The United States Government has condemned the killings of civilians in northern Nigeria. In a statement published on the Department of States website on Tuesday, June 16, the U.S. urged the Buhari-led administration to intensify efforts in protecting Nigerians as well as bringing those responsible for the killings to book. The statement signed by Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, reads: “We condemn the recent senseless and brazen killings of civilians in northern Nigeria. “In recent …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes have arrested a fake DSS official identified as Boniface Oburuku over the theft of a handbag belonging to an international guest from the Republic of Mauritius. The 32-year-old man stole the bag which contained the lady’s two Samsung mobile phones, an international passport, United States Dollars, Nigerian and Mauritian currencies at an event organised by the EFCC to mark the National Democracy Day and Anti-Corruption Summit at Transcorp Hilton Hotel on June 11, 2019. Oburuku who has …
Two children died after they were trapped beneath the rubble of a storey-building which collapsed in the Gafari Balogun area of Ogudu, Lagos State today June 17. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to newsmen, said the building collapsed due to mudslide resulting from a downpour. He said their bodies have been recovered from the mud. “The LASEMA Response Team received a distress call at 12.40 pm about the collapse of a …
American born, Nigeria based radio personality, Dan Foster, has died. The African American OAP who came to Nigeria in 2002 to work for CooL FM and never went back to the US, died today June 17. There are speculations he died of complications from COVID-19. He was 60 years old. He worked at Cool FM for many years before moving to Inspiration FM, City FM and was working at Classic FM at the time his death. Dan Foster is survived …
How do you feel when your phone dies on you in the middle of a very interesting series? Angry right? Well, there couldn’t have been any other reaction. What’s most annoying is that you see your battery turn red but somewhere in your heart of heart you still hope that it will be just enough to take you till the end of that episode until it dies on you right in the middle of a suspense filled scene. Quite …
The United Nations Health Agency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed the organization is analyzing dexamethasone, a steroid that scientists from the United Kingdom (UK) say can save the lives of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Scientists from the University of Oxford, UK, announced on Tuesday that they had found dexamethasone cured patients critically ill with Coronavirus. Reacting to the latest discovery, WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says an in-depth analysis of the drug will be carried …