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Kenyan civil servants have until late August to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk disciplinary action, according to a government document made public this week. The order comes as parliament is due to consider a motion to bar unvaccinated people or those without negative Covid certificates from certain public and private spaces. Kenya is […]
Magistrate Adeola Adedayo of the Lagos State Magistrate Court in Yaba has ordered the remand of Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. Magistrate Adedayo ordered the remand of Chidinma for 30 days following an application of the police counsel, Cyril Ejiofor. Chidinma and Ataga […]
Lionel Messi finally signed his eagerly anticipated Paris Saint-Germain contract on Tuesday night to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona and sends PSG into a new era. The French club said in a statement that the 34-year-old Argentina star signed a two-year deal with the option for […]
Jennifer Hudson was fresh off her Oscar win for “Dreamgirls” when she was summoned to meet Aretha Franklin in 2007. The two singers had technically met before, when Hudson, freshly cut from American Idol, opened for Franklin at a show in Indiana. But this time was different: The Queen of Soul told Hudson that […]
The Nigerian Army has denied allegations that it is planning to free some senior Boko Haram Bomb explosive experts in its custody. The Army also said more than 1,000 Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops due to intense offensive operations on the hideouts and camps in the North East. A statement by Brig […]
The Lagos-Kano train service will go into operation from Friday, Aug. 13. Mr Ismail Adebiyi, Regional District Manager, Northern District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation made this known in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The train would leave Lagos on Friday evening and arrive […]
After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B hitmaker R. Kelly started Monday with jury selection in New York City. Lingering health threats caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a shakeup of Kelly’s defense team pushed the trial into the summer, nearly two years after he was charged with […]
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, says the All Progressives Congress is afraid of the electronic transmission of election results because of its abysmal failure in the past six years. Okowa, who stated this at a news briefing through the Commissioner for information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said those kicking against electronic transmission have plans […]
The sit-at-home order handed down to the people of the South-East turned bloody on Monday as hoodlums wreaked havoc in Anambra and Imo states, killing four policemen and four other persons. Gunmen, who went on a shooting spree in Anambra, attacked a police Area Command in Nnewi axis of the state. The incident was […]
Pere, one of the housemates in the television reality show, Big Brother Naija, Season 6, has emerged the Head of House. Pere was declared the winner of the challenge by Biggie after he defeated 22 other contestants. He was decorated with the emblem by Boma, who ruled the house in the second week. This […]
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