COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Free For Americans – Joe Biden
United States President-elect, Joe Biden has announced that COVID-19 vaccine will be free of charge in the country once approved. Biden said he and Kamala would ensure the vaccine is distributed efficiently to every American. On his Twitter page, he wrote: ‘Once a vaccine is ready and approved, @KamalaHarris and I are going to ensure […]
Maina To Be Remanded In Prison Until End Of Trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, ordered that former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team, Abulrasheed Maina, be remanded in prison until the end of his trial. Justice Okon Abang delivered the verdict, following the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) application made by prosecution counsel, Mohammed Abubakar. The EFCC […]
I Want To Play With Messi Next Season – Neymar
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar, said he desires to play with former teammate Lionel Messi next season. Neymar made it clear after Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-1 defeat of Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. Read Also: Neymar’s Fate To Be Known This Week After Red Card ‘What I want most of all is to […]
FG Threatens To Sanction Discos Selling Meters
The Federal Government has threatened to sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters to Nigerians. The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr Ahmed Zakari, issued the warning at a stakeholders’ engagement on electricity tariff, organised by the FGN/NLC-TUC Ad-hoc Committee. Read Also: #EndSARS: UK Lawmakers Can’t Impose Sanction – FG […]
Terrorism In Nigeria: NAF Acquires Another Mi-171E Fighter
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of a second Mi-171E helicopter acquired by the federal government from Serbia. The Ilyushin 76 Strategic Airlifter that brought it touched down at NAF Base Makurdi at 3.15pm on Wednesday. Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command, Air Vice Marshal Olusegun Philip, received the new aircraft on behalf […]
Obasanjo Downs Reports Of Reconciliation With Gani Adams
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has shot down reports of ‘reconciliation’ with Aare Ona Kakanfo, Gani Adams. The ‘peace meeting’ was purportedly held on Wednesday in Lagos. In a statement by spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said his visit to a Yoruba leader, Ayo Adebanjo, was not a reconciliatory one. ‘It is true that I paid […]
Iran Tensions: Israeli Navy Gets Its Most Advanced Warship
The Israel Navy has received its most advanced warship on Wednesday amidst rising tension between Israel and Iran. The German-made vessel dubbed ‘Shield’ has been described as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist. With Saar-6 corvette that docked in Haifa […]
DSS Arrests A Lone Protester At Nigeria’s Presidential Gate
A human rights activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, who took his one man protest to the gate of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) report say. According to statement by Nigerian lawyers, the Lagos-based lawyer undertook the one-man protest on Wednesday to register his displeasure […]
FFK’S Fraud Trial: Court Rejects EFCC Prayer To Revoke Bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s on Wednesday failed to have bail granted to a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, revoked. The commission had in an application on Wednesday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice John Tsoho to revoke the bail granted to Fani-Kayode for the former minister’s […]
Boko Haram: Pope Condemns Killing Of Borno Farmers
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of farmers and villagers in northeast Nigeria by suspected Islamist militants. Africa Today News, New York had reported that some farmers were killed on their rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government of Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. The terrorists beheaded the farmers on Saturday night in Zabarmari, […]
PDP Accuses Ganduje, Pulls Out Of Kano LG Election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of electoral fraud and pulled out of January 16, 2021, local government elections in Kano State. The state caretaker Chairman of the party, Alhaji Danladi Umar Kagara, stated on Monday that PDP does not have confidence and trust in the electoral process under Ganduje’s administration. […]
Gas-Fired Vehicles Are Cheaper To Run – Nigerian Govt
The Federal Government has said that motorists who run their vehicles on autogas will spend less than those using Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made this known during the inauguration of the auto-gas station of NNPC under the National Gas Expansion Program in Lugbe, Abuja […]