FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has criminal proceedings launched against him in Switzerland

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…

481 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

481 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday July 30, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; FCT-96, Lagos-89, Plateau-68, Ogun-49, Edo-44, Rivers-43, Oyo-25, Osun-23, Delta-15, Enugu-11, Kano-7, Kaduna-7, Bauchi-2, Bayelsa-1, Yobe-1. There are now 42,689 confirmed cases of Coronavirus…

Explosion rocks Maiduguri on Sallah eve

Two bomb blasts were reportedly recorded in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state today July 30, on the eve of Sallah celebrations. The first blast occurred at Gwannge, a residential area around 6pm while the other blast occurred at where cars are sold at Mairi in the state capital. Borno state commissioner of police, Mohammed Aliyu who confirmed…

Gunmen open fire on Borno state governor’s convoy

The convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, was attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Baga, a town in the state, on Wednesday, July 29. According to reports, the Governor had gone to visit some Internally Displaced Persons camps when his convoy was attacked. “The governor went to Kukawa, and on his way to Baga his…

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