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Boris Johnson reveals doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled coronavirus

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

BBC Boris Johnson has revealed “contingency plans” were made for his death while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the prime minister said at one point it was “50-50” whether he would be put on a ventilator. “That was when it got a bit… they […]

COVID-19: CAN appeals to Niger Govt. to fumigate more Churches

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger, Religion, State News Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

By Obinna Unaeze The Niger chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday appealed to the state government to fumigate more Churches across the state in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19. Rev. Mathias Echioda, the state’s CAN Chairman, made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

Buhari mourns UNIPORT students

Posted by admin Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Rivers, State News Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of three University of Port Harcourt students and orders more intense police action. The students were reportedly murdered by their kidnappers and their bodies buried in a shallow grave in April. The president, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]

Nasarawa Assembly losses member

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

By Awayi Kuje Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, a member representing Nasarawa Central constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, is dead. Alhaji Mohammed Okpoku, representing Udege/Loko constituency, announced the death of the lawmaker to newsmen on Friday in Nasarawa, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. Okpoku said that Suleiman died in the late hours […]

Maltreatment of Blacks: ‘China must apologise to Africans, blacks worldwide’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

Xi Jinping By Charles Kumolu Pan-African initiative, Freedom Movement, has called on Chinese authorities to apologise to Africans and blacks globally for using COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to maltreat coloured people residing in China. It also urged African leaders and Africans not to remain silent on the matter, noting that doing so would encourage […]

Video: Trafficked Nigerian lady cries for help to return home from Oman

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

Oluwatosin Adetula A young Nigerian lady, identified as Oluwatosin Adetula, has cried out for urgent help to return to Nigeria after being trafficked to Oman. In a viral video, Adetomisin who spoke in Yoruba, said she contacted an agent who promised to secure a job for her in the US. But things turned sour when […]

U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s accuser changes her story, yet again, now walks back sexual assault allegation

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

Tara Reade Tara Reade, the former U.S. Senate staffer who alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, has changed her story. In an interview with AP, she now claimed she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment. “I remember talking […]

Kano loses yet another prominent citizens, Prof. Isa Hashim

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, NNP News, State News Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

(NNP) The spate of death of prominent citizens in Kano continues with the death of Prof. Isa Hashim who was a senior counsellor in Kano Emirate Council. Prof. Hashim died on Sunday morning after a brief illness and will be buried in accordance with Islamic rites. Before his retirement, Prof. Hashim was a lecturer of […]

Zamfara emir dies while awaiting result of COVID-19 test

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

Late Mohammed Ahmad Asha —————————- The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, is dead. He died while waiting for his result of COVID-19 test. The monarch’s death is coming less than 24-hours after the Emir of Rano, Dr. Tafida Abubakar Ila II, passed on Saturday, after a brief illness. His younger brother, […]

Workers’ Day: Atiku’s company fires 46 workers

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, May 2nd, 2020

Gotel Communications Ltd, based in Yola, Adamawa State and owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has sacked 46 workers. Gotel Communications, which is a television- cum- radio company, issued sacked letters to affected staff on Friday, May 1. The workers were told to leave the company with immediately after receiving their letters. One […]