Day: December 1, 2020

Ghanaian-born German musical maestro, Inusa Dawuda, releases latest single

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Inusa Dawuda, the Ghanaian-born German musical maestro, has done it again with the release of his latest single, Saviour. This is a collaboration between Inusa and Victor Dery Korbieh of Bushbeatz based in Accra. This is the third song that is coming from the two with Accra-based journalist, Francis Kokutse, as the songwriter. Inusa, a collaborative artist says, the song Saviour, “makes you think and couldn’t be better suited to the current situation in the world. Yes, with all the suffering going on, salvation will come someday.” Over the…

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Nigeria vows to regulate Social Media, says action needed “most urgently”

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . Information Minister, Lai Muhammed, blames new media abuse for #EndSARS protest’s hijack, violence . Alleges social media was used to guide arsonists, looters to certain properties, both public and private, during the EndSARS violence   “Call it regulation or whatever, we have to do something most urgently to rein in the abuse of social media,” Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Muhammed declared on Tuesday. Nigeria has earlier made plans to go the way of China, Saudi Arabia and other who regulate the use of new media…

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36 UCH Nurses Contracted COVID-19

ADEOLA YUSUF

36 UCH Nurses Contracted COVID-19 National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Monday, said no fewer than 36 nurses were infected with the deadly COVID-19 virus in the heat of the pandemic in the country. Chairman, NANNM, UCH, Mrs Ronke Bello, disclosed this at the foundation laying ceremony of the Nurses’ House. Bello, who described the year 2020 as a critical year during which the World Health Organisation challenged nurses and other health workers to face the global pandemic, said, “Our nurses also got infected…

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Why killings, destruction by Boko Haram won’t end for now – Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

Minister in charge of information alleges that suppliers deny country Weapons to fight Boko Haram   The Nigeria Government Monday said its efforts at fighting the Boko Haram insurgency to protect the lives of citizens of the country has suffered major setbacks as several attempts to acquire standard weapons had been frustrated by global partners. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Government House in Makurdi. The minister was in Benue State for the official handing over of the North Central…

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