National Caretaker Committee Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni and the Chairman of the party’s Governorship Election Campaign for Edo State, Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind ‘closed door’ at the State House, Abuja.…
The national leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed has been slammed for selling his integrity and conscience over the just concluded Edo election. A pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Youth Forum (YYF) has condemned the national leader of All…
The daughter of VP Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed a baby boy with her husband after 2 years of marriage. Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo’s daughter, Damilola has welcomed her first child with husband after 2 years of marriage. Recall that in…
An average of 1,196.1 people per day tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium during the past week, according to the latest figures by Sciensano on Monday. The trend of new infections per day increased by 62% over…
The United Kingdom could be heading for 50,000 new coronavirus infections per day by mid-October if it does not take tougher measures to curb the spread of the virus, the government’s scientific adviser Patrick Vallance warned on Monday. A month…
For the first time since the start of the coronavirus crisis, The Netherlands recorded over 2,000 new infections in a single day. In the last 24 hours 2,223 cases were reported. The country’s National Institute of Public Health also recorded…
The survival fund initiative of the federal government has officially commenced. The Federal Government on Monday, September 21, 2020, opened an online portal for interested persons to register for the N75billion survival fund for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).…
A Nigerian student, Toluwalase Kembi has been confirmed dead after being killed by her a man she was seeing in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state. Toluwalase is said to be a 20-year-old Business Administration student of the Federal polytechnic,…
Mahamadou Fofana – the cousin of Adama Traoré, a black French man who died in police custody in 2016 – purportedly drowned last week while fleeing from police. An internal investigation has been opened into the case, after his family…
Following the resolution members of Agbekoya Peace Movements to agitate for the creation of Oodua Republic and secession of Yoruba speaking states through rally on October 1, a Yoruba group in the UK have staged a walk to protest the…
An average of 1,107.1 people per day tested positive for the coronavirus Covid-19 in Belgium during the past week, according to the latest figures by Sciensano on Saturday. The trend of new infections per day increased by 65% over the…
People infected with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) who fail to self-isolate will be fined up to 10,000 pounds sterling (11,000 euros), the UK Government announced on Saturday as it presented new rules aimed at curbing new COVID-19 infections. Prime Minister…
France registered just under 13,500 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 24 hours, the French public health service reported on Saturday. The exact figure for new infections was 13,498, similar to the number registered on the previous day.…
More and more tenured soldiers between the ages of 30 and 40 years are leaving the Belgian army, the president of the military union, ACMP-CCGM, warned on Sunday. A whopping 343 persons left the army in 2019, as against a…
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday despite authorities deploying a heavy police presence. The protest came a day after officers detained hundreds of demonstrators at a women’s march in the capital.…
Mr Idris died at an Army 44 Reference Hospital in Kaduna after a short admission, according to palace sources. The Emir of Zazzau in Kaduna State, Shehu Idris, has passed on, PREMIUM TIMES reports. He died on Sunday at the…
INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the total result of the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State. INEC’s Returning Officer,…
Rights activists on Sunday accused Italian authorities of blocking migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 from leaving port and resuming its emergency mission in the Mediterranean. After an inspection on the safety of the vessel to operate in high seas, Italian…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday began the release of results of the Edo governorship election The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo, Mr Johnson Alalibo, announced Prof. Akpofure Rem-Rukeh, Vice-Chancellor, University of Petroleum Resources, Effuru, Delta, as the Returning…
A huge fire has destroyed part of the main building of Uganda’s prestigious Makerere University, one of Africa’s oldest, police said Sunday. “The fire is believed to have started from the roof spreading to floors that house both records and…