All housemates of the Big Brother Naija reality show will be put up for possible eviction as the show enters its second week. According to the show’s host Ebuka, all housemates will be put up for eviction except the housemate who wins the Head of House challenge today July 27. The Deputy Head of House…
The Kwara State Government has cancelled congregational Eid prayers for the 2020 eid-el Kabir celebrations in the state due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. Eid-ul-Adha, an annual religious festival celebrated by Muslims, has been slated for July 30. The day used to be celebrated with congregational prayers. The Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19 in…
Magaji Dahiru Zarewa, a Kano House of Assembly member elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sacked by an Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Friday July 24. Zarewa was sacked for failing to resign from his position as the Managing Director of the Kano Drugs and Consumables Supply Agency, 30…
The Presidency has denied media reports that it has dissolved the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development CommissionThe Senate on Thursday, July 23, called on President Buhari to dissolve the board over allegations of monumental corruption in the commission. Some sections of the media today reported that the commission’s Interim Management Committee had…
United States government on Monday July 20th filed a motion through its attorney John R. Lausch, requesting that the case against Woodberry be dismissed without prejudice, even though he was indicted by a grand jury on an eight-count charge of wire fraud. However commenting on the development, Nash told Premium Times that the case was dismissed because the government…
Benjamin William Mkapa, the former President of Tanzania is dead at the age of 81. Mkapa, a skilled diplomat served as president for 10 years from 1995 to 2005. President Magufuli who announced his death, said Mkapa died at a Dar eS Salaam Hospital in the early hours of Friday July 24, at the age of 81. Magufuli…
Men of the Katsina state police command have arrested two men, Faisal Lawal and Abba Nasiru, for allegedly raping and killing their neighbor’s wife in the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, said the suspects, both twenty years of age, on May 11, 2020, scaled the fence of their…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC). Interim APC Chairman and governor of Yobe state, Mala Mai Buni, disclosed this to state house correspondents after himself and Dogara met with President Buhari in the presidential villa in Abuja today July…
Civil servants based in Abuja have been asked to undergo Coronavirus test by the federal government. The directive came in a circular titled “Conduct of COVID-19 testing for civil servants” and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Evelyn Ngige. Ngige also said that provisions…
Oladapo Oyebanjo, aka D’Banj, has been cleared of rape after his accuser, Seyitan Babatayo, withdrew her petition. In a letter dated July 17, 2020, addressed to the Inspector-General of Police through her lawyer, Seyitan said she was withdrawing from the case for personal reasons. The letter read in part, “We hereby officially notify you of our client’s…