My Two Parents Are From Abeokuta, I Bear Owu Tribal Marks – Obasanjo Counters Igbo Ancestry…
Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has inadvertently dismissed speculations that he is not a Yoruba man. Obasanjo in his book titled ‘My Watch Volume 2: Political and Public Affairs,’ said his two parents were…
Leave Oshiomhole out of your predicament, Edo APC replies Shaibu
The All Progressives Congress chapter in Edo State has called on Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu to leave former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, out of his legal predicament while urging him to present his…
Rivers residents kick against lockdown, seek ban on foreigners
A cross section of Port Harcourt residents in Rivers State on Monday appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike not to lock down the state, but to ban influx of foreigners in order to…
48% COVID-19 patients in Lagos are asymptomatic – LASG
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has said 48 per cent of COVID-19 patients in the state did not know…
COVID-19 second wave: FG, National Assembly consider UK, US flights’ ban next week
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United…
Neymar in fresh controversy over planned New Year party
Brazil’s star footballer Neymar is at the center of a new controversy storm after several Brazilian media reported that he’s organising a huge New Year’s Eve party despite the coronavirus pandemic. Acelmo Goes,…
WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones from January 1 – Report
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners…
COVID-19: President Ramaphosa Bans Alcohol Sale In South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a ban on alcohol sales and said use of face masks would be mandatory in public as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus…
Trump loses grip as Republicans join Democrats override his veto
In a vote that showed that outgoing U.S. President Trump has lost his grip on Republican Congressmen, 109 of them joined their Democratic colleagues Monday to override Trump’s veto of a…
2021 Appropriation Bill sent for assent
The stage appears set for Presidential assent to the N13.59 trillion 2021 Budget. The Appropriation Bill has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari from the National Assembly…
Attackers of Bishop Kukah agents of evil – Catholic Church
The National Directorate of Social Communications of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja, has stoutly defended the state of the nation message delivered on Christmas Day by Most…
U.S. House passes Trump’s $2000 COVID-19 relief checks
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on Monday. But it was uncertain if the bill…
End of the Road: Notorious Kaduna bandit Kachalla gunned down
A wanted notorious bandit in Kaduna State, Nasiru Kachalla has been shot dead in a battle of supremacy with rival bandit group. Security agencies confirmed the death of Kachalla to the Kaduna…
Social media could end marriage as we know it
Chioma is having troubles with her mother-in-law. I know because she made it headline news on her social media page. She does not share her concerns with the other party in the nuptial contract or with a trained…
Buhari mourns Prof. Adetokunbo Lucas
President Muhammadu Buhari is mourning renowned public health expert, Professor Adetokunbo Lucas. “Nigeria, indeed the world has lost an expert in public health,” President Muhammadu…
10 dead as COVID-19 cases fall heavily in Nigeria
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases fall heavily on Monday, but death toll has continued to rise, with 10 people killed by the virus same day. Figures released by the…
75-year-old Israeli man dies two hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine
75-year-old Israeli man dies two hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the…
Doctor contracts coronavirus after receiving vaccine
A New York doctor was diagnosed with the coronavirus four days after he received the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, Ynet reported. The case occurred at Montefiore Hospital in New York. “One of…
I never said Orji Uzor Kalu would be Nigeria’s President in 2023 – T.B Joshua
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Prophet T. B. Joshua has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. The…
Nigeria fines UK, South African airlines for breach of coronavirus protocol
The Nigerian government has rolled out punitive measures against foreign airline operators flying into Nigeria, particularly those from the United Kingdom and South Africa whose passengers allegedly violated the reviewed travel…
Lagos to set up team to take over control of Apapa gridlock
Lagos state government is to set up seamless operations involving a team of dedicated officers from Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASMA, and policemen from Area B to take…
2023: How Yahaya Bello will emerge as Nigeria’s president- Deputy
Edward Onoja, the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, says God will help his boss, Governor Yahaya Bello, to actualize his ambition to emerge as Nigeria’s president in 2023.…
Actress Lori Loughlin out of jail for admissions scandal
Actress Lori Loughlin, walked out of Dublin California prison facility on Monday, almost a free woman. She had spent two months in prison for her role in a nationwide…
Tinubu writes Kwankwaso
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with the former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over the demise of Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso,…