House of Representatives has confirmed the appointment of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The report of the Committee on Defence was presented by the Chairman, Babajimi Benson, during plenary today February 23 and considered by the committee of the whole, before it was adopted by the House. According to the committee chairman, the…
Khloe Kardashian has confirmed she tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, after she suffered from “vomiting” and “shaking”. The reality star, 36, announced she had contracted the virus in a recently released clip from Keeping Up With The Kardashians. While isolating in her Los Angeles home, the mum-of-one confirmed she was suffering…
The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday announced that secondary school for exit classes will resume on August 4th. This was announced in a statement signed by its Director Press and Public Relation, Ben Ben Goong. Goong said students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examination, WAEC which will start on…
About a week after the arrest of Ray Hushpuppi, the US Department of State has confirmed his arrest in an announcement that it sanctioned six Nigerian Internet fraudsters. The alleged Internet fraudsters must have defrauded Americans to the tune of $6 million. There are indications that the statement was referring to Hushpuppi, Nigerian socialite and…
UK prime minister, Boris Johnson has confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus. This comes just after a Downing Street spokesperson announced in a statement that Mr.Johnson tested positive for coronavirus ‘after experiencing mild symptoms yesterday’ Confirming the news on Twitter, the 55-year-old wrote: ‘Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms…
The Togolese Ministry of Health on Friday March 6, confirmed the country’s first coronavirus case. The patient who tested positive for the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the country, is a 42-year-old woman who recently travelled to Benin, France, Germany, and Turkey in late February and early March. In a statement released by…
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, February 28, 2020. According to the statement, the case involves an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just…
The Senate has confirmed Pius Odubu as chairman board member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) while rejecting the nomination of Dr. Joy Nunieh. Dr. Nunieh was rejected because she failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta for screening. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of 14 others as board members…
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, dying “like a dog,” in a daring, nighttime raid by US special forces deep in northwest Syria. Trump told the nation in a televised address from the White House that US forces killed a “large number” of Islamic State militants…
Kogi State House of Assembly has confirmed Mr Edward Onoja as the deputy governor of the state. Mr Onoja was confirmed as deputy governor on Monday after he was screened by members of the House at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Lokoja, the state capital. Mr Onoja appeared before members of the…
