The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,398 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. The centre also confirmed nine new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation’s death toll to 1,382. It added that the new infections were […]Read More
The Ogun State Government has described the death of billionaire businessman, Bolu Akin-Olugbade, as a major loss. Akin-Olugbade reportedly died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Communications, Remmy Hazzan, said, “He was an achiever per excellence. One of the foremost citizens of Owu kingdom which is the same […]Read More
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the death of the chairman of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd) on Wednesday. Ndubuisi Kanu, a retired Naval Officer and former military governor of Imo State between 1976 and 1977, died at a hospital in […]Read More
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the death of the chairman of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd) on Wednesday. Ndubuisi Kanu, a retired Naval Officer and former military governor of Imo State between 1976 and 1977, died at a hospital in […]Read More
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. “In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump’s channel for violating our policies,” YouTube said in a statement. The channel is now “temporarily prevented from uploading […]Read More
Paul Pogba took Manchester United top of the Premier League for the first time in three years as his deflected winner saw off a dogged Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor on Tuesday. United now lead defending champions Liverpool by three points ahead of a top-of-the-table clash between the two most successful sides in English football […]Read More
Former Military Governor of Imo State, 1975, and Lagos State, 1976, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu, (Reted), is dead. He was aged 78. The ex-administrator, a chieftain of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, was said to have died in the early hours on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at an undisclosed hospital after a […]Read More
US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said he did not support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump just a week before the end of his term, saying such a move was not in the country’s “best interest” or consistent with the constitution in a decision likely to lead to Trump’s impeachment. […]Read More
The naira suffered further setback at the parallel market and Investors and Exporters forex window on Tuesday. According to figures obtained from Bureau De Change operators, the naira exchanged to the dollar for 473/$ at the parallel market. It had earlier gained in recent times after it closed the year 2020 at 467/$. At the […]Read More
The Federal Government spent a total of N6.46tn on debt servicing and workers in 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said. She also disclosed that the government released a total of N1.8tn for capital projects within the year. She noted that out of this, up to N118.37bn was […]Read More