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Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s former drummer, composer and songwriter, Tony Allen, has passed away. . Allen died in Paris, France, on Thursday, aged 80. He was born in Lagos and regarded as one of the founders of Afrobeat. . Fela once stated that, "Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat." Allen has also been described by Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived" 

The Federal Government says it will work to ensure that there are no job losses or mass sack in Nigeria due to the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said this on Thursday, in his May Day message signed by his spokesman, Emmanuel Nzomiwu. Ngige assured that the government would look at the four-pillar plan of policy responses to the pandemic laid out by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The minister disclosed that all relevant factors to the nation’s workforce would be identified, analysed and solidified to ensure job retention. He stated that the government would not encourage employers to disengage any member of their staff without the prerequisite social dialogue and clearance from the ministry. Ngige commended workers in the health sector for being in the frontline of ensuring that the raging pandemic was contained. “Over the years, May 1 has been a unique day in the world of work. It is a day dedicated to workers as partners in socio-economic develop

High capacity passenger buses will with effect from Monday carry only 21 passengers instead of the 70 loading capacity, the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo has said. Akinajo spelt this out at a meeting with its transport franchisees on Thursday that standing would be suspended and air-conditioning system must not be used. At the meeting attended by Managing Director, Primero Transport Services Limited, operator of the Ikorodu-TBS Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, Mr. Fola Tinubu and Managing Director, Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), one of the operators of the Lagos Bus Reform Initiative, Mr. Idowu Oguntona, Akinajo stated that operators must ensure that passengers wear face mask at all times, sanitise with alcohol-base sanitiser or wash their hands with soap under running water before and after each trip. She explained that operators were expected to disinfect their vehicles and depots regularly and continuously i

Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers ( NURTW ),  Lagos  State Council, Alhaja Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) has lost his mother, Alhaji Zinat Abebi Omotowo. Akinsanya told The Nation that she passed on around 7 am Thursday. She was aged 87. The Janazah (interment) was held at the Akinsanya’s Lagos home near Ejigbo  NNPC in accordance with the Islamic rites. The late Alhaja Zinat was said to have observed the Solatul Subh (Morning Prayer) before she passed on.

The Senate on Thursday said it did not approve a “fresh loan of N850 billion” for President Muhammadu Buhari during its special plenary session on Tuesday. The new Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, in a statement in Abuja, said what the Senate did was to pass a resolution to vary the terms of the approval it earlier gave for the loan request. Basiru said the Senate approved that the N850billion be sourced from the domestic capital market as against from external sources. The statement titled: “No Fresh Loan of N850bn Approved by the Senate” reads: “It is very important to make a very important clarification particularly as the widely circulated erroneous report that the Senate approved a fresh loan of N850 billion at the Plenary on Tuesday. “That is far from the truth. The resolution passed was an amendment of the earlier resolution as to the source of the initial N850bn loan that had been approved to be part of what should be used to fund

l About 113 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 infection across the country, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has stated. He admonished that only healthcare workers who have training in infectious diseases control should be handling coronavirus patients. Ehanire, who disclosed this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, explained it was important for healthcare workers who feel they cannot handle the outbreak to speak up because nobody is forced or conscripted in the fight against coronavirus. He said: “There are not so many people in the health sector who are infected. “Latest figures we have is that there are about 113 and they are not all public health workers. There are good numbers from private hospitals. “If you hear us speaking here frequently against trying to treat coronavirus in private clinics, we are actually referring to those people who do so without having necessary precautions and training because they risk in

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the interim management committee of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This announcement was made via a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA by the presidency, signed by the special adviser to the president on media, Femi Adesina. The interim management committee is led by Professor Keme Pondei. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under the chairmanship of the President. In the same vein, President Buhari equally approved that the NDDC provides intervention support to complement efforts of the Federal and State governments against further spread of COVID-19 in the nine states of the Niger Delta region, in the sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N6,250,000,000.00) only. The materials and supplies are to be done through the Emergency Procurement method as provided in Sections 42(b) (c) and 43 of the Public

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has now tested positive for the novel COVID-19. The Russian leader announced the status of his health during a video meeting with the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. “I have just learned that the test on the coronavirus I took was positive,”he was quoted. “I have to observe self-isolation and follow the orders of doctors. This is necessary to protect my colleagues,” he added, promising to be in constant contact on all the main issues.

