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There was apprehension on Thursday morning as operatives subjected lawmakers, their aides and visitors to thorough stop-and-search at the access gates of the National Assembly complex. NASS staff and journalists working in the complex were also asked to provide staff identification before being granted access The exercise created a massive traffic gridlock with entrance […]
Leslie Jones is bringing the funny to the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The former “SNL” star was announced as the host on Wednesday by MTV. The awards will air May 16. Jones is also nominated for Best Comedic Performance for her role in “Coming 2 America.” Past hosts of the show include Tiffany […]
India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing […]
The U.S. government has pledged support and absolute solidarity to combat the lingering and growing insecurity in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin Region. Mr Anthony Blinken, U.S Secretary of Sates disclosed this in a virtual interview with newsmen as part of his activities during his virtual visit to Africa on Tuesday. Blinken made […]
Senators and three governors on Tuesday expressed concern about the nationwide ceaseless killings and kidnappings in the country, urging the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), to seek foreign help. The lawmakers, while debating a motion on activities of Boko Haram in Niger State, described insecurity in the country as not only terrible, but […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Monday appointed a Deputy Vice Chancellor, Management Services, of the University of Lagos, Prof Ben Oghojafor as the Vice Chancellor of the newly-established Denis Osadebey University, Anwai, Asaba. Also appointed is Prof. (Mrs.) Stella Chinye Chiemeke as the Vice Chancellor of University of Delta, Agbor. She is […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome her current security challenges. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the vice president made this known when he received a traditional ruler from Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Hassan, the Yankanje Uke. Osinbajo assured that the present […]
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, on Monday said Boko Haram had already infiltrated the state and had not only hoisted their flags in captured villages, including Kaure village in the Shiroro Local Government of the state, they had also forcefully allocated displaced women to themselves as wives. The governor speaking when he visited […]
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, weekend, reiterated that the All Progressives Congress, APC would sack the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from some States in the South-South region in 2023. Omo-Agege who stated this at Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, shortly after inspecting the rehabilitation work […]
Chad’s military transitional government said Sunday it would not negotiate with the rebels blamed for killing the country’s president of three decades, raising the specter that the armed fighters might press ahead with their threats to attack the capital. A spokesman for the rebel group known as the Front for Change and Concord in […]