After months of closure, the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) has announced it will reopen theatres across the nation on Friday September 11. The association disclosed this via its Instagram page on Monday. “Hip! Hip! Hurray! WE ARE BACK! Visit any Cinema near you from September 11th! We cannot contain our excitement,” the association noted.
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After month of controversy over his future at the club, Lionel Messi has finally returned to training with Spanish football club, Barcelona for the first time. A picture of the 33-year-old Argentine forward posing in a pink shirt of their third kit for 2020-21 was shared by the Catalan club via its official Twitter handle on Monday. ESPN reports Messi will train individually for the next few days, per La Liga’s strict coronavirus protocols, before reintegrating with his teammates at a later date. Recall the record-breaking footballer last month informed Barcelona he wanted to depart this summer and intended to…
162 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, taking the total to 54,905 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday. According to the update by NCDC, Lagos topped the list of new cases with 53 infections, followed by Gombe-21. Others are Oyo-19, Delta-12, Ondo-11, Plateau-10, Ebonyi-9, FCT-6, Kwara-6, Kaduna-5, Rivers-3, Ogun-2, Anambra-2, Imo-2 and Ekiti-1. Total recoveries and fatalities in the country rose to 42,922 and 1,054 respectively. A breakdown of the cases as reported by NCDC reads below: https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1302372404430278657?s=20
Some supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have asked Nigerians not to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic difficulties being experienced in the country. They claim that the situation in the country was a direct punishment from God to the people of Nigeria for their various sinful acts. According to Sahara Reporters, the President’s supporters chants this in a widely circulated Hausa song titled “Babu ruwan Buhari” meaning ‘It has nothing to do with Buhari’. “People should stop blaming Buhari for current hardship. It is our sins and disobedience to Allah that put us in difficulties,” the…
Barcelona football star, Lionel Messi has confirmed he will remain at the Spanish club. More details soon.
The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontiers has threatened to mobilise its members for a nationwide protests if Federal Government fail to reverse the recent increase in both electricity tariff and fuel price hike. Just as Nigerians were trying to come to terms with the new electricity tariff increase, the Federal Government Wednesday, announced the upward review of the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) from N145 to N161 per litre. Usman Austin Okai, National Coordinator of the PDP youth group, after an emergency meeting with members on Thursday said the new price was targeted at shortchanging the poor…
The Buhari administration has ruptured the ceiling of liberties it enjoys. Like King Solomon in his last uneventful years, the government has compounded the yoke of the people with the rocketing of the prices of essential commodities. It appears the administration has lost its sensory organ and has become insentient to the ‘’wailing’’ of citizens. And like the Israelites in the twilight of a failing Solomon rule, Nigerians are seeking another ‘’messiah’’. Just five years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari made overtures of blunting the economic perils Nigerians endure. He seduced citizens with the promise of humbling the dollar and arresting…
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the Governor of Kogi State. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi Governorship Election, Musa Wada had challenged the election victory of Governor Bello at the apex court on five grounds. Wada claimed that the election held on November 16, 2019, was riddled with serious electoral infractions; rigging and over-voting, and that Governor Bello didn’t secure the highest vote. The supreme court, however, disagreed with the appeal filed by the PDP governorship candidate, in its judgement delivered on Monday. More details soon.
Kano State Government has reacted to the concern raised by Kano elders under the Kano Unity Forum (KUF) headed by the former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) Alhaji Bashir Tofa, on plans to secure N300 billion loan from China for the construction of light rail in the state. “The exact amount being borrowed is shrouded in secrecy: Is it 684 million euros equivalent to over N300 billion alluded by Vanguard 27/7/2020 or N828 billion imputed by a Kano political opposition movement? The nature of the loan portfolio is equally suspicious: Is The loan to be repaid…
Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State, Prince Edun Akenzua, Enogie (Duke) of Obazuwa in Ovia North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, has said those who are opposed to the re-election of incumbent Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Obaseki, have not provided reasons for such decision. Prince Akenzua made the comment on Tuesday when he received Governor Obaseki, who paid him a courtesy visit in his palace, as part of his ward-to-ward re-election campaign in Edo South Senatorial District. The Governor was accompanied by Philip Shaibu, his Deputy and running mate and…
Hafiz Bayero, a Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has died in a road accident along Kaduna-Abuja Highway, Sahara Reporters reports. Details of the accident which occurred on Monday were still sketchy at the time of this report but a photograph of the accident scene obtained from the scene showed the extent of damage. People around the scene managed to bring the body of Bayero out of his vehicle with number plate 12E-04KD.
Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development Services of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has been appointed as the new acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. Prof. Ogunsola was elected to her new position on Monday, after polling the highest number of votes in the election held by members of institution’s Senate to choose an acting Vice Chancellor. Prof. Chioma Agomo, Chairman of the Senate Emergency Committee, who announced the result to newsmen, said the new acting Vice Chancellor emerged winner in the election after securing 135 votes against her co-contestant, Prof. Ben Oghojafor who polled 167 votes. The meeting was…