The Chinese government has called for international solidarity, not “resort to mutual accusation or demand retribution and accountability” over the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. The first case of the virus was first recorded in Wuhan, China last year December but it has now spread to almost all countries of the world with thousands dead already. Most countries, especially the US and Germany, are blaming China for the spread of the disease. Also, a coalition of Nigerian lawyers is planning to file a lawsuit against the Asian giants over the coronavirus disease. The lawyers, led by Professor Epiphany Azinge (SAN), on April 27 announced plans to begin a $200 billion class action against the People’s Republic of China over the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Nigeria. But in a statement on Thursday by the Press Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Sun Saixong, the Chinese government pledged to stand with Nigeria in the global fight against COVID-19. The statement added

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is currently struggling for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state. There are 947 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos alone and 187 of these patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Speaking at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of NCDC, said efforts are being made to change strategy in order not to allow the inadequate bed spaces affect the fight against coronavirus. “Lagos is the only place where we are struggling with bed spaces for now. We will always tells Nigerians the truth. We are struggling with bed spaces in Lagos for now,” he said.

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 28-year-old man, Godday Robinson, for alleged rape, stealing, and attempted murder of a 17-year-old girl. The incident occurred on April 22 in Agbara. The suspect was arrested following a report that a young lady was lying unconscious in a ten feet deep pit in a nearby bush. Upon the report by the good samaritan, the Agbara Area Commander detailed his men to the scene where the young lady was rescued and taken to the hospital. Upon regaining consciousness, the victim explained that while she was coming from work, the suspect, who had been making advances at her, accosted her, capitalized on the isolated nature of the area and dragged her into the bush where he forcefully raped her. The suspect was also said to have dispossessed the young lady of her phone valued at N85,000. Not done, he allegedly strangled her until she passed out momentarily. Thinking that she was dead, he dragged her further into the bush and dumped her inside the

US President, Donald Trump, has accused China of mishandling the Coronavirus pandemic and letting it affect America and the world so that he could lose his re-election bid to Joe Biden in November. Trump said the trade deal he signed with China aimed at reducing U.S. trade deficits with China, and that he believes that China wants his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, to win the race to ease the pressure on US-China trade relationwin the race to ease the pressure he has placed on China over trade and other issues. . 'China will do anything they can to have me lose this race,' Trump said in  an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office. They’re constantly using public relations to try to make it like they’re innocent parties,” Trump said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for Beijing over the virus. He added: 'I can do a lot' . Asked whether he was considering tariffs, Trump said: 'There are many things I can do. We're looking

Governor Bala Mohammed has ordered the use of chloroquine for treatment of Coronavirus in Bauchi state.  The Bauchi state Governor made the announcement while giving an update in the fight against Coronavirus. Bala who disclosed that he was treated “chloroquine and Zithromax" after he tested positive for Coronavirus, said he will would take responsibility for any consequences of approving such drugs.

The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters reports Dr Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why you haven’t seen him in public unlike before. It was even Dr Nifemi Bella Oloniniyi that received honourable members of Lagos State House of Assembly during their visit to our facility. I was told he had a meeting with someone who later showed symptoms of COVID-19, so his samples were immediately taken for test and his results returned positive last week,” a source told SaharaReporters Dr Abimbola was actively involved in managing the Italian man who was the Index case of COVID19 in Lagos state. 

The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Nabiam and three ministers, on Wednesday tested positive for Coronavirus. Health Minister, Antonio Deuna, confirmed this, revealing that they were being quarantined presently at a hotel in the country’s capital, Bissau. It was learnt that some members of the cabinet: Interior Minister Botche Cande and two secretaries of state, Mario Fambe and Monica Buaro were also infected. So far, Guinea-Bissau has recorded 73 confirmed  COVID-19  cases, with one death, and 18 recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo had also extended the nationwide state of emergency due to COVID-19 to May 11. Nabiam was selected by President Embalo to be prime minister in late February, 2019.

