THE death of Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has once again opened another round of struggle in the administration.Kyari, often referred to as “the red cap chief” died in a private hospital in Lagos after being declared COVID-19 positive. With underlying illnesses, he could not win the battle against coronavirus.

The family of the late Dr Emeka Chugbo who died from coronavirus has cried out over what the family described as ‘misinformation and fabrications’ regarding the circumstances of his death.

On Monday, April 20, 2020, people of the South West zone of the country woke up to receive the news of the demise of an erudite legal luminary and a core Yoruba politician, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN) who died at the ripe age of 88.

Government, both at the federal and state levels seem to agree that locking down cities is a potent anti-COVID-19 medicine. On March 29, President Muhammadu Buhari announced a lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states effective the following day because of the rapidly rising cases of COVID-19 in these commercial and political nerve centres.

By Emeka Obasi Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and John Garang de Mabior forged a strong bond in Dar-es-Salaam just as a group of Biafran intellectuals relocated to the Tanzanian capital at the end of the civil war. Garang was in Nigeria before war broke out and was taken out of Biafra by Captain Andrew Nwankwo in […]

By Francis Ewherido When I read for the first time that the marriage between Blessing Okagbare, one of Nigeria’s foremost athletes, and IghoOtegheri, a former Super Eagles player, was on the verge of packing up, I felt sad. Every separation, break up or divorce diminishes the marital institution. But when I read the reason for […]

By Sonny Atumah The downbeat demand for global oil is on. No one wants oil now. Refineries are not processing more crude. Manufacturing demand for crude is weak. The global oil stockpiles continue to build with caverns almost full to their brims. Supertankers or very large crude carriers heavily laden with 160 million barrels of […]

The Premier League is considering screening some closed-door matches on free-to-air television when the season restarts, Britain’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday said. Sky Sports and BT hold the UK TV rights for live top-flight matches in what remains of the 2019-20 season, which has been on hold since March 13 due to the coronavirus […]

Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has hit out at Lionel Messi. Dudek spent four years in Spain as Iker Casillas’ back-up, playing 12 games for Los Blancos, and drew some striking conclusions. “He was deceptive and provocative, the same as Barcelona and Pep Guardiola,” Dudek said about Messi in his autobiography. ALSO READ: All LaLiga […]

John Terry has revealed to Jamie Carragher that former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho refused to refer to Liverpool by name in team meetings. A new book recently claimed that Mourinho almost joined Liverpool before accepting a better offer from Chelsea in 2004, which signalled the start of a rivalry between the two clubs. The Portuguese […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced a human rights activist and Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in the state, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, as the Director-General (DG) of the newly established Amotekun Corps. He also named as the Director-General (DG) of Bureau of Social Services (BOSS), a trainer and management […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Ogun State government on Friday declared that any resident of the state caught without wearing facemask will be arrested and quarantined for 14 days beginning from 1st of May, 2020. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun made the declaration while addressing newsmen at his private residence in Iperu Remo, Ikenne local […]

Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the United States. As the southern state lifted restrictions on a list of businesses that also included nail salons and bowling alleys, President […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State on Friday disclosed the arrest of an eight-man vigilante team in Diobu, Port Harcourt for alleged rape and kidnapping. The arrest followed the report by a 21-year-old girl (name withheld) who told the police that the 8 suspects of the vigilante team, popularly known as […]

The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus outbreak neared 20,000 on Friday as the government faced calls for greater transparency for its exit strategy from stringent social distancing measures. The health ministry said 684 more people had died in the 24-hour period to 1600 GMT on Thursday, taking the number of deaths for COVID-19 […]