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With less than a week to the hosting of the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the state government has said it is deploying 150 medical personnel to offer essential medical services and other measures to ward off the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak during the games. Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Rt. Hon. Comrade …

To the glory of God, I have received another precious gift, as grandpa, with the arrival of my third grandson. The baby was born on Thursday March 12, 2020 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly Massachusetts, United States of America. Baby (Prince) Besiru His mom, Princess Ewemade Okunmwendia-Besiru and the new-born are doing great and were discharged from the hospital today, …

The former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, will on March 26 chair the convocation lecture of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. The lecture, which is titled; “The Future of Developing Economies in a Digital World,” is part of activities lined up to mark the institution’s 24th convocation ceremony, where a total of 8,959 will be awarded certificates in various …

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Most Merciful. “O you who believe! Have fear of God, and be among the truthful.” (Quran 9:119) The great sage and scholar of Islam, Ibn al-Qayyim, said: “Truthfulness is the greatest of stations, from it sprout all the various stations of those traversing the path to God; and from it sprouts the …

A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim. Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday, echoing similar conspiracy theories proliferating on Chinese social media that blame the US for the pandemic. The head of China’s Center for …

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has left Awe, Nasarawa State, where he was earlier confined. It was gathered that Sanusi left alongside the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. Earlier, Sanusi’s lawyers secured a court order granting his release from confinement. The governor on his Twitter handle confirmed that they are heading to Abuja. El-Rufai also uploaded a …

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has arrived Awe, Nasarawa State, to meet with Muhammadu Sanusi, the deposed emir of Kano. Mr El-Rufai arrived Mr Sanusi’s abode in Awe at about 12:46 p.m. in a convoy of about six security and official vehicles. He went straight into the house to have a meeting with the deposed emir. There was a …

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, ordered that the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, should be granted his freedom. The court, in a ruling by Justice Anwuli Chikere, held that Sanusi who was deposed as Emir by the Kaduna State government last Monday and forcefully taken to Awe in Nasarawa State where he was confined, …

…Want confirmation of Giadom as Acting Chairman …Support March 17 NEC meeting The woes of the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole worsened Thursday night as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet and political leaders from the South South have called on the party to make the party’s national Deputy secretary, Chief Victor Giadom …