Three Togolese have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, at Odo-Omu, Iseyin, after they escaped the border patrols from the Republic of Benin through Saki on Tuesday. Commando Kwasi, Mr. Eberivie Isiaq and Ms. Kemi Terivie, a mother of one, traveled to Cotonou, Republic of Benin in January and came back for the new farming season. 

A 41-year-old Nigerian man who was already on bail for assaulting one police officer spat blood into a policewoman’s eye as he was being arrested following a dispute with his neighbors in Coventry, U.K. Temisan Oritsejafor has now been warned by a judge at Warwick Crown Court to expect ‘a significant custodial sentence’ – with consecutive jail terms for the two assaults. He had pleaded guilty to common assault and two charges of common assault on emergency workers. Prosecutor Mark Phillips said that on April 18, the police were called to Vincent Wyles House because of an altercation between Oritsejafor and his neighbor, Alison Osborne. The two officers asked to go into his flat to speak to him about what had happened, but Oritsejafor, who was on bail for a previous assault on a police officer, refused. A male officer who believed he was being aggressive took him to the floor, and was assisted by a female colleague, Pc Napier, to restrain him. “As they’re getting him up, he

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday expressed optimism that Nigeria would soon win the war against Coronavirus. He said that the traditional cure for the virus had reached an advanced stage and would be made available to the public very soon. The monarch disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, shortly after he donated two motorised modular fumigators to the state government. Oba Ogunwusi, who stated the donation of the mechanical fumigators was his own contribution to the state government’s efforts at combating the pandemic, said that he had gone far in working with the traditional medicine practitioners in the country to ensure a solution for Coronavirus. He said though scientific solutions were being sought globally to end the pandemic, traditional medicine and solutions must also be considered and embraced as a way out of COVID-19. The Ooni, therefore, urged the Federal Government to emulate Madagascar in its quest to u

Veteran actor and Bollywood romantic hero, Rishi Kapoor, passed away in Mumbai today. . The actor was admitted to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital on Wednesday morning. The cause of death remains unknown. He was aged 67. 

The British Government will advise its citizens to wear face masks at work, in shops, or on public transport with Coronavirus lockdown set to last into 2021. According to The Sun, Government’s top scientists met on Tuesday to decide on the face-covering move to help stop the coronavirus spread, amid fears that social distancing will roll into 2021, as chances of a vaccine within a year are slim. This comes after a Britain’s top doctor issued a warning that the nation may have to live with tough social distancing measures for “the next calendar year”. Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty also stressed that the chances of a vaccine in the next year were “incredibly small”. He said: “In the long run, the exit from this is going to be one of two things, ideally. “A vaccine, and there are a variety of ways they can be deployed . . . or highly effective drugs so that people stop dying of this disease even if they catch it.”he said

A pimp who infected three prostitutes with HIV after having unprotected sex with dozens of them, has been jailed for 12 years. . John Nehemiah Rodney, 61, from Swindon, tested positive for the virus in August 2013 but continued to have unprotected sex with multiple women. . Detectives said they started investigating him in 2017 after a complaint from a woman who tested positive for HIV after she had sex with him. He had initially denied inflicting grievous bodily harm on the women but changed his plea to guilty back in January. According to Mail Online, Bristol Crown Court heard on Wednesday that police found Rodney had engaged in unprotected sex with numerous women over several years without informing them of his condition or taking the essential treatment.

Highly energetic professional dancer and video vixen, Kodak, has died. She reportedly got electrocuted while charging her phone on Wednesday evening at a video director’s home in Omole Estate, Lagos It was gathered that she was subsequently rushed to a nearby hospital within the Estate, where she was later confirmed dead. 

The Nigeria centre for disease control, NCDC, has stated that coronavirus patients can recover with or without medicine. This statement was made by the DG of the NCDC, Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Wednesday during the daily Presidential taskforce briefing on COVID-19. The briefing which was closely monitored by newsmen was set up to update Nigerians on the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. “95 to 98% of all patients will recover from this illness irrespective of medical intervention. So depending on where you are, many patients are asymptomatic like you know, they would recover. All you need to do is keep them…the only reason we are keeping in hospitals or treatment centres is to prevent transmissions to others as much as possible.” Ihekweazu said. The DG allayed the fears of Nigerians by saying that having the virus was not an ‘immediate death sentence”. “So, 5-15% depending on where you are will have severe illness. Some will, unfortunately, pass away. Most people recover. A

The Lagos state police command has arrested 65 people for violating the lockdown order currently in effect in the state to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. According to a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Lagos police command spokesperson, the arrests were made in a hotel in Oko Oba area of the state on Wednesday. “On 29/4/2020 at about 1405hours, acting on credible intelligence, operatives from Area G Command and Oko Oba Division arrested 65 suspects at 84 Park Hotel, Augusto Close, Oko Oba. The suspects were arrested for holding a birthday party and consuming some substances suspected to be hard/illicit drugs.” “Some of the suspects were found in the swimming pool catching fun, in total neglect of the social distancing regulations and the lockdown order. The suspects who are within the range of 16 to 45 years, confessed to have left their various homes to the hotel in defiance to the sit at home order. The Manager of the hotel is equally arreste

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that the Almajiris deported from Kano State last week brought 21 cases of COVID-19 to the state. Speaking on Arise Television, the broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers Wednesday, he said when the state took delivery of 148 Almajiris from Kano, it kept them in a holding facility where tests were conducted on eight of them with symptoms, adding that five tested positive to the disease. He said: “This morning, 16 more of the Almajiris tested positive to it and we have now kept them in an isolation centre where they are being managed. “We made sure stringent measures were put in place to either slow down the spread of the virus. I was the first to be infected in Kaduna. I got infected in Abuja, and I in turn infected four other people. Since then the numbers have increased slightly, but not as much as other states. Our slow growth is due to the extra ordinary steps we are taking. Unfortunately, some of our neigbhours have not taken su

Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru Ahmad el-Rufai, has revealed how he recovered from the deadly Coronavirus, saying he would have died if not for his doctors, his wive, and the Kaduna state Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe. Rufai tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, March 28, 2020, but announced three weeks later he had recovered fom the virus after testing negative twice. According to El Rufai, the disease is no respecter of persons as he got the virus despite the huge security presence around him. He said he had to obey medical instructions, take his drugs while his phones were seized from him. Speaking about his experience in Kaduna on Wednesday, he said to reporters: ‘I could have died if not for my doctors. I followed their instructions strictly and took my medications. My wives collaborated with Dr Hadiza, the Deputy Governor and seized my phones while in isolation. I was only left with an iPad, the device I used to read and go online. “I can’t exactly say how I cont

Three COVID19 patients have died in Sokoto state.  Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who made the disclosure in a statewide broadcast,  said the deceaseds had underlying sicknesses, including diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure respectively. ''It is with heavy heart that I have to break this news to you this evening, of the results of tests carried out by the National Center for Diseases Control (NCDC) at the laboratory here in Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), whereby 18 tests were carried out. Unfortunately, out of them 9 turned out to be negative. Most of them, if not all, are persons that have had previous contacts with the two index cases that we have had initially. And, unfortunately, so far, out of the 54 tests carried out from Sokoto state, it means that we have 19 positive cases. Out of these, unfortunately again, we have recorded today 3 COVID-19 associated deaths. All of the 3 are patients having history of some other diseases

Governor Abdullahi Sule has narrated how the family of Nasarawa's index case of Coronavirus was shielded from undergoing a test by her family.  The Governor who expressed disappointment with the act, said the incident occurred in Kokona Local Government Area of the state. . Governor Sule said; . “It is sad to announce that Nasarawa State has the first case from this lady who travelled from Kano to Kokona. We already evacuated the lady from Kokona to Lafia where we have better facilities to take care of her. “We have also isolated the family, where she came from, so that we could conduct proper tests on them to ensure that none of them is infected. But the sad part of everything about the lady is when we discovered that there was somebody who could have been infected as she came from Kano to the state.  We tried to go and conduct a test on this lady but the family hid her and prevented us from even conducting the test on the lady. That is the sad part. “I want to use thi

