Buhari Meets With Osinbajo, Service Chiefs Ahead Of Medical Trip
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with the nation’s security chiefs ahead of his trip to the United Kingdom for a routine medical check-up. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Defense Minister, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd); and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor […]
FG Declares Friday, Monday Public Holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 2nd and Monday the 5th of April 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Easter celebrations this year. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Tuesday. It was contained in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga, […]
Imo SA Diaspora: The Wages Of Hard-Work Is Recognition
In an online Award Ceremony on the 28th March 2021, Special Adviser to Imo State Governor received the prestigious ‘Outstanding and Exceptional Women Award’ The Award was sent through the post a few days beforehand. The Awarding body ‘ZAFAT SISTERS’ is a reputable organisation based in Manchester United Kingdom. This organisation prides itself with the […]
Wike Has Given Rivers Youths Hope – Burna Boy
Grammy Award winner, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has said the future is bright for youths of Rivers State, with Governor Nyesom Wike as the Governor of the State. Burna Boy has also said he was humbled with the conferment of one of the highest honours in Rivers State by Governor Wike. The […]
Kenyan Preacher Blames President For New Covid Wave
A preacher in the capital, Nairobi, has excoriated President Uhuru Kenyatta for imposing severe restrictions on businesses and movement in five counties to curb the spread of coronavirus. The popular Bishop named Peter Ambuka from the Pefa church in Kahawa West area stated that; ‘You [President Kenyatta], and your fellow politicians are to blame for […]
Sierra Leone Seeks Aid After Inferno Left 7,000 Homeless
Sierra Leone’s disaster-management agency on Monday appealed for aid after a fire destroyed a slum in the capital Freetown last week and leaving no fewer than 7,000 people homeless and displaced. On March 24, a fire engulfed the Susan’s Bay slum district in the capital of the West African state, destroying homes flimsily constructed from […]
Sergio Aguero To Leave Man City At The End Of The Season
Manchester City’s record goalscorer, Sergio Aguero will leave at the end of the season after a decade, the club has announced. The 32-year-old striker’s contract expires at the end of the season and he has been told it will not be renewed. The Argentine, who signed from Atletico Madrid in 2011, has scored 257 goals […]
UN Seeks $10bn For Syria As COVID-19 Escalates Refugee Crises
The UN is seeking $10bn in aid to help Syria, noting that civilians there have continued to face attacks as well as increased hunger and poverty, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to compound the ‘despair and disaster’ of 10 years of civil war. This new appeal is coming ahead of Tuesday’s Brussels Conference on Syria, […]
North Korea Accuses UN of ‘Double Standard’ On Missile Tests
Ahead of a meeting on its latest missile test, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday accused the UN Security Council of double standards and unfairness. North Korea last week launched two weapons assessed by the US and others to be short-range ballistic missiles, which it is banned from under Security Council resolutions. It was the first […]
SIM-NIN Linkage: NIMC Launches New Mobile App
Ahead of the April 9 deadline for the expiration for linkage of Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards with National Identity Numbers (NIN), the National Identity Management Commission has launched a new Mobile Web Service (MWS) Application and improved National Identity Number (NIN) slips for public use. The launch was performed by Dr. Isa Pantami who […]
I Am Not A Negotiator For Bandits – Gumi
Controversial Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi, has lashed out at those insinuating that he is not a negotiator for bandits. The Islamic Scholar, who had on several occasions taken the message of peace to bandits in the forests of Kaduna, Zamfara, and Niger state, on Monday in Kaduna dispelled those wide insinuations declaring […]
PDP Suspends Babangida Aliyu For ‘Working Against Jonathan’
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State has suspended a former Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, over allegations of anti-party activities, including ‘working against the reelection of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’ in 2015. This decision was contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency Stakeholders’ meeting in Minna on Monday. The communique […]