Nigeria Posts 298 COVID-19 Cases, Tally Tops 49,000
Nigeria posted another low figure for confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the national tally topped 49,000. According to the NCDC, 298 new cases were recorded countrywide with Plateau taking the grim leaderboard with 108 cases. Kaduna followed with 49 and Lagos, that has recorded a record 16,503 cases logged fresh 47 cases. There was […]
Ghana Opens All Tertiary Schools Next Week For Final Year Students
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana said late Sunday that tertiary schools will reopen on Aug. 24 for students who have yet to complete the academic year. The government will put in place necessary preventive measures to allow students to return to school safely, Akufo-Addo said during his 15th COVID-19 national address. “Government, through […]
Mississippi Cops Charged With Murder Over 2019 Death Of Black Man
Three Jackson, Mississippi, police officers have been indicted on second-degree murder charges for the fatal beating of a Black man in January 2019. Officers Desmond Barney, Lincoln Lampley and Anthony Fox have all been charged after a grand jury accused them of “eminently dangerous” acts, according to an indictment obtained by WLBT. Jackson police were […]
Edmund Daukoru Resumes As NLNG Chairman
Former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy, Edmund Daukoru has formally assumed duty as chairman of the board of directors of Nigeria LNG Limited following a ceremony at the corporate head office of the company in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The event was witnessed by the company’s managing director Tony Attah, deputy managing director Sadeeq […]
Aubameyang Agrees £250,000 A Week Contract With Arsenal
Gabon international, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has reportedly agreed a new £250,000-a-week contract with Arsenal. The new deal is for three years, according to UK newspapers. Auba who is also Arsenal’s captain has just one year remaining on his current Emirates deal. The Daily Telegraph reported the signing is “extremely close”. Read Also: Jurgen Klopp Beats Lampard, […]
WAEC Reacts As Mathematics Question Paper Circulates On Social Media
The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has debunked report of a leaked mathematics examination question paper. Africa Today News, New York reports that WAEC starts its Senior School Certificate Examination, today, Aug. 17 and it will go on till Sept. 7. However, a leaked mathematics question paper circulated on social media, Sunday night. Read Also: […]
Again, DSS Invites Mailafiya Over Boko Haram Comment
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for questioning again. His lawyer, Yakubu Bawa, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Jos, NAN reports According to him, Mailafiya is expected to be at the Jos office of the DSS on […]
COVID-19: FAAN Reacts To Allegation Of Bribery At Abuja Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has said that it has begun an investigation into allegations that some officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja were collecting bribe from passengers on evacuation flights. There have been reports that some of the airport officials demand bribe from returnees during COVID-19 clearance. Also, it was […]
Mauritius Dodges Second Oil Spill
Mauritius avoided a second catastrophic oil spill Wednesday after salvage crews pumped the remaining fuel from the tanks of a cargo ship that ran aground off its coast, imperilling world-famous wildlife sanctuaries. The stricken vessel threatens to break apart after more than two weeks stranded on a reef, where it leaked more than 1,000 tonnes of […]
Zimbabwe Govt Denies Crisis As Inflation Jumps To 840 Percent
Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate soared to almost 840 percent in July, the statistics agency said Saturday, adding to the country’s desperate economic woes even as the government refused to acknowledge a growing sense of crisis. The southern African nation has been grappling with more than a decade of hyperinflation triggered by economic mismanagement under former […]
Controversy As CDHR Suspends National VP, Taiga For One Year
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has suspended its National Vice President, Comrade Prince Kehinde Taiga from office for one year. CDHR’s National President, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, had in a letter dated 13th August signed the suspension of his Vice President from Office. The letter reads, “Sequel to the resolution of the […]
Al-Qaeda Militants Execute Dentist For ‘Spying’
Al-Qaeda militants in war-torn Yemen executed a dentist accused of spying for the government and guiding US drone strikes targeting the Islamist extremists, a local official said on Sunday. The jihadis shot Motthar al-Youssoufi, then crucified his corpse and left it outside his health centre, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The execution […]