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Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have rescued a 55-year-old man who was locked up by his family for 30 years because he was apparently mentally ill, human rights activist Sani Shuaibu has told the BBC. The man had suffered for decades, one of his feet bound by a metal bar to a […]

Video of a large pool party in Wuhan, China has triggered reactions on the internet amidst the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. Wuhan is probably one of the last places you would expect to see a giant pool party taking place as it was where COVID-19 was first detected late last year. The entire city of 11 […]

The United Kingdom has opposed the death sentence passed on a Kano musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, by a Shari’a court. The UK said individuals had the right to freely express opinions and peacefully challenge authorities, noting that this was essential to a free and open society. The Shari’a court had penultimate Monday imposed the death sentence […]

Barely 24 hours Naira was forced to a downward trajectory by dollar scarcity it bounced back, closing at N477 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N608 and N550, respectively. The Naira, however, weakened marginally at the investor’s window, losing one point to close at […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his wish to live beyond 100 years so as to have more opportunities to celebrate with the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. He said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital when he joined other dignitaries at the first year anniversary of the traditional […]

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria risks another pandemic if the nation fails to urgently develop her health infrastructure. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the inauguration of the Board of Experts (BoE) of the Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS) of […]

David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, says those insulting him for rejecting the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) are wasting their time. Under CAMA, signed into law on August 7, religious bodies and charity organisations will be strictly regulated by the registrar-general of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a […]

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, according to Reuters. Quoting two security sources, Reuters said Keita was arrested alongside Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in Bamako, the country’s capital. TheCable had reported how soldiers mutinied at the Kati army base outside of Bamako. A European diplomat had said a small number of […]

The House of Representatives has, again, summoned the management of DSTV over increment of the cable television’s subscription tariffs on June 1. The House Ad Hoc Committee Investigating the Non-Implementation of ‘Pay As You Go’ Tariff by Satellite Broadcast Service Providers issued the summons, asking DSTV, owned by South Africa-based Multichoice, to appear before it […]

Nigeria will resume international flight operations on August 29, the Federal Government has announced. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. “We are very glad today to announce that international flights will resume from August 29, 2020,” he said. […]

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu Monday revealed that the numbers of COVID-19 positive cases in some states have started to drop. The States; are Lagos, Kano, FCT, Plateau, and Borno state. He explained that the reason for the reduction in the positivity rate in those states was […]

The House of Representatives on Monday faulted the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loan agreement with China, saying it was dangerous. The Chairman of the  House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Nicholas Ossai, who stated this in Abuja at the investigative hearing  on  external loans and commercial agreements, said Nigeria’s loan agreement with the Asian […]

Popular social media personality, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, has been rearrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested over charges of money laundering. Mompha is facing charges before the Federal High Court. The Guardian learnt Mompha was re-arrested last Friday when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos. He was […]

A virus that didn’t even exist a year ago is now killing more Americans than Alzheimer’s disease, accidents and diabetes. The novel coronavirus has infected more than 5.4 million Americans and killed more than 170,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Over the past three weeks, the US has averaged more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths […]