Democratic President Joe Biden’s family has urged him to ignore calls to step aside following his disastrous debate against Republican Donald Trump. He spent Sunday with relatives at a presidential retreat where they encouraged him to keep fighting, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. Anxiety has gripped sections of his party following a…
It said the cholera outbreak has been traced to unregulated street beverages and contaminated water supply. The Lagos State has said it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it now battles an outbreak of cholera at the Kirikiri prison. A statement released by the Director, of Public Affairs, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo,…
But police authorities in the state have denied the incident. Suspected terrorists abducted an unspecified number of traders travelling along the Kaduna- Birnin Gwari Road About twenty travellers have been reportedly abducted by gunmen on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were on Sunday ambushed around the Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Forces and…
Military authorities are yet to comment on the incident. A helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Airforce has reportedly crashed in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The community is very close to the headquarters of the Nigerian Airforce Air Training Centre, Mando in Igabi Local Government Area. The Management of the Nigerian Airforce is…
There was outrage on Sunday over a United Kingdom-based taxi driver, who remained on the Federal Government’s payroll despite migrating to the UK in 2022. Civil society organisations who spoke to The PUNCH on Sunday said the report was an indication of how deeply-rooted corruption was in the Nigerian civil service. President Bola Tinubu had…
The lawmaker representing the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, James Faleke has called on Nigerians to treat the cholera outbreak in some parts of the country with the level of seriousness they handled the Coronavirus pandemic. Faleke made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State…
As the nation awaits the new minimum wage promised to be sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, the burden of implementing the minimum wage may make many states bankrupt. The Federal Executive Council, at its meeting last Tuesday, stepped down a memorandum on the report of the tripartite committee on the new…
This morning, I decided to write something that reflects a shift in my worldview, indicating that issues can be seen from different perspectives. What is important is where you are standing, your state of mind, and your situation in life. Ignorance is a dangerous instrument of destruction that any society must combat to protect its…
David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer was born on November 21, 1992, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. to Adedeji Adeleke, a business magnate from Nigeria, and Vero Adeleke, who was a university lecturer- He is the youngest of five siblings and his father’s third-born son. – His family moved…
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has extolled the humanitarian and altruistic virtues of the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on New Media, the Governor congratulated the UN Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) as she celebrates her 63rd birthday. The statement quoted Governor Zulum as saying,…
