THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has denied that it reached an agreement with the federal government to suspend its ongoing strike on December 9, 2020. The Union insisted that contrary to insinuation to that effect, there was never an understanding with the government that it would suspend the over 9 months old action…
Reality TV star, Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba, better known as Laycon, has remembered his late father, Prince Agbeleshebioba, who died three years ago on December 9. Taking to Twitter, the winner of BBNaija Lockdown season five writes that he misses his old man. He, however, stated that he will use the occasion to celebrate him. In his…
Queen Ola, the estranged wife of the Alaafin of Oyo has revealed her experience and what she learnt when she was still married to the Oyo monarch. She revealed this in a question and answer session she held on Instagram. See some of her replies below;
The use of WhatsApp groups in schools has been reportedly banned by the Kaduna state government. Katsina is the home state of incumbent Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an American freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. The Group section allows people to chat with…
A woman has been electrocuted in Russia after suffering a massive electric shock when her charging phone fell in her bath. Olesya Semenova, 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Russian city Arkhangelsk. ‘I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, did not breathe and showed no signs of life,’ distraught friend…
The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday night rejected President Trump’s appeal to overturn the state’s election results, affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 battleground. The decision comes after a court ruled last week against the Trump campaign, stating that the president’s team was unable to prove that there were fraudulent results due to…
On the 9th of December 2020, 474 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths was recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 70,669 cases have been confirmed, 65,242 cases have been discharged and 1,184 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 474 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (180), Lagos…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of finance, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. The statement quoted Mrs Okonjo-Iweala as disclosing this at a closed-door meeting with…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday signed the 2021 budget of N246 billion into law after passage by the State House of Assembly. The governor had on October 4, 2020, presented N237.52 billion as the 2021 budget estimate with 66 percent of the budget devoted to capital expenditure to support the government’s commitments…
Five people have been killed in election-related violence in Ghana, police said Wednesday, casting a shadow over a country hailed for its stable democracy. The deaths were reported as early results confirmed a tight race for the presidency and Ghana’s neighbors urged political camps to uphold a peaceful outcome after trading heated accusations. “Sixty-one electoral…