Emir’s fall shows limits for Nigerian traditional rulers
An outspoken ruler mired in conflicts is ousted without warning from his palace and banished under armed guard into an uncertain exile beyond the borders of his realm. This is not the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy, but the real-life drama that has played out in northern Nigeria’s influential Islamic emirate of Kano as traditional […]
Lawyer sues Buhari, Malami for submitting NDDC 2019/2020 budget without …
Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has dragged President Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN and the National Assembly before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the President’s ‘illegal’ submission of the 2019 and 2020 budget estimates of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) to the National Assembly without and in the absence of the Governing Board of the NDDC.
660,000 Deltans enrolls into contributory health insurance scheme — Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says 660,000 people have been enrolled in the state’s contributory health insurance scheme. Okowa disclosed this during his quarterly media interaction in Asaba. He said: ”As at the last time I was briefed, I was told that a total of 660,000 people have been enrolled into the contributory health insurance […]
Ronaldinho hates prison food, signs autographs for fellow inmates
Ronaldinho has been snapped signing autographs on other inmates’ clothing during his stint in a Paraguayan prison. The former Barcelona star is being kept in a Specialised Unit in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion as he is being investigated for entering the country on a fake passport. ALSO READ: To contain coronavirus, Australia PM urges against big […]
Breaking: English FA postpones Premier League, EFL
The English Premier League suspended all fixtures until April 4 on Friday after a spate of coronavirus cases, including Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi. “Following a meeting of shareholders today, it was unanimously decided to suspend the Premier League with the intention of returning on 4 April, subject to medical advice […]
Breaking: Nigeria’s 2nd COVID-19 patient tests negative
By Sola Ogundipe The man that had contact with the COVID-19 index case in Nigeria and was quarantined after testing positive, has now tested negative to the disease. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire who disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said the viral load in the patient is insignificant […]
