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Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, says indigenes of the state criticise him unjustly. The governor accused his critics of “drinking beer from 9am” and sleeping all day. According to New Telegraph, the governor made the statement on Friday when commissioning the new building of RCN Embassy Church in Makurdi, Benue state capital. […]

On Thursday, South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced the discovery of the new variant, B.1.1.529 — with 22 positive cases of the strain detected in the country. After a meeting of the technical advisory group on SARS-CoV-2 virus evolution (TAG-VE), an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates […]

Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says African countries must change the approach of using force to maintain peace. Abubakar said this on Saturday at a conference organised in his honour in Abuja. The former head of state said the continent is still battling “conflicts of diverse kinds”, which he said is […]

The UK has recorded two cases of Omicron — the new highly infectious COVID-19 variant. According to the BBC, Sajid Javid, the British health secretary, said the two cases were detected in Chelmsford, Essex, and in Nottingham. He said the cases are currently self-isolating, and that tracing and tracking of their contacts […]

Matthew Kukah, bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, says Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, has given respectability to Nigeria’s electoral process through the peace committee. The National Peace Committe (NPC) was conceptualised in 2014 in response to emerging threats brought on by the 2015 general election. The committee is headed by Abubakar […]

Procter & Gamble (P&G), an American multinational consumer goods company, says it is voluntarily recalling some of its Old Spice and Secret aerosol antiperspirant sprays distributed in the US, after benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, was detected in the products. This is according to a press statement released by the company recently. The […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it nabbed and suspended some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The sanction was announced in a statement released on the agency’s Facebook page on Saturday. The statement, which was signed by Henrietta Yakubu, general manager, corporate affairs […]

Tanko Yakasai, founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, says Bola Tinubu sought his support for the 2023 presidential election. According to the Punch, Yakasai said he would support Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), after the politician visited him on Wednesday. “I don’t want to join any (political) party […]

Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, says the designation of bandits as terrorists by the federal government “will not end their aggression against the society”. A federal high court in Abuja had, on Thursday, declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism. The judgment followed the motion […]