Freddy McConnell, the British transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment has today lost a Court of Appeal challenge over being registered as 'mother' on his child's birth certificate. The multimedia journalist at The Guardian who was born a woman but transitioned into a man before giving birth to his baby boy, claimed that being referred to as a mother was psychologically scarring. Ten days after his transition, Freddy, who didn't take out his womb, accessed sperm from a donor and was biologically able to get pregnant in 2017. But when he gave birth in 2018, he was legally a man. . He wanted to be registered as 'father' or 'parent' because forcing him to register as the 'mother' of the baby, identified only as YY, breaches his human right to respect for private and family life. . Mr. McConnell took legal action against the General Register Office, which administers the registration of births and deaths in Engl

Over the weekend, the Commissioner for local government, community development and Chieftaincy Affairs in Niger state, Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, had a family get together to celebrate his second wife who turned a year older. He presented an iPhone 11 Pro worth about N400, 000 to her as a birthday gift. He shared a video that captured the moment he presented the phone to his excited wife, and this sparked outrage among some residents of the state. They accused him of been insensitive and flaunting his wealth even as they battle the economic hardship of the COVID19 pandemic. . A commenter on his Facebook page wrote: “This Commissioner is heartless. This shows he is making of our plight. ” Another Facebook user, Aliyu Enagi commented: “25 workers salary @ 30,000 each. Allah ya karba. Imagine how many salaries this IPhone will pay?” Another Facebook user, Muhammad Teekay also wrote with an emoji of outrage, ” 20% of my mum’s salary’. The Commissioner has replied his critics after

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the Government of Greece has announced that it will start letting in visitors into the country this summer, as Greece has always been a country that has welcomed tourists for the last 50 years, and wouldn't let that tradition stop because of the pandemic. Greek tourism minister, Harry Theocharis, announcing the news said travelers will be welcome to visit Greece this summer but social distancing rules will be enforced to keep people safe from coronavirus.

A North Korean defector has claimed that Kim Jong Un's cannot stand up or walk by himself amid rumours the controversial dictator is dead or seriously ill. Thae Yong-ho told CNN that Kim's 'abnormal' absence from a ruling party showpiece on April 15 signalled that the dictator must be physically impaired. Thae, a former North Korean diplomat who was elected to the South's parliament earlier this month, said; 'I'm not quite sure whether he really had some surgery or whatever, but one thing is clear... he cannot stand up by himself or walk properly.'

A man has been arrested by police in Idimu while his wife is at large after they allegedly conspired to kill their neighbour over COVID-19 palliatives. Rasaq Babalola and his wife identified as Mama Raheem, who live at Agbo Komolafe Street, Unity Estate, Idimu area of Egbeda, Lagos, allegedly paid assassins to kill their neighbour Emeka Anozie (pictured above right). Rasaq has been arrested and detained at the Police Station while efforts are being made to arrest his wife, who he said fled after the plot was foiled and the assassins had escaped. Trouble began when Emeka Anozie engaged the services of a chef to cook food to be shared to people in their neighborhood during the current lockdown. However, according to PM Express, the couple attempted to stop Anozie from sharing food to people in the neighborhood but he ignored them and went ahead to distribute the food to neighbours.

The Police Command in Niger State have arrested one Fatima Sani, 37, in Gobirawa, for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to death. The Commissioner of police in the state, Adamu Usman, said the suspect had a misunderstanding with her husband, Sani Umaru, on April 23, which resulted to divorce. The suspect alleged that her mother-in-law, Aishatu Umaru, 70, instigated her son to divorce her. It was based on this assumption that she traced the mother in-law to her village and stabbed her to death. 

