Day: February 10, 2021

Fani-Kayode saw light, approached me with request to join APC — Gov. Bello

Aliyu Aliyu

  Governor of Kogi state, North-Central Nigeria, Yahaya Bello, has said a former Minister of Aviation and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined the All Progressives Congress. Bello who said this in a video that went viral on Wednesday, maintained that Fani-Kayode, hitherto an ardent critique of APC, saw the light and approsched him with the request to join the APC. Fani-Kayode had earlier in the week visited Bello and the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, who also serves as the National Chairman of the…

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Panic as 17 Ghana’s lawmakers, 151 staff contract COVID-19

Aoko Benjamin

  Ghana’s parliament, wgixh has been shut for three weeks, qould not opened untill March 2, Speaker has announced 17 members of Ghana’s parliament and 151 support staff have been infected with the coronavirus, forcing the country’s parliament to be shutdown. The shutdown, checks by Platforms Africa showed, has lasted for at least three weeks over a surge in coronavirus cases among the lawmakers and staff. The incident had already forced lawmakers to limit their assembly meetings. Speaker of the house, Alban Bagbin, announced on Tuesday that the legislature would…

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How Ex-Super Eagles Yisa Shofoluwe was hospitalised, died + PHOTOS

Tade Salako

  Shofoluwe, who suffered brain disease, died at the hospital before help could come from fund raisers   A former Super Eagles defender, Yisa Shofoluwe, is dead. Popularly known as Dean of Defence, Shofoluwe who suffered brain disease, died in the hospital on Tuesday night. His death, a family source said, came as funds were being raised for his treatment. He was said to have died from complications related to the Coronavirus Disease. Shofoluwe held away in the right back position of the Super Eagles between 1983 and 1988, playing…

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