It is double palava’s in the household of the Orisabunmis of Kara State! It was learnt that Onishola too is dead, barely 24 hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu, a Nollywood actress, popularly called Orisabunmi, died at 60. The late basketball coach was said to have passed on at 71 on Thursday in Illorin, following a brief illness Coach ...
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January, 2021
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8 January
Sanwo-Olu regrets how Lagos remains COVID-19 epicentre in Nigeria, builds 10 oxygen tents
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, regretted that the state remained the epicentre of the COVID-19 in the country, while noting that the second wave appeared more infectious than the first. He had met behind closed doors with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the end of the meeting, the governor told State House correspondents ...
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8 January
Infight rages in Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as group threatens Obiozor, others’ arrest
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo general assembly has threatened to arrest Prof. George Obiozor , a frontline presidential contender in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Others being threatened with arrest are those contesting elections into chapters of the organisation at various levels. The President-General of the Ohaneze General Assembly, Basil Onyeacholam, disclosed this in Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday. Saying any attempt ...
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8 January
Worries over crowd & Covid protocols @ ID cards registration centres
The PTF said it was in talks with the National Identity Management Commission on observation of safety protocols at its registration centres across the country. It stated that all ministries, departments and agencies of government, as well as their chief executives must comply with the protocols established by the task force in carrying out official activities. The National Coordinator of ...
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8 January
Buhari, Osinbajo, SGF to take COVID-19 vaccine on live telecast
President, Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to help drive awareness. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib said at the weekly press briefing by the Presidential Task ...
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8 January
Ex – FIFA president Blatter hospitalised
Blatter who was removed from office in 2015 after 17 years at the head of world football’s governing body is ill. And the former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital . “My father is in hospital. He’s getting better every day. But he needs time and rest,” his daughter Corinne Blatter Andenmatten was quoted as saying by Blick, ...
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7 January
Davido Joins Family Business, Now A Director In Dad’s Company
Nigerian record label boss and music executive, David Adeleke, known professionally as Davido, has finally joined the Adeleke family enterprise, Pacific Holdings Limited. The singer, 28, hinted at the new development on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in a post via his verified Twitter account. He shared a photo of Pacific Holdings logo and wrote; “omo nah 2021 o I dun ...
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7 January
Breaking News : Akwa Ibom state mourn again, Chief of Air Staff, Nsikak Eduok is dead
Former Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Nsikak Eduok is dead. He passed on yesterday evening during months of protracted illness at the Multi-Specialty Hospital in Uyo. He was the only Service Chief ever produced by Akwa Ibom state. First indigenous military Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Air Commodore Idiongesit Nkanga passed on last week ...
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7 January
Afenifere wants Yoruba to produce president in 2023
A socio-cultural and political group, the Yoruba Patriots Movement (YPM) and a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said yesterday that the Southwest should produce the next president. They advised All Progressives Congress (APC) members to honour the pre-2015 general election agreement to ensure fairness and equity. Speaking yesterday in Ibadan at a news conference heralding a Yoruba summit tagged: “Yoruba nation ...
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7 January
Only 40% Nigerians ‘ll get Covid vaccine in 2021 — FG
Only 40 percent of Nigerians will receive the COVID19 vaccine in 2021, Faisal Shuaib, head of the country’s primary healthcare agency has said. Shuaib said Nigeria is expected to get its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January. He said Nigeria is taking delivery of the vaccine “as part of its plan to inoculate 40% of ...