Michael Jackson’s famous 2,700-acre Southern California ranch has been sold for 22 million dollars to billionaire Ron Burkle, The Wall Street Journal reported. Burkle, who Forbes estimates is worth 1.5 billion dollars, was a friend of Jackson, who helped manage his money in the mid-2000s, according to the Journal. He is also co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Neverland was first put on the market in 2015, available for 100 million dollars six years after Jackson’s death. Colony Capital, a real estate investment firm, owned the Los Olivos, California, property under a 2008 agreement with Jackson. Subsequent attempts to sell the…
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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, the tech giant’s latest move to police false content about the pandemic. Evans, a former judge on prime time Australian cooking shows with a large catalogue of cookbooks, has become one of the country’s most prominent spreaders of baseless claims questioning COVID-19, calling it a “hoax” and “BS” to his million Facebook followers. He has also urged people not to get tested for the virus that has killed more than 1.7 million people or take a…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has set up an adhoc Technical Advisory Group to support the implementation of the 5-year National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition (NMPAN). Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the vice president constituted the group at a virtual meeting of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition. The NMPAN is part of Federal Government’s efforts to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the country Membership of the advisory group is drawn from the Office of the Vice President, Nigerian Governors Forum and Nutrition Society of Nigeria. Others…
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,041 new infections of the COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC stated on its website on Thursday that the new infections brought the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 81,963, out of which 69,651 patients had been discharged and 1,242 deaths recorded. It said that the 1,041 new cases were recorded in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The centre said the number of COVID-19 patients who have been discharged had increased by 377. “Our discharges today include 128 community recoveries in Lagos State, managed in line…
Another new variant of the novel COVID-19 has reportedly emerged in Nigeria, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), John Nkengasong revealed on Thursday. He told an online news conference from Addis Ababa, cautioning that more investigation was needed to ascertain the claim. New variants of the virus that appear more deadly and led to travel restrictions, have been reported in Britain and South Africa. “It’s a separate lineage from the UK and the South African lineages,” Nkengasong said. The detection of the new variants in Nigeria and South Africa prompted an emergency meeting of…
Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has announced new travel rules for passengers coming into Nigeria from South Africa and the UK, where a new variant of the virus had been discovered. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja, during a media briefing. Aliyu said that effective from Monday, Dec. 28, all passengers coming into the country from the UK and South Africa on direct flights, must use the Nigerian International Travel Portal to register. They are to also fill in the health questionnaire and must upload a negative COVID-19,…
A high-powered Federal government delegation was in Minna to condole with the government and people of Niger state over the death of renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Lemu who passed away in the early hours of Thursday. The delegation, led by the Hon. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello and that of Communication and Digital Technology, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami was received by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at the Government House, Minna. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who spoke on behalf of the delegation, said they were in the state capital to represent and extend President Muhammadu…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular she signed and issued in Abuja on Thursday. The permanent secretaries are: Mr Musa Istifanus, from Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to Ministry of Defence and Mr Gabriel Aduda, moving from Ministry of Youths and Sports Development to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Others are: Mr Ernest Umakhihe, Works and Housing to Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr Festus Daudu, from the office of HOCSF to…
The Kano state chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has called on all Nigerians, especially Christians to spread peace and love during the festive season. The chairperson, Bilkisu Ado Zango in a message of felicitation with all Christian faithful on Thursday, said they should use the Christmas and New year holidays, to extend hands to the poor and the needy in the society. She urged Nigerians and members of NAWOJ to pray for the country in order to overcome the challenges of insecurity, among other issues bedeviling the country. “As we celebrate Christmas and New year amid…
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, approved the engagement of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) that will monitor the implementation of over $311 million recovered in February 2020. This is contained in a statement by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in a statement made available to newsmen. He said the purpose of the involvement of CSO was to increase transparency in the management of recovered funds. The statement said the approval came after a presentation made by the Attorney-General of the Federation and…