COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 1,091 In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that the coronavirus death toll in Nigeria has jumped to 1,091. The NCDC made this known on Wednesday night. Confirming that there were 126 new infections on Wednesday, NCDC stated that the new cases of COVID-19, were recorded across 17 States. This brings the number of […]
EU Chief Pledges Green Recovery From Corona Crisis
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed Wednesday that Europe would lead the global search for a coronavirus vaccine while rebuilding its shattered economy with a green recovery plan. In her first annual State of the European Union address, the president of the European Commission also warned Britain not to breach its Brexit withdrawal […]
FIFA Estimates COVID-19 Will Cost Global Football $11 Billion
FIFA on Wednesday put the cost of Covid-19 on football around the world at $11 billion in lost revenue. The pandemic has already led to over 150 football associations to seek financial help from the $1.5 billion emergency relief fund set up by football’s governing body. Olli Rehn, chairman of FIFA’s coronavirus steering committee, laid […]
Israeli Jets Bomb Gaza After Rocket Fire Clouds Peace Deal Signing
Israel bombed Gaza on Wednesday after militants fired rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militants of seeking to stop the peace deals, Israel’s first with an Arab country since 1994. But Gaza ruler Hamas […]
UNICEF Pleads On Behalf Of 13-Year-Old Who Blasphemed
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to reverse the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy, Omar Farouq, to 10 years’ imprisonment with menial labour for blasphemy. Mr Peter Hawkins, UNICEF’S Representative in Nigeria, made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, the sentencing negated all core […]
Nigeria At 60: Buhari Unveils Anniversary Logo
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled Nigeria’s 60th-anniversary logo. He pledged that his administration will continue to work towards greater inclusiveness. The unveiling was held before the commencement of the 15th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State House, Abuja. Buhari described the logo as a product of choice from Nigerians […]
Buhari Saved Nigeria From Becoming Failed State – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in 2015 prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state. Mohammed said Buhari saved Nigeria after what he called a “long stretch of rapacious and rudderless leadership.” The minister stated this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, […]
FCTA Destroys Makeshift Houses, Brothels In Jabi
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, removed makeshift houses and brothels in Daki biyu community, at Jabi District, in continuation of its efforts to rid the city of illegal structures. The operation was led by the Director, FCTA Development Control Department, Malam Muktar Galadima, with over 100 security personnel and many vigilance groups. […]
Cardi B Files For Divorce From Offset After 3 Years
Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset on Tuesday (September 15) after being married for three years, according to the Fulton County Magistrate in Georgia. The filing on Fulton County website spells out Cardi B and Offset’s real names in the contested divorce case titled ‘Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar vs. Kiari Kendrell Cephus.’ The court documents […]
‘Don’t Come To Edo With Bullion Vans’ – Tambuwal Mocks APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council Chairman, Nyesom Wike has declared that Governor Godwin Obaseki would win the Edo governorship election convincingly. Wike, who is also the Governor of Rivers State, made the assertion at the Grand Finale of the Edo PDP Campaign held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. Wike […]
Another Recording Of Biden And Poroshenko’s Call Leaked
New recordings of conversations between the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and the then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The call, purportedly made by Democratic candidate Mr Biden to former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko, is said to date from February 2016 and supposedly concerns the resignation of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor Victor Shokin. It also […]
Terrorists Now Occupy Kishi In Oyo, They Rape, Kidnap – Adams
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams says armed terrorists now occupy parts of Oyo State. He said intelligence indicated that they were at Old Oyo Game Reserve at Sooro village in Kishi town, Irepo Local Government of Oyo State. He recalled his alarm late August that hundreds of men were seen on motorcycles heading towards […]