The Dutch men’s and women’s national football team players said on Friday they would no longer grant interviews to a popular TV show due to remarks made by a commentator mocking an anti-racism protester. In a statement first published on Twitter by men’s team captain Virgil van Dijk, the players said they would no longer speak with the Veronica Inside programme. This was after the host compared a prominent Dutch black activist to “Black Pete”....
Nigeria has recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,147. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as at June 19. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos...
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and many other top political office holders in Lagos have been alleged by a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum of not being natives of Lagos State. Top political office holders accused of not from the state are the Senators representing Lagos Central and Lagos...
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has opined that Nigeria needs a national debate to examine the issues around the size and cost of governance. Nigeria’s cost and size of government have often been described as expensive and unsustainable. The Vice President added that it is a difficult task for the government to do something about its cost but it is what must be done. Professor Osinbajo said this on Friday while answering questions by...
The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, plans to defect from the All Progressive Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, few months to the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state. This is the result of an ongoing cold war between Ajayi and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu which became visible shortly after the 2019 general elections. SaharaReporters reports that Ajayi has decided to join the PDP to contest against Akeredolu during the governorship election....
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic says the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, remains one of the red spots where community spread of the virus is prevalent. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on Friday, while receiving a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth N10 million from Rotary District 9125. Mustapha was represented by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Mr...
The Federal Government has rejected the new levels of misrepresentation in the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this position known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The report released by the UK based Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria on June 15, had alleged that the Nigerian government was allowing...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying Edo State will be better for his choice. Abubakar, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Friday, welcomed Obaseki to the PDP, which he described as “a truly people’s party.” The PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 elections noted that Obaseki was joining the PDP when...
Maverick Nigerian singer, songwriter and showbiz maestro, Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) has given an insight on how he got his break in Life as he clocks 70. Oputa who is the son of late renowned Jurist, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as he marked his 70 birthday on Friday in Abuja. “My break came somewhere around 1982 when as the then Chief Justice of Imo,...
The Defence Headquarters says Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’ tactical command centre and neutralised some of their fighters at Yuwe in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Enenche said the operation was in continuation of air interdiction missions being conducted under the subsidiary ‘Operation Long Reach’ to unhinge...
