The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday, described Nigeria as a “debtor and a beggar nation.” The former senator stated this in a post on his verified Twitter account, @ShehuSani, where he added, that the moment the lockdown over Coronavirus got lifted in the country, that Nigerians would look like a people that rose from the dead. Sani was apparently reacting to the National Assembly’s approval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s N850 billion loan to fund the 2020 budget, on Tuesday. According to Sani, the proclamation by General Sani Abacha, after the army overthrew the…
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MTN Nigeria now has 68.5 million mobile subscribers on its network after adding 4.2 million new subscribers during the March quarter of 2020 representing a 6.5 percent quarter on quarter growth, the company said in a statement. It said the growth in subscribers underscored a continued growth in market share and built on the momentum achieved in the fourth quarter of 2019 . Active data subscribers also increased by 6.6 percent to 26.8 million, representing an additional 1.7 million data users. MTN Nigeria chief executive Ferdi Moolman said the company recorded a solid performance in the first quarter. “Service…
In a series of vignettes, the Nigerian and New York-based filmmaker reveals a selection of unique and impactful stories. Emmanuel Afolabi, a Nigerian filmmaker and photographer based in New York, didn’t always know he’d get into film. But what he did know was that he’d pursue something creative – especially as his grandparents were keen crafts makers, his mother a fashion designer, older brother a music producer and sister a writer. Surrounded by a family of artists, then, it was in some ways always inevitable that he’d end up in the creative industry. “Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, I’ve always…
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna lawmaker has proffered solution to discourage Nigerians from escaping coronavirus isolation centres. DAILY POST recalls that five indigenes of Plateau State escaped from an isolation centre in Nasarawa State. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule confirming the development said they escaped into the bush after their vehicle stopped in the Forest Village area, a boundary between the State and Nasarawa. Also, a COVID-19 patient, a few days ago escaped the isolation centre in Osun State. This has become a serious concern as this could pose a threat to others in the States. Reacting, Sani took to his Twitter…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is fully committed to the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria. On Wednesday, the body confirmed that it had deployed 39 additional vehicles to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVlD-19. The vehicles will be used for contact tracing, surveillance, laboratory and infection prevention in Kano and Plateau States. A statement by Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education Committee, made the announcement. “ln response to request by the PTF on combating COVlD-19 for more vehicles to support the national emergency against the Coronavirus pandemic, the commission has deployed…
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he has no account or property abroad. Jonathan made the clarification in a statement by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze. The reaction followed moves by the Buhari administration to subpoena bank records of Jonathan and his wife, Patience. “Our attention has been drawn to international media reports to the effect that the Federal Government of Nigeria has subpoenaed bank records for former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan in the United States of America,” Eze said. “We aver that the Federal Government of Nigeria did not contact Dr. Jonathan or his…
Mass retirement of senior staff of The Niger Delta Development CommissionNiger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) may take place today, The Nation has been reliably informed. It was gathered the action may affect the senior staff of the commission with two years or less to retire. Some of those that may be consumed by the purge are Directors, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors. Also to be affected are staff with cases at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). A reliable source close to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of…
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has ruled against the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Bukola Saraki, his campaign director in the 2019 general election over unauthorised use of the photograph of Mrs. Amuda Adeleke, Lagos-based trader, on their campaign billboard. DAILY POST reported late last year that Mrs Adeleke, a Lagos-based trader, had dragged Saraki who was the Director-General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation during the 2019 General Election, before the court for using her picture on campaign billboards without her consent. Also joined in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/./19, were the Peoples…
A renowned medical practitioner, Dr. Chidi Ezeihu has appealed to the Federal Government and the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, to as a matter of urgency carry out a clinical trial of his therapy. Ezeihe, who carried out his research under the Federal Government Technology Incubation Centre, Enugu, said his therapy could be a way out of the COVID-19 infection currently ravaging the entire world. The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) medical practitioner and an expert in alternative medicine, said he strongly believed that his formula known as Salvage A and B, which he has been using to treat…
Popular Bollywood actor, Irrfan Khan, who crossed over to Hollywood, is dead. He died at the age of 53 on Wednesday in India’s entertainment capital, Mumbai, after being admitted to hospital for a colon infection earlier this week, BBC reports. He was diagnosed with high-grade neuroendocrine cancer in March 2018. The deceased starred in iconic Indian films such as Vishal Bhardwaj’s crime drama Maqbool, the comedy Piku and his breakout performance in Mira Nair’s Academy Award-nominated Salaam Bombay. In his later years, Khan transitioned to Hollywood where he starred in Jurassic World, Inferno and The Amazing Spider-Man and Life of…