COVID-19: India’s death toll surpasses 100,000 deaths
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the U.S. and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating. Total deaths rose to 100,842, the health ministry said, while the tally of infections climbed to 6.47 million […]
Juventus players in isolation after 2 staff test positive for COVID-19
Italian champions Juventus announced on Saturday that their entire squad have gone into isolation after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Juventus, who are scheduled to host Napoli on Sunday, confirmed those returning positive tests were “neither players nor members of the technical or medical staff”. ALSO READ: Cavani set to join Man Utd on […]
Kano housewife kills own children because husband married another wife
A jealous housewife, Hauwa, in Kano, has allegedly killed two of her children over rivalry and because her husband, one Ibrahim Haruna Aminu married a second wife.
Senate calls for value re-orientation on practice of journalism in Nigeria
By Henry Umoru – Lokoja The Senate has raised the alarm that the ship of the media is sinking very fast and warned that if something drastic was not done to revive it, it will totally capsize. The Senate has however stressed the need for value re-orientation to be the major concern in the practice […]
Kaduna to establish 80 schools to increase access to girl child education ― Commissioner
The Kaduna State Government said on Saturday that it has concluded plans to establish 80 new secondary schools as part of efforts to increase girl-child access to education. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Makarfi made this known while responding to questions during a virtual Kaduna State 2021 Draft Budget Townhall Meeting, with the […]
Nigeria/Niger rail’ll aid movement of foreign herdsmen, voters ― Rep
By Marie-Therese Nanlong The Federal Government’s insistence to build a railway from Nigeria to Niger has again been described as a waste of resources with the intention to aid the influx of foreign herders and potential voters who would come in to vote in Nigeria during general elections. The member representing Riyom/Barkin Ladi Federal Constituency […]
