Former US President Barack Obama has condemned President Donald Trump’s use of federal agents against protesters and his attempts at voter suppression in the United States. Obama, giving a eulogy at the emotional funeral service in Atlanta of civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday night, July 30, blasted alleged Republican attempts to suppress the…
President Buhari says Nigerians know that his administration has done its best in fighting insecurity. A statement from the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President said this when he spoke to state house correspondents after observing the Eid El-Kabir prayers with his family members and close aides at the presidential…
Governor Dave Umahi, his daughter and three of his close aides have recovered from Coronavirus after testing positive for the disease. In a statement released 4 weeks after he tested positive for the virus, Umahi thanked God for his recovery and the people of the state for their prayers and support. Ebonyi has recorded 785 cases of…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday July 31, announced that 462 new cases of Coronavirus were confirmed across the country. A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; FCT-93, Lagos-78, Plateau-64, Kaduna-54, Oyo-47, Ondo-32, Adamawa-23, Bauchi-19, Rivers-9, Ogun-9, Delta-9, Edo-7 , Kano-6, Enugu-6, Nasarawa-5, Osun-1. There are now 43,151 confirmed cases…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has recovered from COVID-19. The Governor, who went on isolation June 22 after testing positive for the virus, expressed gratitude for the prayers and good wishes received from well-wishers while he was in isolation. Announcing his recovery on Twitter, the governor wrote ”After 11 days in isolation,…
President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ban TikTok app in the United States through executive authority today. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump told reporters while flying home from Florida on Friday evening, July 31. The president said he would sign something as soon as Saturday,…
Zambia’s Education Minister, David Mabumba has been fired after allegedly appearing in a viral sex video. Though President Edgar Lungu’s spokesperson, Isaac Chipampe did not disclose the reason for Mabumba’s dismissal, it however came after the sex tape of a man that looks like him went viral. The man was spotted in live WhatsApp video with a woman, naked…
A former prosecutor who worked with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chief Godwin Obla (SAN), has revealed that the suspended acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, ordered his arrest after he asked to be paid a sum of N763.9m in legal fees. Chief Obla reportedly made the revelation while reading out…
Prosecutors in Switzerland have launched criminal proceedings against FIFA President, Gianni Infantino to investigate his dealings with Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber. This comes a week after Mr. Lauber offered to resign after a court concluded he covered up a meeting with Mr. Infantino and lied to supervisors while his office probed corruption surrounding soccer’s governing…
Grace Makun, the wife of Yomi Makun, aka Yomi Casual, has said that 80% of broken homes are caused by women. The mum-of-two said, “a lot of women are too toxic” and do not know how to use their power as women. She added that not every fine girl is marriageable and she advised men to always…