The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran. The national coroner's authority in the country said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.  An adviser to the Health Ministry, Hossein Hassanian confirmed the news, saying that the difference in death tallies is because some alcohol poisoning victims died outside of the hospital. 'Some 200 people died outside of hospitals', Hassanian said. The Iranian health ministry spokesman said that 525 people have died from swallowing toxic methanol alcohol since February 20, state TV reported this week. Jahanpour said a total of 5,011 people had been poisoned from methanol alcohol, adding that about 90 people had lost their eyesight or were suffering eye damage from the alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning has skyrocketed by ten times in Iran in the past year, ac

South Korea has made new claims about Kim Jong Un's current state as they continue to play down rumours that the North Korean leader is seriously ill or dead. . On Tuesday, the South's unification minister, Kim Yeon-Chul told lawmakers that 'the government is aware of Kim Jong Un's location,' without explaining further. The minister said Kim Jong Un may be lying low to avoid catching coronavirus and not because he is gravely ill. . According to Daily Mail, the US have already sent five spy planes to North Korea amid rumours about Kim's health.  Four US eavesdropping aircraft will try to intercept messages about the Supreme Leader and his health, while one ground surveillance plane will monitor for unusual troop movements, the publication reported. South Korea has also deployed a spy aircraft over its northern neighbour, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported, despite Seoul's insistence that Kim is alive and well.

An NHS worker has been stabbed to death in a "totally unprovoked attack" in east London.  24-year-old David Gomoh from Canning Town, East London, was due to attend his father, Ken's funeral on Wednesday after he died from Coronavirus. . Gomoh, who worked at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London was reportedly speaking to a friend on the phone when he was stabbed "multiple times in a ferocious assault" by a group of men in masks seconds after leaving his home at 10.25pm on Sunday.

House of Representatives members have resolved to probe the legality of Chinese nationals in Nigeria for possible repatriation to their country. . At the resumed plenary on Tuesday April 28, after about five weeks of recess due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, the lawmakers considered a motion on the “Maltreatment and Institutional Acts of Racial Discrimination against Nigerians Living in China by the Government of China” which was sponsored by Benjamin Kalu, Yusuf Buba, John Dyegh, Babajimi Benson, Tunji Olawuyi, Zakari Galadima, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nnoli Nnaji, Dennis Idahosa, and Tolu Shadipe. The House Committees on Interior, Nigeria Content Development, Monitoring and Commerce were directed to take up the assignment, as well as investigate the Nigeria Immigration Service, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Nigerian Content and Development Monitoring Board, and any other relevant Ministry, Department or Agency (MDA), for the validity of all immigration do

An alleged friend of Meghan Markle's claims the Duchess of Sussex said British tabloids would have been shut down if Kate Middleton were the one being bullied. According to the Daily Mail, Meghan told friends that she believed if her sister-in-law Kate Middleton had been similarly targeted by British tabloids, the royals would have stepped in. The alleged friend said to Daily Mail: "[Meghan said] no one would have put up with it, and the broken and outdated system would have been revised. Those outlets responsible for their vicious attacks would have been shut out." The friend added that the Duchess believes "changes would have been made." . The source adds that Harry "constantly" approached Prince Charles and the Queen about Meghan being bullied by the press, and they "wouldn't do anything to change the protocol." . Apparently, "[Meghan] said it was infuriating that Harry's very real and valid concerns fell on deaf e

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced its plans to upgrade its testing capacity for the coronavirus pandemic by testing two million Nigerians in three months. This new projection was disclosed by the agency’s Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing of Tuesday in Abuja. The briefing, designed to give an update on COVID-19 management in the country, was aired on Channels TV and monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA. “The NCDC Laboratory Strategic Group has set itself a target of testing two million people across Nigeria in the next three months,” he said. Iheakweazu disclosed that the two million would come to about 50,000 per state which, he noted, was a very ambitious target. He reiterated NCDC’s commitment, stating that the agency was working very hard to equip its network of laboratories to be able to achieve the target in the country. He said that this would cost a lot of money and also required a lot of collaboratio

