BET Awards Honours French Activist Assa Traore
BET Awards honoured Sunday night international activist Assa Traore, whose brother Adama was killed in French police custody four years ago. She was honoured with the BET Global Good award. Traore thanked BET, an American television channel dedicated to African-American and minority people, for the award, calling it “an acknowledgment of our fight.” Read Also: […]
Buhari Receives Briefing From PTF On COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari has just been briefed in the State House, in Abuja, by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the next line of actions against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The PTF team led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Mr Boss Mustapha updated the […]
Taraba Declares 3-Day Holiday For LG poll
Taraba State Government has declared Monday, June 29, Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1, as public holidays to enable residents to participate in the local government council poll. This was contained in a statement by Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Darius Ishaku, on Monday in Jalingo. “The public holiday is to enable […]
Justice Abang Varies Bail Conditions For Maina
A Federal High Court on Monday granted the request by Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) for further variation of his bail conditions. The variation was granted eight months after the court first set the initial terms. Justice Okon Abang said he granted Maina’s prayer on compassionate ground, especially after he secured […]
Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For Donald Trump
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed its top general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday. According to reports, Iran has asked Interpol for help in arresting all the culprits. While Trump faces no danger […]
FCMB Pensions Ltd To Acquire 96% Of Aiico Pensions Limited
FCMB Group has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange that it’s pensions arm, FCMB Pensions Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire 96% of Aiico Pensions Limited. This is part of a deliberate strategy to grow the Group’s investment management portfolio and build on the inherent synergies between pensions management and banking. It will be recalled that the […]
Nigeria, US Excluded As EU Releases Countries Allowed Into Europe
As Europe prepares to reopen its borders, Nigeria has been excluded from the list of countries whose travelers could be received on July 1. The European Union released a list of 54 countries qualified for travels into Europe, Schengenvisainfo.com reports. Read Also: Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook Condemn Trump Over Visa Ban The EU Commission spokesman, […]
Arewa: Yerima Shettima Denies ‘Igbo President’ Statement
President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima has denied a statement credited to him that Igbo people from the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria will never produce a president. It will be recalled that the former Governor of old Enugu State, Dr. Jim Nwodo recently said that 2023 was non-negotiable for Nigeria’s president […]
Burna Boy, Wizkid Win At 2020 BET Awards (Full List)
Nigerian Afrobeat music superstars, Burna Boy and Wizkid have both emerged winners at the 20th BET Awards held on Sunday. The award which took place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic was hosted by Amanda Seales. Wizkid’s feature on Beyonce’s ‘Brown Skin Girl’ track won him the BET Her Award category, making history as the […]
New Lockdown: Market Women, Others Dare Imo Govt
Some market men and women in Imo State have vowed not to obey the fresh lockdown ordered by the government. The new lockdown is expected to take effect from Monday, 29 as instructed by the Governor to stop further spread of coronavirus in the state. DAILY POST correspondent in Imo State who interviewed some of […]
Nigerian Students Pay ₦152b Tuition In UK: Report
Thousands of Nigerian students abroad are currently faced with serious challenges on account of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing possibility that the disease could be around for much longer. Burdened already by exorbitant fees, the global health challenge has dislocated their study, leaving them stranded in host nations. But resorting to Nigeria’s ailing educational […]
US Protests Are About Implanting Microchips, Not Racism – Oyakhilome
The President of Love World Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has come up with another theory, and this time it’s about the Black Lives Matter Protest. The cleric in a televised sermon on Sunday said the protests and riots that have engulfed the United States in the wake of the murder […]