A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has appealed to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, to grant state pardon to popular actress and Nollywood icon, Mrs Funke Akindele. While speaking with journalists in court today at Ogba, after the proceedings that terminated the charges brought against Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi and Azeez Fashola (Naira Marley), the human ... Read More »
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BREAKING: Seven COVID-19 Patients Discharged In Lagos
The Lagos State Government has discharged seven coronavirus patients from its isolation center in the state. This development was disclosed by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said “Good people of Lagos, “I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal COVID19 pandemic ravaging ... Read More »
Oyakhilome, Sinach and Great Scientists Who Got It Wrong, By Jazzey Bay Adeniji
+ Plus the inability of the Nigerians to understand complexity. I will try and make this as brief as possible. I had intended to write about Sinach and her dramatic rise in the world of global Christian music and then trace the elements of her rise. I wanted to show that the Iceberg Theory is at work, and hopefully, Africans ... Read More »
We’ll explore local solutions to address COVID-19 pandemic — Makinde
….Says govt ready to make law on wearing of masks Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday that the State will explore home-grown solutions towards the prevention and cure of COVID-19. He stated that the State was not ruling out local solutions to cure the virus, adding that since Nigerians have always had their ways of dealing with ... Read More »
Gov Ayade keeps vigil at boarder to ensure compliance
Last night (Tuesday) I kept vigil at the boundary between Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State, personally taking part in enforcing our government’s order banning human and vehicular movements into the state. I arrived the Calabar-Itu head bridge before mid-night on Tuesday, spent several hours with the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Anozia Uche and members of the State ... Read More »
“COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT, NO DEATH CASE RECORDED IN CROSS RIVER STATE.”
The Cross River State Ministry of Health is aware of a false claim/propaganda flying all over the social media especially Facebook and WhatsApp about a certain driver who was beaten by men of Nigerian Peace Corps and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps around Effi-ette round about in Calabar the State capital and claimed to have died. This information is ... Read More »
Data Centre Intact, Fire Didn’t Destroy Any Record At Account-General’s Office —- Min. Of State For Budget and Planning
Clem Agba, minister of state for budget and planning, says the fire that gutted the office of the accountant-general of the federation did not destroy any record. On Wednesday, a fire broke out at the Treasury House, a building housing the AGF’s office. Officials of the Federal Fire Service and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were able to put out ... Read More »
YData Centre Intact, Fire Didn’t Destroy Any Record At Account-General’s Office —- Min. Of State For Budget and Planning
Clem Agba, minister of state for budget and planning, says the fire that gutted the office of the accountant-general of the federation did not destroy any record. On Wednesday, a fire broke out at the Treasury House, a building housing the AGF’s office. Officials of the Federal Fire Service and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were able to put out ... Read More »
COVID-19: Cattle markets not closed—Oyo Commissioner
…advises abattoirs on preventive measures The Oyo State government, on Wednesday, affirmed that cattle markets were not affected by the order of the government closing the markets as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Ojemuyiwa Ojekunle, said that cattle market operators were allowed to run their businesses within the limit of ... Read More »
‘New feat’ Oshoala makes Forbes Africa under-30 list
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has expressed delight at her emergence in the latest Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list. Asisat is the only sportswoman from the continent who made it into this exclusive list of young minds said to be projecting Africa in good light to the rest of the world. Aside from Asisat, three others (males); Lloyd Harris, 23 and ... Read More »