Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has taken to her twitter page to apologize to Nigerians for posting a fake picture about Rwanda. She earlier posted a food distribution picture and credited it to Rwanda’s president, Paul. However, Twitter users called her attention to it, noting that it’s actually from Gambia. “Responsible food…
Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, the wife of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said she caught her husband having an affair on two occasions. Mrs. Ajimobi said this while speaking with her daughter, Bisola in a video which was posted on Instagram. According to Florence, when most men cheat, it is just about sex…
In what will come across as a really startling development, a woman and her sons have perished from the coronavirus. An African American woman and three of her sons who all tested positive for the Coronavirus have died, NBC News reports. The woman, Antoinette Franklin, a lifelong New Orleans resident, died March 23. Her sons,…
The Federal government has sent a new budget proposal to the National Assembly for consideration in view of global economic realities as a result of the outbreak and spread of COVID- 19. The new proposal sighted by The Nation and which is currently being considered by the leadership of the legislature reduced the 2020 estimate…
A lifeless body was found floating in Omu river, Kelebe, along Osogbo-Iragbiji road in Osun state. The body was recovered by the officers of the Nigeria Police Command on Monday afternoon, April 6. They later took it to the morgue of Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, LAUTECH in the state capital. The head of the Ajoda Idi…
The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has ordered seizure of vehicles whose passengers refuse to wear nose masks and defaulters are to pay N300,000 fine. This followed the low compliance level with the no mask, no movement order in the state. The governor in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and…
Dr Nimota Buhari, Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has cautioned people to beware of online exposure risks, from going online more to deal with stay at home directives. Buhari, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin explained that people might be…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the decision of the federal government to invite doctors from China to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. The association conveyed its opposition to the bid in a press statement issued on Sunday and signed by Francis Faduyile, its president. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it has not yet fixed the cut-off marks for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination. It described the cut-off marks being circulated on the Internet as fake. The board stated this in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Sunday. It stated that the 2020 UTME…
Seun Kuti has shared his thoughts about the Nigerian system, which he said has pushed many graduates into taking up a career they never studied in the university. The singer stated that Coronavirus is a wakeup call, as Nigerians really need to start reassessing what value is in the world today. Seun Kuti wrote; When…