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At least 19 people died Tuesday, an US emergency official said, as tornadoes ripped across the southeastern state of Tennessee, destroying buildings and toppling power lines in Nashville. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency public information officer Maggie Hannan confirmed the new toll after officials had put the initial count at eight. The situation is still being […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman, All Progressives Congress, Mr Inalegwu Ichapi, In Apa Local Government Area of Benue, has died. The Acting Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr James Ornguga, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Makurdi. Ornguga stated that the State Chairman of the party, Mr […]
Continue ReadingIn a split judgment, Nigerian Supreme Court, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed the application for review of its January 14, 2020, judgment which removed Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State Governor and declared Hope Uzodinma as the valid winner of the last governorship election in the state. A seven-man panel of the apex court led […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian lawyer has narrated how she began battling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after working with a female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who reportedly has a god-complex. @Ifeoma_Solanke who marked 3 years of battling with the disorder on Twitter, recounted the challenges she faced while working with the SAN which include […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed 34 amendments to the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill. Speaking at a retreat on the review of the electoral legal framework on Monday March 2, INEC chairman’s Mahmood Yakubu said they received the draft of the bill from the Senate Committee on INEC which had been presented to the […]
Continue ReadingFor delivering judgment without fear or favour in a particular case, a newly retired High Court judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ifiok Ukana, said he was chased by operatives of the Nigerian secret police, the State Security Service (SSS) also known as DSS, for two years. Justice Ukana said this in Uyo during a […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Deputy Governor-elect, whose certificate scandal cost the All Progressives Congress the Bayelsa State governorship seat, is on the verge of committing suicide. The Minister said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. Governor-elect, David Lyon; and the deputy governor-elect, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, […]
Continue ReadingStandard Bank of South Africa Limited (“SBSA”) has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the private sector, part of the World Bank Group. It is a 10-year facility with the express purposes of raising capital for use in on-lending by Standard Bank Group’s (SBG) […]
Continue ReadingThe sharp drop in crude oil prices on the back of the spread of coronavirus has wiped off subsidy on petrol, with the landing cost of the product hitting a record low, ’FEMI ASU reports The expected open market price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, has dropped below the approved pump price […]
Continue ReadingA corps member identified as Amaka Asikaogu has reportedly been found dead in an Abuja hotel, few days to the end of her service year. The deceased checked into New England Hotel in Abuja on Saturday evening with a male friend who left shortly after they were served food and drinks they ordered. According to reports, when asked about […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, on Monday, adjourned till Tuesday, the hearing of the application seeking the review of its judgment which upturned the outcome of the last governorship election in Imo State. Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, is by his application filed on February 5, 2020, seeking the review of the apex court’s […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu is dead. The actor who was ill for a while, died today Sunday March 1st. His passing was announced by actress Foluke Daramola Salako. “BREAKING NEWS! Our model veteran actor Pa kasunmu Kayode Odumosu finally takes a bow. It is with so much heavy pain in our hearts that we regret to […]
Continue ReadingA taxi driver has reportedly been confirmed dead following an altercation that occurred between him and the owner of a Lexus SUV. Eyewitnesses alleged that Lexus owner punched the taxi driver to death after a collision between them. It was further gathered that the incident occurred at Warehouse Junction in Owerri, Imo State’s capital. Media […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti State High Court, sitting at Ado Ekiti, has sentenced a middle-aged man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Mosunmola Abodunde, while delivering the judgment on Friday, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found the defendant guilty as charged. During the trial, the prosecutor […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed fear of Nigeria disintegrating under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo who disclosed this at the Frederick Fasehun 1st Memorial Lecture in Lagos on Saturday, February 29, stated that there is still a window of opportunity to stop a possible and indeed likely agitation for self-determination […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said Lagos State Government, on Saturday, had moved the Coronavirus patient to a better facility where he would be comfortable. The Commissioner, who made the latest disclosure, said the Italian was currently receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease facility at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba area of […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria records its first case of Coronavirus, former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Buhari to stop all flights from affected countries. Atiku made the appeal in a statement released on Friday afternoon. See his statement below: “Now that Nigeria has had her first confirmed case of the Corona Virus infestation, via […]
Continue ReadingThree years ago, Jen Atkin was enjoying planning her dream wedding, when her fiancé suddenly called it off. His reason for ditching his blushing bride-to-be? She’d been eating too much junk food and had gotten “too fat”. Well fast forward to present day and Jen, now happily married to someone else, has managed to get […]
Continue ReadingAs a result of the detection of the first case of Coronavirus disease in Nigeria, and the placing in quarantine of the patient, identified as a 44-year-old Italian, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos (formerly, Infectious Diseases Hospital), a health worker at the hospital said on Friday that the patient was angry and had attempted […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday, called for calm among residents of the state following the detection of the first case of Coronavirus brought in by an Italian. Obasa said the need by Lagos residents not to panic over the incident stems from the fact that the state […]
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