South African rapper, AKA, has tested positive for Coronavirus. The rapper, 32, announced his diagnosis in a statement he posted to his official Twitter page on Friday, July 10. He also explained that he decided to make his results public to raise awareness about the pandemic. “In an attempt to create awareness around the virus…
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, on Friday July 10, resigned from his position as chairman as well as being a member of the party. This comes less than two weeks to the APC’s governorship primary election in Ondo state. Ajayi who tendered his…
The Nigerian Immigration Service has blocked 58 medical doctors from leaving the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos via a chartered flight today July 10. A statement released by the Immigration spokesman, Sunday James, says the doctors had planned to sneak out of the country via the Lagos airport. James said 56 out…
The Presidential Panel investigating the activities of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that the commission under Magu re-looted some of the recovered loot. The panel probed the federal government assets recovered by the EFCC from May 2015 to May 2020. According to the News Agency of Nigeria NAN,…
US President, Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, July 11, the very first time the president has been seen in public with the facial covering recommended as a precaution against the novel Coronavirus. Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington to meet wounded…
The presidency has said that the current probe of suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, shows that there is no sacred cow in the Buhari-led administration’s fight against corruption. In a statement released on Saturday, July 11, Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the current probe…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has denied media reports that he purchased a house for his son, Abdulazeez, who tied the knot on Friday, July 10. SaharaReporters had claimed the Minister purchased a mansion for Abdulazeez as a wedding gift. The reports also claimed the wedding ceremony flouted all NCDC…
Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has predicted that 2022 will be a difficult year for the Super Eagles if they qualify for the Fifa World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations, both happening in 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the global football calendar forcing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone several…
Arowolo Olamide Temitope, a Nigerian lady who was barred from boarding an evacuation flight to Nigeria by the Lebanese airport management after receiving orders from her employer in Lebanon, has finally arrived Nigeria. Arowolo who was evacuated from Lebanon by the Federal Government on Saturday July 11, narrated her ordeal while in Lebanon, warning young Nigerian girls…
A Nigerian man, Mathew Oabode, has recounted how he saved the life of an abandoned baby while many people who spotted the child before his arrival were busy taking photos of the baby. Mathew who shared the story on his Twitter handle, @Matoosa, said he had just returned from the hospital where his wife had just…