Joe Biden Set To Announce Running Mate: The Possibles
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s search for a running mate for the Nov. 3 election is drawing to a close. Indeed he said he would make his choice known by next week. Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his potential vice president. Read Also: COVID-19: ‘He’s An Absolute Fool’ – Joe Biden […]
Amaechi To Reps: Don’t Scare Away Foreign Lenders
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has observed that the investigations of loans taken by the Federal Government by House of Representatives could send wrong signals to the lenders. Amaechi sounded the warning at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements in Abuja. He said that […]
COVID-19 Vaccine: Roche Drug Trial For COVID-19 Fails
Swiss drugmaker Roche today announced the failure of its Actemra/RoActemra drug to treat patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19-related pneumonia. The “COVACTA trial did not meet its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia, or the key secondary endpoint of reduced patient mortality,” Roche said. “In addition, the key secondary endpoints, […]
Hong Kong University Fires Professor Who Inspired Protests
The governing body for the University of Hong Kong (HKU) voted to fire a law professor this week who helped inspire the pro-democracy “umbrella protests” that erupted in the city in 2014. Benny Tai said in a Facebook post reported by The New York Times that the institution was caving under pressure from Beijing and called the […]
US Officials Tell AP: Russia Spreading Virus Disinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian intelligence operatives are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain ahead of the presidential election in November, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Two Russians who have held senior roles in Moscow’s military intelligence service known […]
Osinbajo’s Helicopter Accident Caused By Human Error, AIB Reveals
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the final report of the February 2, 2019 helicopter accident involving the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Kogi and three other accidents. In its preliminary report, the AIB had said the crew lost visual contact with the ground at about 50 feet owing to dust generated when […]
Many Feared Dead As Gas Explodes In Isolo, Lagos
Many people have been reported dead in a gas explosion at Afariogun, Isolo area of Lagos State on Tuesday. An eyewitness, who spoke to Newsmen, said the police have arrived at the scene of the incident while efforts were ongoing to extinguish the fire. Read Also: Family Of Five Die In Gas Inferno In Imo […]
Gov Duoye Diri Cuts Bayelsa Budget By 24.3%
The Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has cut the state’s 2020 budget by 24 percent. The bill, which was ₦242bn, has been cut to ₦183bn. Governor Diri said that the decision was reached following a drop in monthly revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. He disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at a Public Forum to […]
Okupe Wants FG To Stop Banks From Selling Airtime
A former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe wants Federal Government to ban banks from selling telecommunication airtime, which according to him creates joins for Nigerians. Doyin in a tweet said that the sector is a ₦10billion/day in terms of volume. He stated that banks involvement in the retails segment is strangulating small individual […]
Unravelling The COVID-19 Hoax Of Dr. Stella Immanuel
Following claims that she is certain that the discredited Hydrochloroquine drug is a tested cure for COVID-19, Pediatrician, Dr. Stella Immanuel has been exposed as a fraud. Immanuel, who is a Cameroonian studied medicine at the University of Calabar. She also did her residency in Pediatrics at Bronx-Lebanon in New York and interned under Dr. […]
Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With APC Leadership Made Public
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his happiness with the performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) interim leaders. He stated this during Tuesday’s meeting, according to his Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. Buhari met virtually with state governors elected on the ruling party’s platform and members of Mai […]
Sallah: Police Urge Muslims To Comply With Rules To Curb COVID-19
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, has urged Muslims to adhere strictly to Government guidelines in containing the spread of the COVID-19-19 pandemic during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Usman in a statement to felicitate with the Muslim faithful in the state, said the use of face mask, maintaining social distance and avoiding mass […]