According to US Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, US President Joe Biden is working in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated and twice boosted. This comes just two days after President Biden tested negative for the coronavirus despite having mild symptoms and starting Paxlovid. “Consistent with CDC guidelines,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement, “he will isolate at …
Christopher Bakare, the supervisor at the late former Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-farm, Akala’s who was kidnapped last Saturday evening on the farm at Jabata, Surulere local government area of Oyo State, has regained his freedom. According to a family source, he was released on Wednesday after a N5 million ransom was paid. His kidnappers demanded N100 million at first, but …
Netflix has announced plans to launch a lower-cost, ad-supported plan in the first quarter of 2023. In a Q2 letter to shareholders, the company revealed that the plan will be tested in a few of its markets where “advertising spend is significant.” “We’ll likely start in a handful of markets where advertising spend is significant,” according to the letter obtained …
MINUSMA, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, has expressed regret over the expulsion of its spokesperson. The Malian government has ordered the UN Deputy Chief Communication and Spokesperson, Olivier Salgado, to leave the country within three days for making ‘unacceptable’ comments about the controversial arrest of dozens of Ivorian soldiers in Bamako. Efforts at Peacekeeping Mr. Salgado had stated …
Sri Lanka has sworn in Ranil Wickremesinghe as president, with hopes that he will lead the country out of its economic crisis. Mr. Wickremesinghe, the former prime minister, is widely despised by the public, but some protesters have said they will give him a chance. He took the oath in the heavily guarded parliament complex. The economic crisis has caused …
Mario Draghi, Italy’s Prime Minister, has resigned. The resignation comes a year and a half after he was appointed as Italy’s unelected head of a unity government. He informed President Sergio Mattarella that he was stepping down after three parties in his government refused to support him in a confidence vote the night before. The president has asked to remain …
By Gift Chapi Odekina Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged journalists to always double-check their facts before going public. On Wednesday, Gbajabiamila spoke at the inauguration of the new Executives of the House of Representatives Press Corps, as well as the launch of its inaugural magazine “Green Sentinel” and website. The Speaker, who was represented …
The Bauchi state government pleaded with the striking academic and non-academic staff unions in the state’s five tertiary institutions on Thursday to call off their strike as soon as possible in order for the government to resolve their demands. At a press conference held at Government House in Bauchi, the state’s head of civil service, Yahuza Adamu Haruna, expressed concern …
Anambra State police have reportedly arrested two suspected cultists who were involved in the killing of a rival cultist, beheading him, and playing soccer with his head last year. A video went viral in September of last year, showing some young men suspected of being cultists dragging out another young man suspected of being a member of a rival cult …
The Sokoto State Government has been chastised for its alleged silence on the blasphemous murder of Deborah Samuel. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, wants the Sokoto State government, led by Governor Aminu Tambuwal, to expedite the administration of justice. HURIWA has also condemned the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS), whose operatives allegedly …
Passengers from an 18-seater bus were kidnapped on Wednesday evening near Ochonyi-Omoko village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway in Kogi State. According to a passenger, Benjamin Isaac, who escaped from being kidnapped by the bandits, the incident occurred around 8 p.m. He claimed the attackers hid in a bush and opened fire on the moving vehicle, deflating the back tyres and …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary education stakeholders adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2022 admission into the nation’s universities on Thursday in Abuja. The cut-off point for polytechnics and colleges of education was set at 100. The cut-off marks were decided at the 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of Education …
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that the forthcoming presidential election is a “must win” for his party in order to bring jobs, education, food, medicine, and hope, among other things. Tinubu also defended his choice of former Borno state Governor Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate, saying he remains …
Godwin Onuh Odeh This piece is a response to the shocking news published by the Sahara Reporter on July 13, 2022, titled “Nigerian Senate Presidents’ Lawan’s “Stooge” Appointed NYSC Director-General Accused of Fraud.” It should be noted that Brigadier General Shuaibu took over as the 18th Director General of NYSC on May 10, 2019 and handed over to his successor, …
The national leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has rejected the alleged suspension of its Bauchi state chairman, Malam Sani Shehu, stating that he remains the genuine Chairman of the Party in the state. The alleged suspension of Shehu by the North East zonal secretary, Babayo Liman, on July 13, 2022, without the consent and approval of the …
Vote of Confidence in NYSC Management… The Nigerian College of Bishops and Imams has requested an urgent assent to the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund Bill, which is still before President Muhammadu Buhari for his signature. According to the clerics who bore their minds in Abuja, an urgent assent to the bill will lead to better opportunities for Nigerian …
President Muhammadu Buhari has told Kashim Shettima, the running mate of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, that he will respond to him when he hands over power in 2023. Buhari was reacting to Senator Shettima’s flowery speech, according to a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the President’s aide on Media and Publicity. Shettima was chosen as …
Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo state, has called the impeachment of Engr Rauf Olaniyan, the state’s deputy governor, illegal and a violation of the rule of law. Folarin, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday following the impeachment of Engr Olaniyan as the state’s deputy governor, urged APC members to remain …
Godspower Adigheti, 23, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly hacking his girlfriend, Gift Oloku, to death. The suspect allegedly killed Oloku, a Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro student, for destroying his iPhone 11 Pro Max. According to reports, Adigheti had engaged the deceased, who was cohabiting with him, in a fight over her activities in the …
Senator Gabriel Suswam, representing Benue North East Senatorial District, has stated that the Electricity Bill, 2022, which was signed into law on Wednesday, has primarily demonopolised power generation in Nigeria. He stated that the space for generating power has been opened to the point where states and individuals can venture into power generation and distribution. This, he said, was a …
