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   The Chairman, House Committee on Health, Honourable Tanko Sununu, has advised the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to employ the same strategies used in fighting polio in the country, to also fight the Coronavirus. Speaking about the government’s reaction to the second wave of the virus on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Sununu noted […]

Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku (L) celebrates after scoring a header during the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) round of sixteen football match Fiorentina vs Inter Milan on January 13, 2021 at the Artemio-Franchi stadium in Florence. Vincenzo PINTO / AFP   Romelu Lukaku headed in an extra-time winner as Inter Milan set up an […]

UN peacekeepers’ uniforms. Three Ivorian peacekeepers from the UN’s mission in Mali were killed Wednesday during an attack on a convoy near in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state, the UN said. The MINUSMA peacekeeping mission said in a statement that the convoy was travelling on a road linking the central town of Douentza […]

Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa.   Three Ivorian peacekeepers from the UN’s mission in Mali were killed on Wednesday during an attack on a convoy near the central city of Timbuktu, a UN source said on condition of anonymity. A Malian military official, who declined to be named, confirmed the death toll. Earlier […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the House will proceed with articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Speaker’s Balcony in the U.S. AFP   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday demanded the impeachment of Donald Trump in the final week of his presidency, calling him a “clear and present danger” to […]Read More

In his Christmas message, Bishop Matthew Kukah accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism.   The presidency has faulted a group, the Muslim Solidarity Forum, over a threat it issued to the bishop of Sokoto diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, to tender an apology over a recent comment credited to him or leave the state. […]

Caption 2: Jigawa Golden Stars players arriving for a league match. Picture courtesy: LMC Media   Jigawa Golden Stars produced arguably the major talking point of matchday 4 in the Nigeria Profesional Football League today with a stunning 3-1 victory over Abia Warriors in Aba. Before action commenced, the odds favoured Abia Warriors who were […]

File photo: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacts after Bayern Munich’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 14, 2020. (Photo by Manu Fernandez / POOL / AFP)   Lionel Messi was left out of Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup […]

 The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mohammed Ibrahim says the union might embark on an industrial action if the Federal Government does not listen to their demands. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) had earlier on […]

Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba is mobbed by teammates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester United at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on January 12, 2021. Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP   Manchester United are top of the Premier League table […]

In this file photo taken on January 18, 2004 Sir David Barclay poses after receiving their knighthoods from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. MICHAEL STEPHENS / AFP FILES / AFP   David Barclay, the secretive British billionaire whose portfolio included The Daily Telegraph newspaper and The Ritz hotel, has died aged 86 after a short […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. GAEL GRILHOT / AFP   Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive, but the ageing leader shows no sign of retiring as he seeks yet again to extend his rule. Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under murderous tyrants, […]