•We’re Grateful to Governor for Rescuing Us From ‘War Zone,’ Say UNIJOS Students Trust Africa News, Ayomide Otitoju In line with his administration’s commitment to safety and security of Lagosians, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has successfully evacuated a three-week-old baby, the mother and undergraduate students of Lagos extraction at the University of Jos…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections on Wednesday stood at 188,880. A total of 637 additional infections and seven deaths were recorded on Aug. 25, the NCDC announced via its verified website on Thursday. the new infections indicate a decrease from the 655 cases reported on Tuesday. The public health agency…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has received the report of the Special Investigation Panel on the alleged indictment of the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report was submitted by the chairman of the SIP, DIG Joseph Egbunike,…
The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s led presidency is responsible for spreading division and hatred among Nigerians and not Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. This is contrary to a claim in the Presidency’s press release tackling Ortom over his comments during an interview with The PDP also…
President Joe Biden is being briefed on the bloody attack against Kabul’s airport, the White House said Thursday, delaying a planned meeting with Israel’s visiting prime minister and cancelling another event. “The president has been briefed and he is in the Situation Room,” an official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “The president met with…
Group A: Man City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan Group C: Sporting, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sherrif Tiraspol Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv Group F: Villarreal, Man Utd, Atalanta, Young Boys Group G: Lille, Sevilla, Salzburg,…
Britain will continue the operation to evacuate nationals and Afghans from Kabul despite Thursday’s “barbaric” bomb attack, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. “We’ve been ready for it,” he said of the attack. “We’re going to continue with that operation, we’re now coming towards the very end of it in any event. “We’re going to work…
Cristiano Ronaldo, through his agent Jorge Mendes, has told Juventus he no longer wants to play for the club, according to Sky in Italy. Sky in Italy are reporting City have been offered the chance to sign Ronaldo and are willing to offer him a two-year contract, with a salary of £12.8m-per-season (€15m). Premier League…
COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa have tripled during the past week, though protecting even 10 percent of the continent by the end of September remains “a very daunting task,” the Africa director of the World Health Organization has said. The continent saw 248,000 new confirmed cases during the past week, with at least 28 countries experiencing…
