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Former President Barack Obama has revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19. Both the 60-year-old Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are fully vaccinated and boosted, the former president said. Michelle Obama has tested negative. Obama said this on Sunday saying that his diagnosis is “a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven’t already, even as cases go down.”
Coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Groups have passed a vote of confidence on Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe as leader of the party’s Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). Leader of the group, Malam Bashar Binji, told a news conference in Abuja on Sunday that Buni remained the chairman of the committee in spite of antics of detractors. “We call on youths and other members of the party to disregard fake news and all attempts and ploys to destabilise the party and the successes it has recorded so far. “No well-meaning party member will condone any…
The Plateau Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Sunday advised eligible Christians to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to participate in the 2023 general elections. Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, the Chairman of the association in the state, gave the advice at the 2022 Lenten Campaign Launch of the Catholic Diocese of Pankshin in Kabwir, Kanke Local Government Area of the state The campaign had the theme: “Participation of Catholics in politics: A panacea for good governance, peace and national development.” According to the chairman, PVCs remain the only tool Christians can use to elect credible leaders…
Kyiv region police say American journalist Brent Renaud killed by Russian forces in Irpin Award-winning American journalist Brent Renaud was killed by Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine, according to Kyiv region police in social media posts on Sunday. Kyiv police said another American journalist was wounded by Russian troops. In a tweet, Kyiv region police named the 50-year-old American journalist who was killed as Brent Renaud. Police posted a photo of his body and his American passport as evidence, as well as a photo of an outdated New York Times press badge with Brent Renaud’s name. An adviser to Ukraine’s…
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to count their losses following the power blackouts in most parts of the Territory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while some parts of the Territory are supplied power for some hours, some areas have not even had it for five consecutive days. The poor power supply or blackouts in some parts of the Territory had lingered for more than a month. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) had attributed the poor supply of electricity to its franchise areas to low power generation from the national grid. Mr…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, has said he would not renege on his promise of make payment of full salaries and pension to workers and retirees, if reelected. The Governor’s promise is coming amidst speculations by workers and pensioners that the Governor is only waiting for a second term re-election to be over to default on payment of salaries and pensions. Oyetola said this during an engagement programme with members of The Triangular Group of Pensioners on Sunday in Osogbo. The governor said those who were spreading false information that he would stop payment of full salaries and pension are…
Akwa Ibom’s Gov. Udom Emmanuel has appealed to beneficiaries of compensation paid to clear the Right-of Way at the Nsit Ubium-Eket axis of the Eket-Etinan Road to please vacate. He spoke at a funeral service held in honour of a prominent Akwa Ibom citizen, Pastor Benjamin Bassey in Afaha Atai, Eket Local Government Area of the state. “If you have been paid compensation, please, please, vacate in peace. We are a government of peace. Those compensations are based on professional evaluation. “We don’t like chasing people out, but please don’t take us for granted. We have given money; some people…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has once again dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court over alleged failure to review his reported approval for security agencies to access subscribers’ personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/448/2022 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Lagos, SERAP asked the court to determine “whether the approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via the National Identification Number [NIN] without due process is consistent with the principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality. President Buhari had in February reportedly given his approval for some…
Luck has run out for a cleric and General Overseer of a church who was arrested with wraps of drugs at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. According to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, the pastor had on him at the time of arrest 54 wraps of cannabis which he confessed he intended to use during his three weeks of crusade in Kenya. The pastor, who is the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem was on his way to Kenya for a three-week crusade in Nairobi. His church is said to be headquartered in…
Saudi Arabia says it executed 81 men on Saturday – more than during the whole of last year. The group – including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national – were convicted of “multiple heinous crimes”, including terrorism, state news agency SPA said. Some were charged with belonging to the Islamic State group (IS), al-Qaeda or the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Rights organisations say many do not receive fair trials in Saudi Arabia, an allegation the government rejects. According to SPA, the latest group had been tried by 13 judges and gone through a three-stage judicial process. They were accused of…