BREAKING: Kenya’s David Bamasai Tumo wins 2020 Lagos City Marathon
Kenya Marathoner, David Bamasai Tumo has won the Access Bank 2020 Lagos City Marathon. The grand prize of the 42km race is $50,000. David Tumo finished the race in 2hr 10mins 22secs.
Ex-boxing champion, Peter Oboh thumbs up for actress sister
Former WBA International, British and Common Wealth Light Heavy Weight Boxing Champion, Peter Oboh, has showered encomiums on his kid-sister, Mable Ohoh, describing her recent involvement in politics as a ‘welcome development and a dream come true.’
China seeks Nigeria’s support as Coronavirus spreads
The Chinese Government has called on the Nigerian government to lend its voice to the fight against coronavirus which has killed 563 in the Chinese mainland alone and with 28,018 cases.
State of our union
The defining point for many as President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address came at the end when Speaker Nancy Pelosi took three different batches of the speech and tore them into two!
INSECURITY: Buhari has decimated Boko Haram in the media — Ohanaeze, YCE, AYCF, others
ANGRY reactions, yesterday, continued to shadow Thursday’s insistence by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, that Boko Haram has been decimated.
Great Crush Relationship Magazine hits newsstands
Be Wise Professor, a relationship and lifestyle website has launched its publication, Great Crush Magazine. The Magazine, according to its publishers, seeks to bring couples closer together, providing tips for healthy relationships and preserving the marriage institution.
Insecurity: What Buhari has done, and is doing – Femi Adesina
Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the country, because you have to first secure a country or institution before you can efficiently manage it. We will revive the economy, and create jobs, particularly for our teeming youths, and then, we will fight corruption.
Coronavirus: WHO deploys experts to support Nigeria’s response plan
Dr Dhamari Naidoo, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says the agency has deployed a team of experts to support Nigeria’s response plan on coronavirus. Naidoo, WHO’s Nigeria Technical Officer in Health Emergency Programme, said this at a meeting to build the capacity of journalists on how to report coronavirus on Friday in […]
Protest as speeding driver kills woman in Ekiti
Some residents of Aramoko in Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State on Friday staged a protest over the killing of a woman by a speeding vehicle. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the angry protesters barricaded the major road in the community for hours, thereby causing gridlock while commuters and motorists […]
FG to redouble efforts on tsetse flies eradication ―Minister
The Federal Government has reiterated commitment to intensify effort on tsetse flies eradication to achieve food security in the country. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, said this in a statement by Mr Abdulganiyu Aminu, Head of Press in the Ministry, on Friday in Abuja. Onu, according to the statement made the remark […]
Japan’s Honda gets hero’s welcome in Brazil
Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda was given a hero’s welcome Friday from several thousand fans of Brazilian club Botafogo, where he recently signed to play until the end of the year. “Ole, Ole, Ole, Ola, Honda, Honda,” chanted a huge crowd of frenzied fans, brandishing Japanese flags as the 33-year-old arrived at the Galeao international airport […]
61 coronavirus cases confirmed on cruise ship off Japan
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen to 61 onboard the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship filled with thousands of passengers quarantined off a port near Tokyo prompting one stranded American to plead with President Trump for help. Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato announced at a news conference Friday that another 41 people on […]
Gov Makinde inaugurates new solid waste management initiative
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo on Friday in Ibadan inaugurated a New Solid Waste Management architecture for the state. News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the programme tagged “Clean and Green Initiative,” was put together by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in conjunction with the Oyo State Waste Management Authority. Makinde in his […]
Weinstein defense expert says memories can be ‘contaminated’
A psychologist called by Harvey Weinstein’s defence team told his rape trial Friday that memories of an incident can become “contaminated” over time by new information. Elizabeth Loftus — a University of California, Irvine professor — said leading questioning about an event sometimes causes a “misinformation effect,” where false details are incorporated into someone’s memory. […]
US voices alarm over Guinea referendum
The United States on Friday voiced alarm over Guinea’s plans to hold a constitutional referendum, which the opposition calls a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had urged Conde to respect democratic transitions of power when they met in Washington last year, said the United States […]
Police will sustain nationwide operation against bandits ―DIG
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operation, DIG Abdulmajid Ali, says the police will sustain the nationwide special operation to wipe out bandits and other criminals in the country. Ali stated this on Friday when he visited policemen injured during an operation in which 250 bandits were killed in Kurudu forest, Birnin […]
