Day: December 12, 2020

Lagos Governor Sanwo-Olu contracts COVID-19

Damola Oyede

Following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19, a PCR test performed on Friday, the 11th of December, has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the virus, the Honorable Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said. The infection contracted by the Governor is, according to Abayomi, supported by mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID. “Mr. Governor is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by the very experienced State COVID-19 clinical team…

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How Nigerian Popular Socialite, Dapo Ojora, Committed Suicide + PHOTOS

Gbenga Adeoti

  Dapo Ojora, a Nigerian socialite and one of the sons of boardroom guru, Otunba Adekunle Ojora and his wife, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora, is dead. According to sources, Dapo, a polo buff and in-law to the country’s ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, reportedly shot himself in the head Friday evening. Dapo’s strange death came as a rude shock to many who could not fathom the reason he would take his own life in such a gruesome manner. Couple of years back, Dapo mysteriously escaped death via a ghastly power bike accident,…

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How Nigerian Popular Newspapers’ Publisher, Nda-Isaiah, died – Family

Precious Ibekwe

  Popular Nigerian newspaper publisher and polirician, Chairman of LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah, is dead. Nda-Isaiah’s family, which announced this on Saturday morning, gave details of how the politician died in Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria. Mr Nda-Isaiah’s newspaper, LEADERSHIP, in a report Saturday morning, quoted his family as saying, “We are deeply saddened to announce the news of the passing of the chairman of LEADERSHIP Group/National Economy, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah. “He died in Abuja on Friday night, after a brief illness. Nda-Isaiah was a family man, a serial entrepreneur…

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US Supreme Court Thrashes Trump-Backed Election Lawsuit

Wonuola Olujobi

  The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, sought to invalidate results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, reports the BBC. President-elect Joe Biden won all four. The lawsuit was supported by 19 state attorneys general and 127 Republican members of Congress. President Trump has made repeated unsubstantiated claims that “illegal votes” cost him re-election. The Supreme Court ruled that Texas did…

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How Zambia ex-President, Kaunda, won Mahatma Gandhi Memento

Aoko Benjamin

Zambia’s First Republican President, Kenneth Kaunda, has received a memento from Gandhi Smriti, a museum where India’s icon Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. The memento was presented to Dr. Kaunda in Lusaka by Zambia’s High Commissioner to India, Judith Kapijimpanga, according to local media reports on Friday. The memento was first presented in New Delhi, India, when the Zambian High Commissioner held a day’s exhibition in honour of Dr. Kaunda’s contributions to Africa and global peace efforts, at a function that attracted diplomats from Malawi, Tanzania and the academia. Kapijimpanga said…

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