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Ex-France and PSG defender, of Senegalese descent, Jean-Pierre Adams has died after being in Coma since 1982. The former centre-back died on Monday morning at the age of 73 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nimes Hospital in France. Adams has been in a coma for 39 years after the anesthetist overdosed […]
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. According to the governor, students in the North […]
The Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa says Nigeria will become a better nation and able to harness its untapped resources if the people become more united. The governor stated this on Monday at the 2021 Sam Epelle Memorial Gold Paper Lecture, organized by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in […]
Nigerian fast rising artist Oxlade releases the video for “Ojuju ” from his Sophomore project Titled “Eclipse”. “Ojuju” Produced by DJ Coublon,released in August, is Oxlade’s first single in the year 2021. The Video was directed by Ademola Falomo.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to the News Agency […]
The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January 2021. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said Tuesday in its weekly pandemic bulletin. The WHO said the variant […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2, 897, 201 eligible persons had taken the jab across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the National Vaccines briefing. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it did not disperse doctors attending a recruitment exercise organised by Saudi Arabia in the federal capital territory (FCT). While a recruitment exercise for doctors by Saudi Arabia was held in Lagos earlier in the week, another was held in Abuja on Thursday. However, there are reports […]
Grammy-award winning artist, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has released the deluxe edition of his sensational Made in Lagos album. The ‘Essence’ crooner took to his Instagram page to announce its release as he shared the album cover. On his Twitter page, Wizkid also shared the link to the deluxe edition of his […]
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday condemned the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the families of those who have been killed. Stephane Dujarric, the Secretary-General’s spokesman, disclosed this at a briefing for news correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York. “He […]
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