Some members of the family of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Boss Mustapha, have tested positive for the virus. He announced this in a statement Read more…
Month: December 2020
The Bishop of Maranatha Chapel International Churches, Right Rev’d Olumakinde Alawode, has said the South East geo-political zone of Nigeria should be allowed to produce president for the country in 2023 in the spirit of equity and balance.Besides, the cleric Read more…
Four of the aspirants for the post of Ohanaeze President General in the forthcoming election of the organisation, Sunday, identified regional insecurity; poor economic development, marginalisation and suppression of talents by Nigeria’s skewed system as the major challenges confronting the Read more…
His time in the White House rapidly ending, President Donald Trump is rewarding some supporters and like-minded allies with the perks and prestige that come with serving on federal advisory boards and commissions. On Thursday, Trump announced his intention to Read more…
The Greek Coast Guard has been sending illegal migrants stranded on islands in the Aegean back to Turkish territorial waters, Turkey’s Interior Minister has said, accusing Athens of “torture.” The Greek coast guards have been engaged in “torture and inhumane treatment Read more…
“Mr Bello, a lieutenant colonel, was the Commanding Officer of the 65 Battalion. which was at the Lekki Tollgate on the evening of October 20, a top military official said. A lieutenant colonel of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Read more…
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has faulted the government of President Muhammadu Buhari on security, provision of infrastructure and national development. Adams told OLADIPUPO AWOJOBI in this interview that Nigeria has to wake up to the need Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to occupy streets in mass protests if state governors tamper with workers’ pension fund. NLC said any move by the 36 state governors to borrow/withdraw N17 trillion from the pension funds purportedly for infrastructural development Read more…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday disclosed that members of the Presidency’s media team met with officials of the British Broadcasting Corporation over the media house’s coverage of the recent #EndSARS protests in Read more…
An auto mechanic identified as Emeka Obasi Kama has narrated to the Abia Panel on Police Brutality of how his friends, Uchechi Agwu Kalu and Ndubuisi got missing after their encounter with some police officers from the Anti-Kidnapping Squad in Read more…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged the troops of the Nigerian Army to ignore the move by the International Criminal Court probing the military for war crimes, murder, amongst others. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Read more…
= Pastor Timi Adigun of The Ark Church, a Lagos State-based worship centre and the Coordinator of MINE Teenage Ministry, has admitted being involved in “inappropriate behaviour” with females in his church over a couple of years. On Thursday, several Read more…