Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive For COVID-19
Popular American comedian, Ellen Lee DeGeneres, has revealed that she has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The popular talk show host made the revelation in a tweet via her Twitter account on Thursday. Read Also: WHO Reveals Only Way COVID-19 Will End In Africa She, however, stated that she’s alright adding that those […]
We Will Prosecute Palliative Looters – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday promised to investigate and prosecute people engaged in mismanaging the COVID-19 funds and palliatives. ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, gave this warning during a roundtable discussion on ‘Fighting Money Laundering in the COVID-19 Era. ICPC who decried the rise in fraud and corruption […]
WHO Reveals Only Way COVID-19 Will End In Africa
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has said that vaccines are the best hope of ending COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. Moeti made this known in a statement posted on WHO Regional Office for Africa website. Read Also: COVID-19 Deaths In Africa Linked To Diabetes – WHO She also said […]
Herdsmen Attack Benue Capital Makurdi, Kill 4, Many Injured
Fulani herdsmen have attacked and killed not less than four people and left seven battling with various degrees of injuries at Tse-Angbande in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Governor Samuel Ortom who visited the scene of the attack on Saturday morning said the armed herdsmen in their usual guerrilla pattern struck by 11pm […]
Uganda Orders 9 Million Doses Of Vaccine, Nigeria Quiet
Uganda has ordered 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement on Thursday, the country’s Ministry of Health said the shots would cover 20 percent of the 45 million population. ‘Plans are underway to secure additional doses of the vaccine to cover more people’, it said. On Tuesday, Uganda announced that it had applied […]
Ghana: President Buhari Congratulates Akufo-Addo
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his re-election. Akufo-Addo defeated former President John Mahama by polling 6,730,413 votes. Buhari, in a statement on Thursday, commended the people of Ghana on the successful conclusion of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Read Also: Ghana Begins Presidential, Parliamentary Elections The President noted that the […]
Terrorists Set Two Oil Wells On Fire In Iraq
Terrorists suspected to be members of Islamic State have on Wednesday set two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq on fire report says. The terrorist attack was said to have been carried out using explosives but overall production from the field was not affected, the Oil Ministry and officials said Wednesday. Read Also: […]
Erdogan Set To Discuss U.S. Strains When Biden Takes Office
There are signs that the coming of Joe Biden as the President of the United States of America will have a significant change in the area of disagreement between the US and the rival nation. The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has stated that he would discuss strained U.S. relations with President-elect Joe Biden when he […]
National Assembly Has Powers To Summon Buhari
Human Rights Activist and Constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has disagreed with the Attorney General and Minister of Justice on his position on President Muhammadu Buhari’s non-appearance before the National Assembly over insecurity stating that NASS has power to summon the president. The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, in a statement said that […]
‘Buhari’s Rebuff Of NASS, Questions Our Existence’
The refusal of President Buhari to appear before the National Assembly today still ripples from various quarters of Nigeria polity. The member representing Ahoada-East/Abua/Odual Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Solomon Bob while reacting to the development on Thursday described the snubbing of the Joint Session of the National Assembly by President Muhamadu Buhari as of a […]
#EndSARS2: The Gross Irresponsibility Of The IG, And NPF
Nigeria has been attracting the world’s attention in recent months for all the wrong reasons. Nigerian youths just recently took to the streets to protest police brutality after social media users spread accounts of an unarmed youth being shot and killed by a police officer with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The protests quickly grew, from […]
FG Appoints Malam Abubakar Fikpo Acting DG NDE
The Federal Government has appointed Mallam Abubakar Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to replace Dr. Nasiru Argungu, who was sacked from the position on December 7. Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, confirmed the appointment in a statement report on Wednesday in Abuja. Read Also: […]