President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that all ongoing investigations into previous and new corruption cases would be thoroughly pursued. He made the promise on Friday in his message to Nigerians after the private Eid prayers held with his family and aides at the forecourt of the State House, Abuja. The president expressed regrets that some Read more
By NAN Northern Governors Forum (NGF), has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act as callous and reprehensible. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham. He said Read more
By AFP The World Health Organization on Thursday warned that spikes in coronavirus transmission in a number of countries were being driven by young people “letting down their guard”. “Young people are not invincible,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference in Geneva. While the pandemic, which has killed nearly 670,000 and Read more
Chairman of Ogun State Judicial Service Commission, Hon Aina Nurudeen Akinpelu, on Friday, felicitated with residents of Ado-Odo/Ota LG area of the state observing Islamic religious festival, Eid-ul-Adha. The festival is one of the two significant Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has, however, restricted Muslims around the world from observing Read more
A former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), has expressed sadness over the death of prominent Yoruba leader, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, who died Wednesday night age 94. Daniel who lamented the death of the late leader of the Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, said the demise of Fasanmi happened “at a most inauspicious Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 404 new COVID-19 cases in the country, as total infections from the virus rise to 42,208. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency noted that five more persons have died from the disease. It said that with the discharge Read more
Press Release The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has responded to the report of the High-Level Panel appointed to further investigate the allegations of misconduct levelled against Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina. The Panel had in its report concurred with the bank’s Ethics Committee in its findings in respect of all allegations against Read more
Pa Ayo Fasanmi, a prominent leader of Yoruba, South West Region of Nigeria, is dead. The Afenifere stalwart reportedly died Wednesday night but demise was confirmed on Thursday by his son, Folabi. Folabi noted that the elder statesman died “at the ripe age of 94 years”. Fasanmi was a Second Republic Senator. “He was until Read more
A former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has insisted the late Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun remains Nigeria’s greatest footballer of all time the country has ever produced. Onigbinde, a former FIFA and CAF instructor, spoke as the Balogun family remembers the late soccer legend, who died 48 years ago at age 45. Read more
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Religion Pilgrims at the going 2020 hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia were captured observing social distancing, one of the safety guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Hajj is one of five pillars of Islam and a pilgrimage Muslim faithful across the world are expected to perform at least once in a lifetime. Saudi Arabia Read more
