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President Muhammadu Buhari says he wonders why Nigerians accepted and voted for him “despite not being rich”. Buhari made the comment on Tuesday when he received the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26 by the house of representatives. The report was submitted by a team of lawmakers led by Femi Gbajabiamila, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigeria is still a lucky country despite the challenges that could have torn the nation apart. He stated this in Abuja while receiving the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26, 2021, by the House of Representatives. The report was submitted by a team of House […]

A Chicago rapper Londre Sylvester, a.k.a KTS Dre was ambushed and shot dead as he walked out of Cook County Jail at the weekend. Sylvester, 31, was riddled with as many as 64 gunshot wounds to his head and other parts of his body. The attack happened in the Little Village section of Chicago on […]

Several people reportedly taking selfies near a historical fort in northern India were among nearly 80 killed by lightning strikes during the early stages of the annual monsoon season, officials said Monday. Deadly lightning strikes are common in the vast Asian nation during the June-September deluge, which bring respite from the summer heat across the […]

Lagos, the epicenter of Coronavirus in Nigeria, has slipped into the third wave of the deadly virus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this at a press briefing in Lagos on Sunday. He said the state will do everything possible to prevent a massive outbreak, threatening imprisonment of travellers who fail to release number through which they […]

Nigeria posted 98 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with Lagos state topping the grim chart with 94. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), said there was no death. The 98 cases contrasted sharply with the 186 reported from three states on Friday. Lagos which led the daily grim chart on Saturday had a respite […]

Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has gone back to school to pick a Masters degree in a university in the UK. Although Atiku had kept this under wraps for some time, the cat was let out of the bag yesterday by Dr Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President. Adesina made this known while delivering the convocation […]

Days after Canada dropped its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated Canadians entering the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected the idea that non-essential unvaccinated visitors will soon be allowed in “I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen for quite a while,” Trudeau said during a campaign-style stop in British Columbia on Thursday. Trudeau […]

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has directed airlines to refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after two hour delay, among other consumer rights breaches. The minister stated this yesterday while fielding questions at a ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sirika, who […]

Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “Africa has just marked the continent’s most dire pandemic week ever. But the worst is yet to come as the fast-moving […]

South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police late Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, his foundation said. “Please be advised that President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN” (Kwazulu-Natal province), the foundation tweeted. The […]

Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in a gun attack at their private residence, tipping the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation into a renewed state of political uncertainty. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a national “state of siege” and said he was now in charge of the country, […]

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on the floor during plenary, the […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has narrated a rare encounter with Prophet TB Joshua, late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). Fani-Kayode, who been tried severally for alleged corruption and abuse of office, said in 2016, Joshua told him that he would be released from prison and it happened. Fani-Kayode spoke […]

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria today (Wednesday). The British government had clarified that Nnamdi Kanu, who was travelling with a British passport, was not arrested within its shores. IPOB had accused the Buhari […]

Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: “As from […]