The Dalai Lama made a bid for music chart stardom on Monday, his 85th birthday, with the release of an album of mantras and teachings. “Inner World” kicks off with the track “One Of My Favourite Prayers” and continues with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader reciting meditations and sayings with accompanying music. The record came about when musician Junelle Kunin, a student of the Dalai Lama from New Zealand, contacted him in 2015 with the...
Nigerian Music star, Micheal Ajereh a.k.a Don Jazzy, has urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to safety measures approved by health authorities to avoid contracting the virus as they visit barbing shops for haircuts. The singer made the call on his Instagram page @donjazzy, as he shared a video clip where he was in a salon, reminding them of the danger ahead if they failed to comply strictly to hygiene in the salon. “It feels like...
The military has destroyed Boko Haram terrorists leaders’ locations in separate airstrikes at Parisu and Bula Bello in Sambisa forest area of Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, said in a statement on Monday that the locations were destroyed in air interdictions conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole on July 3. Enenche said that several terrorists were eliminated during the attacks. He said the air interdiction missions were...
Nigeria has recorded 544 new COVID-19 cases, a development which has taken the country’s total infection tally to 28,711. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Sunday. NCDC said that as of July, 5. 2020, 544 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency added that no new state has reported a case in the past 24 hours. According to it,...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, has responded to last Friday Article written by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, “Wike Vindicates Buharists”. In his response, Nsirim said President Buhari approves the refund of ₦78.9bn to Rivers for the repair of federal roads because of Governor Nyesom Wike’s “courage to speak up when others are silent.” Wike who is a member of the People’s...
Aishat met a triple tragedy on her journey to Lagos for greener pastures, her dream turns nightmare. According to The Punch, Aishat is a 16-year-old girl that was gang-raped by four men at a motor park in Ijesha, Surulere, Lagos, after being abandoned by her guardian. The rape resulted in pregnancy, as she roamed the motor park for shelter. She is an indigene of Oyo State. According to report, she had slept in different shops...
Ugwuanyi Offers Scholarship to Nneoma Nnadi While Directing Attorney General to Bring Her Abusive Guardians to Book The Enugu State Government has announced the decision to take up the medical bills and wellbeing of Miss Nneoma Nnadi as well as awarding her scholarship up to the University level. This was contained in a letter dated 5th July 2020 signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chidi Aroh conveying the State government’s approval of the award of...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plan to put an end to cable television service providers’ monopoly, one such is the Digital Satellite Television (DStv) which is owned by MultiChoice, a South Africa-based company. Federal Government plans include ending the exclusive rights to sporting events enjoy by DStv. Currently, only DStv has the right to broadcast major football competitions in Nigeria, especially the English Premier League. According to the government, Nigeria’s broadcasting code has...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in the oil price at the international market has made it inevitable for Nigeria to keep borrowing from external bodies. The minister adds that Nigeria has been grappling with low revenue before the global health and economic challenges, saying that the challenges has put the country in a difficult situation. She says it...
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, was the greatest threat to the government and would not hand over to him. The Governor, who is on isolation after testing positive to COVID-19, said through the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, that the Deputy Governor had left the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Nation reported. “Those of us in government and believe strongly in this government see the Deputy Governor...
