Buhari Reveals Plan To Lift 100 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty
President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken about his administration’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within the next 10 years. Buhari stated this while speaking in a video message to a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Read Also: Buhari Will Certainly Assent Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Malami During […]
Bill Gates: COVID-19 To Be Back In Big Numbers In Oct – Nov
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned of a substantial increase in coronavirus cases across the US this autumn if the country’s actions pertaining to the problem do not change. Speaking to CNN on Friday, Gates said that “as you get into October and November, this thing (COVID-19) will be back in big numbers if we […]
FG Orders DSTV To Suspend Tariffs Hike
The Nigerian Government has ordered the management of MultiChoice, to suspend the implementation of its new hiked tariffs on different bouquets on its DSTV. The Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, gave the order on Tuesday. Also, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said there is government’s plan […]
New York Imposes 14-Day Quarantine On Visitors From 16 U.S. States
Travellers from 16 U.S. states must now observe 14-day quarantine if they are visiting New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this Tuesday amid surging coronavirus infection rates outside of the state. Cuomo said visitors from California, Nevada, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee must now quarantine for if they travel to New York. This […]
Buhari Will Certainly Assent Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Malami
The Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to improving electoral reform in the country. The Minister said this while appearing at an electoral town hall event on Channels Television on Tuesday. According to him, the Buhari government has allowed for the independence of the […]
Rivers’ Horror House: Police Exhume 4 Bodies In Septic Tank
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed four decomposed bodies of kidnapped victims from a septic tank in the State. The police also paraded a man suspected to be a serial killer who specialised in abducting and killing his victims in Umuebele Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Some victims whose bodies had […]
Edo: INEC Releases Provisional List Of Nominated Candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 14 political parties submitted nominations for the Edo governorship election. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC). Okoye said that the particulars of the nominated candidates would […]
Iranian Blogger Sentenced To Death
The prominent Iranian dissident and blogger Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death on Tuesday by a revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran. Court spokesperson Gholam-Hussein Ismaili said Zam can still appeal to the country’s highest court . Revolutionary courts in Iran preside over espionage cases and threats to national security. Zam stands accused of using his […]
Obaseki Will Be Re-Elected As Edo Governor – Okowa
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed confidence that his Edo counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, will be re-elected. Okowa said this on Tuesday in a statement on Obaseki’s birthday. The Edo helmsman clocks 63 on Wednesday, July 1. Okowa noted that Obaseki deserved to be celebrated for providing “purposeful, courageous and result-oriented leadership”. He lauded Obaseki’s ingenuity […]
ICPC Declares Former Staff Wanted Over Fraudulent Practices
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has declared one Gloria Obioma Elih, a former staff wanted for allegedly demanding and receiving gratification from officials of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources who were being investigated. The ICPC disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday via its official Twitter account stating […]