Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso, father of former Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Musa-Kwankwaso, and District Head of Madobi in the northwestern state, is dead. A statement by Shaifullahi Hassan, media aide to the former governor, indicated that the District Head died in the early hours of Friday. He was aged 93. It said that the deceased would be buried in Kano by 3.00 p.m. on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to support Libya’s restoration of its sovereignty and national unity, saying that the announced ceasefire and progress in the political process are crucial steps towards resolving the conflict in Libya. This is contained in a message to the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, on the occasion of the celebration on Independence Day on 24 December, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mohamed al-Gueblawi said in a tweet published on Wednesday. According to al-Gueblawi, the U.S. President urged the President of the Presidential…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed into law the 2021 appropriation bill of more than N147.6 billion. The governor, who assented to the bill on Thursday in Jos, thanked the members of the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage. The governor presented the proposed budget estimate tagged “Budget of Economic Recovery and Consolidation of Inclusive Infrastructural Growth” to the assembly on November 11. Lalong said that the speedy and successful passage or the bill would enable the government to settle down to vigorously implement it. “This is a very significant event for the economic prosperity and peace of our…
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, said the mutant strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK has not been found in Nigeria. Iheakwazu, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19, however, advised Nigerians to stay calm and safe. He, however, noted that viruses by their very nature mutate. He said that the NCDC, in collaboration with the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), did some sequencing in the past but did not find the UK variant which he described as deadlier…
The Tunisian Coast Guard on Thursday recovered 20 bodies of illegal migrants whose boat capsized off Sfax port in central Tunisia, according to a Ministry of Defence spokesman. He said that five migrants were rescued by National Guard units assisted by fishing boats that were on the scene. Contacted by PANA, the National Guard spokesman said that all the migrants were sub-Saharan nationals who were heading to the Italian coast, close to Tunisia. Ali Ayari blamed the shipwreck on the outdated and overloaded boat on which there were between 40 and 50 migrants, in addition to the bad weather conditions…
Two Mauritian women – Ritta Marie Noélie and Rose Marie Noëlla – on Wednesday celebrated their 100th birthday at a municipal hall, in Rose-Hill, 20 km south of the capital, Port Louis. They are the first twins in Mauritius to celebrate their 100th birthday. At a ceremony organised in their honour by the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, the Minister, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, said centenarians are the repositories of values and traditions. “They play an instrumental role as guides for the new generation with their rich life experiences”, she emphasised. The minister recalled the measures put…
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…
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…