EHIME ALEX, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has refuted reports claiming that he received a sum of N4 billion from sacked acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abraham Magu. A series of tweets and online news publications accredited to one Jackson Ude claimed that the embattled...
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Nigeria’s latest e-commerce platform, Dealboku (https://dealboku.com) goes live for business today, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Dealboku is promoted by Sundiata Post Media Ltd, publishers of Sundiata Post (https://sundiatapost.com), Nigeria’s fast growing multimedia news platform. According to a statement signed by Mr Max Amuchie, Founder/CEO of Sundiata Post Media, Dealboku...
*Accuses Malami of being behind Magu’s ordeal EHIME ALEX, Lagos Sacked Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, was a victim of political power game between reactionary and progressive forces, a coalition of several civil society group said on Wednesday. In a statement made available...
By GRACE AUDUE, Abuja – Nigeria’s total conformed cases of COVID-19 hit the 30,000 mark on Wednesday, with the announcement of 460 new cases recorded by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was made known by the health agency on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov late Wednesday...
The United Nations has said a new version of Bob Marley’s iconic song, One Love, is to be released to support children badly affected by COVID-19. According to the organisationa in a report published on Thursday, the initiative is aimed at raising funds for that purpose, adding that the...
The Ivorian government has confirmed the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, africanews reported late Wednesday. He died at the age of 61 in the capital city of Abidjan, it stated. Multiple news websites reported the death late Wednesday citing multiple official sources. The deceased had returned home last week (July...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N108 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of four road projects in Adamawa, Borno, Enugu and Rivers states. In a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure while briefing...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline, has announced resumption of flight service to Dubai further to the ending of the lock-down and its opening for leisure travelers July 8. Also, Djibouti has announced that it will end lock-down on July 17. As a result, Ethiopian, in a...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Wednesday inaugurated a Technical Committee on the establishment of Medical College and Teaching Hospital in the Borno State University with a view to commencing programmes in Medicine and Surgery. The university was established in 2016. Inaugurating...
Former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that substantial part of the money found at his Kaduna residence by EFCC in 2017 was given to him as gift after leaving office. Yakubu made this known while...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that illegal trade in fake or faulty COVID-19-related products is booming amid a surge in demand. The warning came in a research brief entitled, “COVID-19-related Trafficking of Medical Products as a Threat to Public Health”, released by UNIDC...
A 27-year-old Nigerian woman identified as Ifeoma Blossom Obiora on Facebook left a disturbing note after suffering a series of marital abuse from her husband Oyebuchi Obiora. Ifeoma, on July 6, wrote on her Facebook page, “In these moments before my departure, I feel more clarity than I have...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – As of July 8, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 507,930. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 11,977 and recoveries 244,815. Yesterday alone, Nigeria recorded 503 new COVID-19 cases, with total infections from the virus rising to 29,879. The...
Some domestic airlines on Wednesday resumed operations following three months of COVID-19 lockdown. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored resumption of the airlines at both GAT Alpha and MM2 terminals in Lagos, reports that few passengers were seen boarding, while social distancing and other precautionary measures...
A Kenyan man fell down from a roof in the capital Nairobi as he faced a baboon attack, the BBC is reporting. A video circulating online shows Dickson Maina, a matatu (minibus taxi) driver, climbing a wall approaching a baboon that is atop a corrugated iron roof of a...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The newly appointed General Manager of Borno Express Corporation, Alhaji Grema Zanna Kyari, has assured that he will put all vehicles belonging to the corporation on road to ensure enhanced, affordable and safe transportation means to the public. Kyari made this pledge shortly after...
In what seems an apparent retaliation against U.S restrictions on some Chinese officials, China has set to impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens engaged in what it called egregious behaviour over Tibet. A report on Wednesday quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian to had told newsmen that Beijing...