Death toll rises to 8 in Lagos building collapse (Punch) The death toll recorded during the building collapse, which happened Sunday, on Ibadan Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, has increased to eight. A statement by the…
*Ex-NADECO chieftain, others granted bail in Lagos (ThisDay)*Again, Bi-Courtney, FAAN face-off over irreconcilable debts (Independent)
Ex-NADECO chieftain, others granted bail in Lagos (ThisDay) A Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos has granted a chieftain of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Ralph Obioha, and four others bail after their arraignment. The other defendants in the suit…
Bill and Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple”. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we…
Are bright sides to coronavirus signalling impending death of democracy? – Magnus Onyibe
The bright side that one has in mind is not really the fact that vaccines to protect mankind from being further decimated by coronavirus have been produced, which is good, anyway. Neither is it the number of those struck by…
Coronavirus 2.0: Could the invisible enemy be at the door again? – Magnus Onyibe
At a point, the second wave of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic seemed so farfetched. But with the number of cases of COVID-19 pandemic ramping up as reflected by the increase in the count of people testing positive for a disease…
Over 40% of world’s poorest will live in Nigeria, Congo by 2050 – Report (Vanguard)
More than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed. In the 2018 goalkeepers report released, yesterday, the foundation…
