Paul Okoye, a member of the now-defunct music group, P-Square has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Paul made the revelation via his official Instagram handle on Tuesday. The singer further warned Nigerians to accept that coronavirus is real and obey all health guidelines. He wrote: “ATTENTION!!! F*ck it...
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A court in China has jailed 17 people for smuggling pangolin scales worth US$28 million from Nigeria to China. The creature is the world’s most trafficked mammal in the world and its scales are used for medical reasons in Asia despite there being no evidence they can cure ailments....
The head of the Imiakebu community in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Chief Ugheiemhekhia Yahaya, on Tuesday, asked for N50bn compensation for the alleged murder of five youths by a police officer, John Agaga. Yahaya told the state Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of...
National President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Mr Bolaji Amusan, on Wednesday expressed sadness over the death of veteran veteran Nollywood actress, Folake Aremu, popularly known as ‘Orishabunmi’.Orishabunmi died late Tuesday night after a brief illness at the age of 61. Amusan,...
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it is not currently recruiting and therefore, cautions the public against falling into the hands of fraudsters. Dr Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the service, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the clarification became...
The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Oyeyemi said that the suspect was arrested at Obantoko area of Abeokuta. The...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria hopes to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon to cover one fifth of its population. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, on Tuesday in Abuja. Shuaib...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the international community to see Africa as a theatre for international cooperation and not a stage for power tussle. Wang gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to questions from newsmen after a closed-door meeting with his Nigerian counterpart...
The Federal Government on Tuesday emphasised ban on rice importation.Mr Abdulhamid Ma’aji, Comptroller, Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Sokoto and Zamfara, made the emphasis at the reopening of Illela Border in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government made the emphasis as importers...
The Controller-General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammed Babandede, has said the Service will implement Federal Government’s directive on travel ban for passengers who fail to carry out day-7 COVID-19 test. Babandede stated this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja. ”It...
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the non-OPEC countries have agreed to increase crude oil production by 0.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in January. The group reached the agreement at the 13th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM), held via videoconference, on Tuesday in Vienna. The...
The Minister of State For Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) is working with development partners to address infrastructural gaps in COVID-19 vaccine supply and distribution. Mamora gave the assurance at the weekly briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on...
Miss Health Beauty Foundation in collaboration with another foundation, the Adeshola Atanda Foundation (AAF), on Tuesday in Abuja donated wheelchair and other food items to Chinelo Agwura, 17, a child with special need. Mrs Adeshola Atande, Chief executive officer (CEO) of the AAF said that the foundation was committed...
Barely two days after giving out over N60 million as housing loan to some teachers and other workers, Ekiti State Government has again disbursed another N100 million as car loans to 278 civil servants. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Akintunde Oyebode, made this known to newsmen...
Edo Government says it has recorded five deaths and 113 recoveries from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic from December 1 to date.The State Incident Manager on COVID-19, Dr Andrew Obi, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Tuesday.According to Obi, the state recorded 234 cases with 121...
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York on Tuesday, said 30 per cent of medical personnel in the city’s public hospital system declined COVID-19 vaccines. Addressing newsmen, de Blasio said the vaccine hesitancy by health workers was largely responsible for the poor vaccination performance by the city-run hospitals. He...
Tottenham Hotspur reached the League Cup final after goals from Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-min sank Championship side Brentford 2-0 on Tuesday. The victory helped Spurs to set up a clash with Manchester United or Manchester City in April’s showpiece. Fellow London side Brentford, playing in their first semi-final...
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday chaired the first security in the year 2021. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, heads of all military and para-military establishments, police and the DSS commands, the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai Elkanemi, the SSG,...