COVID-19: We’re Yet To Detect New Variant In Nigeria — NCDC
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared that the new highly transmittable variant of the COVID-19 had not been detected in the country. It explained that the centre was able to determine the absence of the new COVID-19 variant in the country through genomic sequencing is conducted in partnership with African Centre of Excellence […]
3 UN Peace Keepers Killed, 4 Injured In Africa
Three peacekeepers have been killed and four others injured in separate attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali over the past three days, the United Nations have said. The deceased peacekeepers were from Rwanda, Burundi, and Egypt, while the nationalities of those wounded have not been disclosed. The UN said the latest attack, […]
Museveni Declared Winner Of Uganda’s Presidential Election
Incumbent Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, was on Saturday declared the winner of the keenly contested Ugandan presidential elections by electoral officials even as his main rival Bobi Wine has rejected the results alleging widespread fraud in the process. Museveni won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), […]
1 Year In Office: Chief Ekeh Lauds Gov Uzodinma
Chief Better Joseph Ekeh, an administrator for the Owerri-zone socio-political group has felicitated with the Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma as he celebrates one year since his 3R government was sworn into power. Governor Hope Uzodinma who took charge of Imo State on the 16th of January, 2020 (after a Supreme court […]
US: Reps Member Moves For Biden’s Impeachment
US House of Representatives member, Marjorie Taylor Greene has moved for the impeachment of President-elect, Joe Biden. Greene, the House Representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district, also accused Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker of bringing COVID-19 positive members into the Capitol to vote for her to be Speaker. Read Also: Trump Is Not Above The […]
US: Trump Receives Highest Award As He Leaves Office
Embattled outgoing US President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalisation deal between Israel and Morocco. Trump received the Order of Muhammad award in a private ceremony in his Oval Office, presented to him by Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, Morocco’s ambassador to the United States. The Order […]
APC Insists No Part Of Nigeria Under Terrorists’ Control
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that terrorists no longer control any part of Nigeria’s territory. The party advised Nigerians to stop politicising security issues. John Akpan Udo-Edehe, Secretary, APC Caretaker Committee, made the call in a statement on Friday. The scribe noted that apart from attacks on soft targets, Boko Haram and its […]
Bill Gates Now Biggest Landowner In America
World’s biggest philanthropist Bill Gates and one of the world’s richest has earned a new title: he is the biggest landowner in the U.S. The Microsoft’s co-founder and his wife Melinda have been named the top owners of US farmland, having acquired 242,000 acres (almost 1,000 square kilometres) across more than a dozen states. According […]
All Schools In Edo Would Remain Shut – Obaseki
Gov. Godwin Obaseki has said that schools in Edo state will remain closed until Feb. 1, as the state grapples with the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Obaseki stated this at a news conference on Friday in Benin, as most states across the federation gear up to reopen schools on Jan. 18. ‘We have decided that […]
COVID-19 Is An Engineered Bio-Weapon – Gbadamosi
Former governorship aspirant and senatorial candidate in the Lagos East by-election, Babatunde Gbadamosi has described covid-19 as an engineered bio-weapon, while stating that he would do all in his power to ensure that nobody he knows must die from it. The real estate developer and businessman said this in a Twitter thread disclosing how he […]
COVID-19: NYSC To Eject Corpers Who Shun Safety Protocols
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Friday, said it would not hesitate to decamp any corps member who flouts the extant guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, handed down the warning while speaking during a sensitization webinar jointly organised by the NYSC and Nigeria Centre […]
Mauricio Pochettino Tests Positive For COVID-19
Paris St Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino has tested positive for coronavirus. The 48-year-old will now self-isolate and is set to miss the club’s next two Ligue 1 fixtures against Angers and Montpellier. An official club statement read: “The coach of PSG Mauricio Pochettino is confirmed positive in the Sars-Cov2 PCR test. ‘He will therefore respect […]