The United States has reported more than 30million cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. The nation surpassed the milestone on Wednesday, March 24, nearly 12 weeks after hitting 20m, according to Johns Hopkins University data. No other country has recorded so many cases, and there is likely to be a high number…
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Barcelona the best club of the past decade. “FC Barcelona won the CLUB WORLD RANKINGS of the First Decade (2001-2010) and also of the second Decade (2011-2020),” the IFFHS said in a statement. Barça were ranked with 2,877 points with rival Real…
Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has hinted on Premium Motor Spirit also known as Petrol selling between N211 and N234 per litre. Kyari who spoke at the ministerial briefing at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday March 25, said the NNPC can no longer bear the burden of underpriced sales…
Justice M.S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced members of a notorious syndicate of fraudsters comprising a Nigerien and five Nigerians. The Nigerien, Magaji Musa (a.k.a Maishayi) and five Nigerians: Salisu Rabiu, (a.k.a Mai Magani); Ibrahim Idris, (a.k.a Dankano); Haruna Abdullahi,(a.k.a Balogun), Haruna Usman (a.k.a Maiturare) and…
A court in Ondo state has sentenced two brothers, Isaac Sunday and Isaac Lucky, as well as their accomplice, Ovie Nana Friday, to death by hanging for stealing. The convicts were said to have in December 2013, used dangerous weapons to dispose many residents of Bolorunduro in Ondo state of their belongings which include…
Suspected armed bandits have attacked Tunga community in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing the village head and two others. According to reports, the armed bandits stormed the village on Wednesday evening March 24, shooting sporadically into the air. The village head was reportedly shot dead after he refused to follow the bandits…
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has announced that people can now buy Tesla electric vehicles in the U.S. with bitcoin. “You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin,” the chief executive – and self-named “Technoking of Tesla” tweeted on Wednesday, March 24. Musk also went on to clarify in another tweet that Tesla will…
The Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari “is too slow.” Ahmed made the comment while appearing on an Arise Television program on Wednesday March 24, and further stated that banditry and kidnappings did not exist two, three years ago. The NEF spokesperson who averred that…
The House of Representatives committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream has been directed to investigate and ascertain the true cost of rehabilitating the Port Harcourt refinery which the Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.5billion for. This directive came after Hon. Onofiok Luke moved a motion of public importance and lawmakers pointing out that so much…
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike (OPTS) and One Division of the Nigerian Army have killed two bandits in Buruku general area of Chikun local government area of Kaduna state. A search-and-rescue operations was also conducted by troops around Buruku forest, precisely in Rima village as part of the ongoing operations against armed bandits covering five local government…
