archiveJanuary 2021

Prof. Saliu Ajao, Chairman, University of Ilorin Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, assured  of the Union’s readiness to return to the classroom. Ajao, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin, said the resumption followed the recent suspension of the nine-month-old national strike by the Union....

General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has urged Nigerians to take COVID-19 seriously and obey safety protocols stipulated by government. The pastor spoke after inaugurating remodeled foyer of the university’s Senate Building yesterday sponsored by him. Olukoya said many Nigerians still did...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says for the sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari does not exist. He, however, described the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, as marvellous and long overdue. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV which was...

Ace comedian,  Atunyota Akpobome, better known as Ali Baba, says anyone who claims COVID-19 is scam is a “fool”. The award-winning entertainer took to his Instagram page on Monday to share a video wherein he narrated his experience while at the Yaba COVID-19 isolation centre in Lagos after contracting the...

Moyo Thomas, the lady in the sex scandal story involving the Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Nuhu Adams, has spoken on the incident that was alleged to have led to the death of her husband, Tunde Thomas. Moyo’s response, authored by her family, however, did not speak...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1204 new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria. NCDC made the announcement on its verified Twitter handle on Monday night. It noted that with the latest infections, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country now stand at 91,351. The public health agency...

As Nigeria prepared to receive its first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines, two scientists have cautioned the Federal Government against a mass COVID-19 vaccination plan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in December 2020 revealed that the Federal Government had planned to...

  The Federal Government and the South-West Governors have been urged to urgently adopt irrigation farming to overcome the projected food shortage this year. The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji,  and two traditional worshippers in Oyo State,  Dr Biodun Agboola and Dr Fayemi Fakayode, made the call at the installation ceremony...

Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday condemned the actions of midfielders Erik Lamela, Giovani Lo Celso and defender Sergio Reguilon after the trio breached COVID-19 protocols to attend a Christmas party. Pictures on social media showed the three Spurs players together at a party along with West Ham United midfielder Manuel Lanzini....

The Board of Directors of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has said that it is currently investigating allegations of unethical conduct against its Managing Director, Adam Nuru. The bank chief has been at the centre of a marriage scandal involving Moyo Thomas, a former employee of the bank, and...