The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a case of SARS-CoV-2, known as the Delta variant in Nigeria. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja. NAN reports that the deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World…
A shootout between the men suspected of assassinating Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and security forces has left four dead. Police chief Léon Charles said four suspects had been killed and two detained but some remained at large and a manhunt was still under way. “They will be killed or captured,”…
Every year on this day, July 1st, we celebrate those in the medical field who have dedicated their lives to save ours, especially in this challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of the frontline workers amid the pandemic have been even more emphasised as instead of thinking about…
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered that the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, who was rearrested and brought back to Nigeria, be remanded at the Department of State Service facility, pending the determination of his trial. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order after counsel to…
Nigeria’s first Olympic gold winner, Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah, has been awarded a three-bedroom apartment by the Lagos State Government for her heroics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She became the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event and to date remains Nigeria’s only…
The Silverbird Group has signed a deal with Tejuosho Property & Development Company Limited, to open a new Cinema in Tejuosho Ultra-Modern Shopping Centre, Yaba. Some personalities present at the venue of the partnership deal were: the President of Silverbird Group, Guy Murray-Bruce, the General Manager of TDPC, Edward Stevenson…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has mandated the lower arm of the parliament to investigate the legality of the suspension of operations of Twitter in Nigeria by the federal government. Last week, the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, announced a ban on…
The federal government has said it will lift the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria if it is assured that the platform would be used responsibly. This was disclosed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama during a meeting with envoys of US, UK, Canada and EU on Monday following…
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed “all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately.” This was issued in statement by its Director General Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC includes that in compliance to the Twitter suspension directive from the Federal…
Popular Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua has passed away at age 57. The announcement was made on Sunday by TB Joshua Ministries in a statement published on their Facebook page. It said that the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) passed way on Saturday night shortly after having…