There have now been more than one million confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 56,000 have died from COVID-19-related complications. The first known U.S. case of COVID-19 was reported on January 21. On April 10, there were more than 500,000 cases, the New York Times reported. Some reports said the true number of infections may be much higher. The one million figure does not include untold thousands of Americans who contracted the virus but were not tested, either because they did not show symptoms or because of a persistent national testing shortage. Some disease researchers have estimated that the true number of infections may be somewhere around 10 times the known number, and preliminary testing of how many people have antibodies to the virus seems to support that view. But as the country’s death toll, now more than 56,000, continues to grow and as the pandemic’s economic fallout continues to mount, the one milli

A newborn baby was yesterday rescued from where it was dumped in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital The baby, with the placenta still attached to its umbilical cord, was discovered in an uncompleted building around Goshen avenue, in Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti at about 10 pm on Monday. A source living around the area said the baby which had no clothes on was dumped on the bare floor of the building. The cries of the innocent baby had attracted some residents who later contacted the office of the Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi and the police authorities in the state. The baby, it was gathered, was subsequently rescued by the police and moved to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital where it is currently receiving treatment on the bill of the wife of the governor. Some residents of the area who reacted to the development condemned the action of the supposed mother of the baby describing it as a height of wickedness. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Com

Hillary Clinton, former United States, US, Democratic presidential candidate, has declared support for Joe Biden as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. Hillary made the declaration during a live event with Biden on Tuesday. She stated that she was thrilled to be part of Biden’s campaign “As we face Coronavirus, Joe has been a voice. I want to add my voice to the many, who have endorsed you to be our president, “I wish you were president right now. Think of what it would mean if we had a real president not just somebody who plays one on TV. “It’s a real pleasure to be here with you and to be part of this very important discussion. And I am thrilled to be part of your campaign to not only endorse you, but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election.” Recall that Bernie Sanders, Biden’s main rival,  endorsed him too. Sanders decision means Biden will emerge as presidential candidate of the Democratic Party unopposed.

A former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has again said that he has no account or property abroad. Mr Jonathan said this in a statement Tuesday. The statement, signed by Ikechukwu Eze, spokesman to Mr Jonathan, was issued in response to moves by the Nigerian government to subpoena bank records purportedly belonging to Mr Jonathan and his wife, Patience. “Our attention has been drawn to international media reports to the effect that the Federal Government of Nigeria has subpoenaed bank records for former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan in the United States of America,” Mr Eze said. “We aver that the Federal Government of Nigeria did not contact Dr. Jonathan or his wife before issuing these subpoenas. If they had, we would have advised them of the fact that you cannot subpoena what does not exist. “We also remind the public that on March 5, 2014, during the swearing in of new ministers, then President Jonathan said “I am loyal to Nigeria’s economy.

Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, has warned Christians that many new diseases and plagues are coming. The cleric, who gave the warning during a live broadcast, advised Christians to take redemption and authority in Jesus. Speaking on a message entitled ‘understanding our heritage of dominion over sickness and disease,’ the cleric said redemption is a new estate of a sickness free life. “Let me conclude by saying there are going to be many other waves of sickness and disease. The Bible notes that all the sicknesses that are not written in this book are coming. “Deuteronomy 28:61 “Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. “It is not new, there are new diseases, they will be coming, that is why you need to take cover on time before you become a victim. “Take cover in redemption and understand your authority and power vested in the name; then begi

NEWSFLASH Germany has announced another financial intervention to assist Nigeria in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing in a statement via its Twitter handle, @GERinNigeria, on Tuesday, the country said it is providing €5.5 million this time to support vulnerable people in Nigeria’s North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. The statement read, “Germany provides an additional €5.5 million (c. 2.2bn Naira) to the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria to continue life-saving aid in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. “Ongoing activities include drilling of wells, construction of sanitation facilities, rehabilitation of buildings or construction of shelters for internally displaced persons and other victims of insecurity in the North East. “This brings Germany’s contribution to the NHF to a tota of €29 million since it became operational in