Soyinka Criticize FG Over The Manner Of Approach To Kanu, Igboho
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has blasted the Federal Government over the invasion of the residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, and the means of the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Soyinka, who spoke on Monday during an interview on BBC Pidgin, said instead […]
Banditry: Kaduna State Govt. Released List Of Schools To Be Closed
The Kaduna State Government has ordered the closure of 13 schools it considered accessible to bandits attacks. The action followed the mass abduction of students by armed groups at Bethel Baptist Secondary School at Kajuma in Chikun Local Government Area of the State. The Director-General, Quality Assurance Authority in the state’s Ministry of Education, Umma […]
I Never Wrote Any Degrading Post On Igbo, Hausa – Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has rebutted statements from some quarters that he wrote a degrading post on Igbo and Hausa. A statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Umar Gwandu, said that Malami did not write or compose such a post. “The […]
Confusion As Minister Slumps At Bauchi Event, Rushed To A Trauma Center
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Katagum, reportedly slumped at an official event in Bauchi. Katagum, who was in Bauchi to induct an empowerment program on Monday at the NAADI office, Sani Mallam Shopping Plaza located on the Ahmadu Bello Way, was said to have suddenly collapsed as she tried […]
Back With A Bang: New York City Pulls Off Long-Awaited Macy’s Fireworks Show
After a year of COVID-19 lockdowns, the city held a big Fourth of July celebration on Sunday — the annual Macy’s fireworks show, which organizers say was the city’s first large-scale public event, helping kick off summer and a full reopening. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported Sunday, there was a ton of excitement. The show’s […]
Vatican Says Pope ‘reacted well’ To Intestinal Surgery
Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican said, without giving much detail about the pontiff’s condition. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a narrowing of the large intestine. The […]
Florida Condo Demolished Amid Safety Concerns; Collapse Death Toll At 24
The remaining structure of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, was demolished just after 10:30 p.m. CST Sunday amid safety concerns as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches. Demolition specialists finished boring holes and began laying explosives in them Sunday as they prepared to bring down the precarious but still-standing portion of a collapsed […]
Kaduna Explosion: Caused By IED Hidden In Juice Bottles – Police
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was detonated in Kaduna Saturday, was concealed in three empty yogurt containers, the police revealed on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Saturday incident, which occurred in the badarawa area of Kaduna metropolis, resulted in the death of one adolescent child, aged seven, and injury […]
Kwara Rep, Minister Thrashes Over Misappropriated N70m Campaign Fund
The member of the House of Representatives, representing Ekiti/Isin/ Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State, AbdulRaheem Olawuyi, has denied allegations that he misappropriated N70m campaign funds meant for the 2018 bye-election. Olawuyi, who spoke to reporters in Ilorin on Sunday, was responding to allegations leveled against him by the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
Reps Committee Keeps Mute On Chinese Loans, Stops Probe
The House of Representatives has kept mute on the alleged abandonment of the investigation of commercial agreements and external borrowings by the Federal Government, which its committee carrying out the probe said contained “dangerous” clauses. The probe has lasted 14 months without the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols, and Agreements, chaired by Mr. Nicholas Ossai, […]
