President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, June 12, addressed the nation as part of the activities to commemorate the year’s Democracy Day. The president, in his address, tackled the issue of insecurity, some of his achievements, and the efforts in place to curb the spread of the
This is a continuation of my previous article, where I discussed the liability of China for the coronavirus pandemic under International Law. In that article, the possibility that the Chinese Government had suppressed information about the coronavirus that could’ve led to a reduction in the
COVID-19 patients in Niger state on Wednesday, May 6th staged a protest in their Isolation center over what they termed poor welfare and treatment meted at them. They requested to be allowed to go back to their homes instead of being left to ”die of
The Delta State Government has discharged two COVID-19 patients from the State Isolation Centre after testing negative twice for the dreaded virus. Governor of the state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, disclosed this in Asaba, the state capital during a broadcast on Tuesday. He also announced gradual
A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) has warned that in Yorubaland, everyone seems to have lost their voice in terms of speaking against “governance collapse.” He also warned that the nation was “in a big hole,” stressing the need for everyone to
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) must submit their Yearly Travel Plans for statutory meetings and engagements to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. This is part of measures to promote fiscal discipline and prudence, particularly,
First lady, Aisha Buhari on Sunday said it was not her duty to confirm or deny the rumour that her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to get married to another wife. She told BBC Hausa that the responsibility to confirm or deny the rumour was that of those involved in
Oprah Winfrey has opened up about why she never got married or had children. In an interview with People Magazine for its Women Changing the World issue, Oprah Winfrey says although marriage and motherhood weren’t exactly in her cards, she did consider it at one time. “At
First Lady Aisha Buhari has departed the United Kingdom for Nigeria. Wife of the Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mrs. Modupe Oguntade, saw her off. The First Lady gave the information via her verified Twitter handle on Saturday night: Aisha M. Buhari ✔@aishambuhari Wife
The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has released an official statement reacting to the rape allegation against their senior pastor, Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, by Busola Dakolo, wife of singer Timi Dakolo. Busola in a tell-all interview released in June, accused Fatoyinbo of raping her when she was a teenager while attending his church
The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, has condemned the controversy surrounding the Senate’s budget of N5,550 billion for the purchase of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). He said Nigerian senators deserve SUVs and it is an insult to say otherwise, Punch Newspaper reports. The status of a senator of
Leritshimwa Diyal, the 32-year-old woman who has confessed to stealing a three-day-old baby in Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos has said that the desire to have a child, who would call her mother, pushed her into committing the crime. Diyal, a student of College of Health
“Cause my Papa no be Dangote!” A final year law student of the University of Jos, Mr. Ayuba Abok on Monday emerged Speaker of the 9th Plateau State House of Assembly. Abok, a first-time lawmaker, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives
At least 95 people were killed in Central Mali in an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village. Al Jazeera reports that unknown armed men attacked the village of Sobane-Kou, in the Mopti region, in the early hours of Monday, quoting the country’s government. The government
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary resignation of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Buhari’s SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made this known in a statement on Sunday, saying the president “has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen as