A 79-year-old Canadian fashion mogul, Peter Nygard, who is standing trial for alleged sex trafficking offences, on Tuesday urged a judge to release him on bail, citing poor health. Nygard is also awaiting possible extradition to the United States on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Jay Prober, Nygard’s lawyer,...
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Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, says the organisation had secured two billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, with a billion more in the pipeline and deliveries expected to begin next month. He made the remarks as he addressed a meeting of the Committee on the functioning of the International...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi has restated the readiness of his administration to collaborate with the Federal Government and other relevant agencies on initiatives aimed at ensuring child protection in the state. The governor, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
This year’s NFL Super Bowl will feature a woman referee for the first time, as Sarah Thomas joins head referee Carl Cheffers, the league announced on Tuesday. “Sarah Thomas has made history again as the first female Super Bowl official,” NFL EVP of football operations Troy Vincent said in...
Leicester City claimed top spot in the ongoing 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) on Tuesday with a 2-0 win against Chelsea at the King Power Stadium. Wilfred Ndidi fired the hosts in front after six minutes and James Maddison added the second four minutes before half time to secure the triumph....
The meeting to resolve the impasse between the delegation of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) and the Ebonyi Government on Tuesday ended in a deadlock. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was to amicably resolve the face-off between both parties which has...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,301 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 113,305. The NCDC disclosed figures on Tuesday on its official website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,191,866 people have so far...
The Zamfara Government has denied an online media report that it gave Hilux trucks to “repentant bandits’’ in the state. Addressing journalists in his office on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, described the report as “unfounded’’. “This is certainly untrue, a fabrication...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Anambra Governorship poll for Nov. 6.INEC disclosed the date in a Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye on Tuesday in Abuja.Okoye...
The Kebbi government, on Tuesday, donated N30 million to victims of the fire incident at the Shehu Shagari Modern Market, Sokoto.Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi announced the donation when he visited the scene of the incident to sympathise with victims of the fire disaster.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A blind disc jockey (DJ) and musician, Mr Augustine Akpeji, popularly known as DJ Aus, says plans have been concluded to release his first album in 2021 that will entertain members of the public.Akpeji, a producer and multi-instrumentalist, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja...
A few days ago, I read news report of President Mohammadu Buhari calling on Nigerian elites to criticize his government fairly. In other words, he is asking that he should not be criticized unfairly. Since I have no mandate to take on the president on the fairness or lack...
Nigeria is afflicted with perennial ‘leadership haemorrhage. This particular fact among other signs in recent years, was brought to fore in the last couple of month’s protests by Nigerians against bad governance and demand for change in the country. From commentaries within this period, it was obvious that many Nigerians believe...
Belgium’s Scientific Institute of Public Health Sciensano (Sciensano) said on Tuesday that 100,443 people had been vaccinated in the country by Jan. 17. Dirk Ramaekers, the Head of the Working Group for the Vaccination Strategy, said this on Tuesday in Brussels. “This represents 35 per cent of the target...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says is waiting for National Action Committee (NAC) on the list of duties and charges waived for liberalised goods under African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The service made this known in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, on...
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday that the government would only allow public hospitals to use imported COVID-19 vaccines in the initial stage of the vaccination programme. Thai people will be vaccinated only by public hospitals and public health units in the initial stage, during which no...
The case with Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is a purely domestic affair and foreign intervention is not allowed,Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “This is an exclusively internal matter. We will not allow anyone to interfere nor intend to listen to such statements,” Peskov said this at...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has inaugurated the Extended Special Public Works (SPW) programme tagged “temporary employment of 774,000 youths across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.” The flag-off took place on Tuesday, at Peace Park Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Prof. Yahaya Ukwenya, President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has welcomed the entry of 300 female cricketers, from 21 states, for the on-going PwC National Under-17 Cricket Championships, describing it as a plus for the country. Ukwenya in a statement, on Tuesday, in Lagos, said that the effort...