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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the monkeypox outbreak is more prevalent among men who have sex with men. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said this on Saturday at a media briefing where he declared the multi-country monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. “So, in short, we have an outbreak […]

Paul Ibe, media adviser to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to subject himself to an hour-long interview. Abubakar, in an interview published by ARISE TV on Friday, made many claims including saying he rejected an offer by Tinubu, […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says he will soon speak about Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In an interview granted to ARISE TV, Abubakar said he did not pick Wike as his running mate because he wanted someone he could work with “amicably”. “Governor Wike was not […]

The Bola Tinubu campaign organisation says the recent interview of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), shows that he is not ready to be president. During the interview, which was published by ARISE TV on Friday, Abubakar made many claims, including saying he rejected an offer by Bola Tinubu, […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the multi-country monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. A global emergency is WHO’s highest level of alert — the last public health emergency declared by the organisation was the COVID pandemic. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing on monkeypox, Tedros Ghebreyesus, […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “pathological” about lies. Tinubu said this in a statement on Saturday, in reaction to a claim by Abubakar over the choice of a vice-presidential candidate for the Action Congress (AC) in 2007. […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says everything he has done in his life is by accident, except for farming. Obasanjo was Nigeria’s head of state from 1976 to 1979, and he was elected president in 1999. He completed his second term in office in 2007. While appearing on a radio station programme […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation, received a N15 billion bribe to accelerate 13% derivation funds to nine oil-producing states. The 13 percent derivation fund comes from the federation revenue to oil-producing communities through the state governments as enshrined in section 162, sub-section 2 […]

Five suspected Boko Haram members including Mallam Isa, a commander, have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, they surrendered on July 22 to the troops of 73 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai. “At about 200812A, the troops of Cashew plantation deployed at Valley […]

We cannot play possum about it. Unity has remained a reverie, and an elusive expedition for Nigeria. We long for it, but we cannot reach it because we are not willing to work at it. We are not ready to tear down the iron curtains of ethnicity and religion. We are not ready.   […]