumping the party. The governor, during the flag off of his campaign in Benin City, promised not to return to the […]
Kwara governor loses dad
Nigeria’s first lawyer from the northern part of the country, AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq, is dead. He was 93. Abdul-Razaq, is the father of the governor of Kwara State. A family announcement on Saturday said he died in the early hours of the morning. He was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He was called to […]
Mkapa, ex-Tanzanian president dies at 81
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa is dead. He was 81. He died in a Dar es Salaam hospital, according the government. He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962 and ruled from 1995 to 2005. President John Maguful in a television broadcast on Friday said, “I’m saddened by the death of […]
Reps to sue Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio yesterday backtracked on his accusation that National Assembly members were major beneficiaries of contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). However, despite his backtracking, the House of Representatives has resolved to sue him for perjury and slander. The minister while testifying before the probe panel in […]
