COVID-19: Africa’s Death Percentage Now Higher Than Global Total
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) says the case fatality rate on the continent has now exceeded the global total. John Nkegasong, director of Africa CDC, disclosed this at…
Oyo: Angry Youths Set Seriki Fulani’s House, 11 Cars Ablaze After Sunday Adeyemo’s Visit
some angry youths have set ablaze the house of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir. PREMIER NEWS gathered that the house was set ablaze in Igangan town…
Five Feared Dead In Delta Gas Explosion
Five persons are reportedly feared dead on Friday night in Agbor, the headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, after a gas plant went up in flames,…
Akeredolu Orders Massive Amotekun Recruitment
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise. Akeredolu was the first to launch…
Arrest Me If You Can, Sunday Igboho Dares Makinde
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has challenged Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde to arrest him if he can over the eviction order he issued to herdsmen last…
Supreme Court Rejects Request To Unfreeze Abacha’s Accounts In UK, Switzerland, Others
The Supreme Court has declined the request by a brother to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Alhaji Ali Abacha, to unfreeze the accounts traced to him and relatives…
Fayose’s N2.2bn Fraud Allegation: Our Witness Contracted COVID-19, EFCC Tells Court
The ongoing trial of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court for alleged N2.2 billion fraud, was again stalled on…
US Senate Confirms Austin As First Black Pentagon Chief
The US Senate confirmed retired general Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense on Friday, the second cabinet nominee of new President Joe Biden to gain approval, and the first African…
Blackout Challenge: Italy Probes Tiktok Over Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl
Italian prosecutors have opened a probe into the accidental death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly took part in a ‘blackout challenge’ on the video-sharing network TikTok. The girl died…
Boko Haram Attacking Nasarawa Residents, Governor Sule Cries Out
Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says Boko Haram insurgents are attacking residents of the state. Speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Sule said…
