Nigeria: Oyo Government Close Down Shasha Market In Ibadan
The Oyo State Government on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of Shasha market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the state capital. The market was closed after an ethnic clash was recorded on Friday. According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the government said […]
Nigeria: Protesters Arrested At Lekki Toll Gate On Valentine Eve
Police on Saturday arrested protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate as calls for the reopening of the facility to be suspended gain momentum. The police had earlier on Friday launched a show-of-force exercise to express its disapproval of the planned protest. On Saturday morning, the police picked up anyone they suspected to be at the […]
Don’t Schedule Mammogram Near COVID-19 Vaccine, Doctors Warn
Women who recently received the COVID-19 vaccine may need to postpone their annual mammogram if they are due for one soon, say doctors in Utah. Some women who receive the coronavirus vaccine may experience axillary adenopathy, also known as swollen lymph nodes, following vaccination. A doctor in Ohio recently warned that this reaction could be confused for a […]
Convict Trump Or Face Damage To American Democracy, Prosecutors Say
Dire harm from Donald Trump’s false and violent incitements will affect American democracy long into the future unless the Senate convicts him of impeachment and bars him from future office, House prosecutors insisted Thursday as they concluded two days of emotional arguments in his historic trial. Making their case, they presented piles of new videos […]
Biden Cancels Funding For Trump Border Wall
US President Joe Biden has rescinded the national emergency order used to fund Donald Trump’s border wall. In a letter to Congress on Thursday, Biden wrote that the order was “unwarranted” and said that no further tax dollars will be spent on the wall. Trump declared a state of emergency over the southern border in […]
CAR Army Retakes Border Town From Insurgents
The Central African Republic says its army – along with Russian and Rwandan allies – has recaptured the western border town of Beloko from rebels. Several groups that have controlled most of the country for the last eight years formed an alliance in December and started a rebellion to try to seize power. The recapture […]
China-BBC World News Banned In Row Over Xinjiang Reporting
China’s broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing’s treatment of the country’s Uighur minority. The decision came just days after Britain’s own regulator revoked the licence of Chinese broadcaster CGTN for breaking UK law on state-backed ownership, and provoked angry accusations of censorship from […]
Over 9,000 COVID Patients Sent Into New York Nursing Homes
More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press. The new number of 9,056 recovering patients sent to hundreds of nursing homes […]
President Buhari Approves Public- Private Partnership Trillion Naira Company To Address Infrastructure Deficit
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Public-Private Partnership styled Infrastructure company named Infra-Co with an initial seed capital of N1 Trillion. It is envisaged that, over time, the entity will grow to N15 Trillion in assets and capital. Infra-Co will be one of the premier infrastructure finance entities in Africa and will […]
Nigeria: First Civilian Governor Of Lagos, Lateef Jakande Dies At 91
The first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, a former journalist became governor of Lagos State in Nigeria from 1979 to 1983, and later was Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime. His administration as […]
