US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had tested positive for COVID -19 and would quarantine inside the White House during his recovery, cancelling upcoming appearances on the campaign trail ahead of a bitterly fought election . President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID – 19, upending the already chaotic US election , […]
Governor of Imo State , Hope Uzodimma, has said that he inherited systematic corruption from the sacked governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha . The governor , who spoke at the ceremony marking Nigeria ’ s 60th independence anniversary in Owerri , the state capital , said he equally inherited payroll fraud from Ihedioha . […]
Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Malam Abdulrasheed Maina has said that he knew how to use his technical expertise and patriotism to recover the sum of ten billion US Dollars for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari within 30 days. Aliyu Musa,Media, aide to Abdulrasheed Maina, in a statement, stated that […]
A Kaduna State High Court has fixed October 12 for the hearing of a bail application filed by Nehemiah Adejoh, the driver behind the wheel of the car that knocked down the first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. Nehemiah, who was earlier arraigned before a Kaduna magistrate court, was charged with criminal […]
Swedish employers must not prevent their employees from praying during working hours, a Swedish administrative court in Malmö has ruled. The ruling requires employers to allow Muslims’ five daily prayers in the workplace. The Malmö court thus overturned a decision by Bromöll City Council in the south of the country, which explicitly banned prayers during […]
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says the previous administration in the state stole N107 billion from the treasury In a Twitter post on Thursday, Matawalle said the committee set up to probe financial mismanagement in the state made the discovery. The governor said his administration will recover the stolen funds. Although Matawalle did not give […]
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Adeyinka Asekun, says the host country is unfairly denying a lot of Nigerians visas including students. Asekun stated this during a webinar on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary organised by the mission on Thursday evening. He expressed the hope that the issue would be addressed in the draft bilateral agreement, […]
Yet to be identified men have killed a Police Officer attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS, headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, whose name was not ascertained at press time. It was alleged that the killers were members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who had vowed that there was no going back on […]
Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic diocese in Sokoto, says President Muhammadu Buhari is making it difficult for Nigerians to celebrate diversity. The cleric spoke at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday. The virtual event hosted by Poju Oyemade, its convener, was to commemorate the nation’s 60th […]
Google has said that it would pay publishers globally $1bn for their news over the next three years. News publishers have in the past asked Google for compensation for using their content on the world’s most popular search engine. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Google, said the new product called Google News Showcase will […]
