Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said Saturday, attributing the result to “rebound” positivity from treatment the US president received. The 79-year-old Biden “tested positive late Saturday morning, by antigen testing,” following four consecutive days of negative tests, and “will […]
Imo state government has described as distasteful and cheap blackmail the claim by Innoson Motors that it is owing the company N2.5b being cost of the vehicles it supplied to it some months ago, insisting that the company’s claim are half truths ,intended to impugn on the integrity of the state government for ulterior […]
The Association of Bureaux Des Change Operators of Nigeria has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to float the naira to halt its further depreciation. The President of ABCON, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, made the appeal on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Gwadabe said that the CBN should […]
The Ohanaeze council of elders says it is exploring the possibility of establishing a south-east university that will specialise in engineering, medicine, science and technology, and skill acquisition. The elders said this in a communique signed by its chairman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, after an inaugural meeting of the Ohanaeze council of business leaders on Saturday […]
Two Nigerian movie stars, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, aka Agbogidi, thar went missing after shooting a movie in Enugu are obviously in kidnappers den as their abductors have made contact to demand for ransom. The duo went missing on 29th July after film production at Ozalla Town, Nkanu West Local Government Area of […]
The senator representing the Ondo South, Nicholas Tofowomo, has expressed sadness over the alleged inability of the Senate to remove the President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), following the insecurity and other challenges facing the nation. This is as he noted that the Senate should have impeached Buhari two years ago. He stated this […]
Some unidentified gunmen on Saturday afternoon ambushed security men at Jidda-Bassa community in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi state, killing three police officers and five vigilantes. It was gathered from a reliable source who craved anonymity that some persons living in Jidda-Bassa community reported to the Divisional Police Officer that some unknown people […]
Italian police have arrested a man who brutally beat a Nigerian vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu to death on a busy beach town on Friday. The incident happened publicly while onlookers filmed how the aggressive man beat and strangled the physically-challenged Ogorchukwu to death without any apparent attempt to intervene. According to Washington Post, the […]
Dino Melaye, a former senator, says the solution to the security situation in the country is for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to leave — “either ceremoniously or unceremoniously”. The former lawmaker spoke in a chat with Africa Independent Television on Friday. His comments come in the wake of the six-week ultimatum given to Buhari […]
At least 615 victims of human trafficking have been rescued in Katsina State from January to date. The Commander of the State Command of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Musa Aliyu, gave out the figure on Saturday in a joint Press Conference to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons […]
