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Billionaire Ned Nwoko has given reason for marrying the actress, Regina Daniels. Regina, whose marriage to the 59-year-old Nwoko generated a lot of controversy from her father and her teeming fans, gave birth to a baby boy a few days ago. Senator Nwoko in his Twitter handle wrote “I liked her when I saw her (Regina Daniels) especially when I found out that she was from that place. I had always wanted to have somebody (a wife) from my side.” The actress’ husband tweeted “We were introduced to each other and one thing led to another. That was when I…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Kamarudeen Usman for defeating Jorge Masvidal and defending his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title. This was contained in a statement entitled President Buhari Congratulates Kamaru Usman For Retaining UFC Title issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on  Sunday. In the statement, the President extolled Usman’s courage and patriotic zest in flying the Nigerian flag in far away Abu Dhabi in the early hours of Sunday. The statement reads “As the first African-born and Nigerian UFC Champion, President Buhari commends the courageous fighter for finishing strong inside the octagon, proudly flying…

Chelsea suffered a setback in their bid to qualify for the Champions League as Sheffield United rekindled their own European ambitions with an impressive 3-0 win on Saturday. Frank Lampard’s side were punished for some dismal defending at Bramall Lane as David McGoldrick struck twice, either side of Oli McBurnie’s goal. The Blues remain third after a second defeat in their last four games. They will be down to fifth place by Monday evening if Leicester beat Bournemouth and Manchester United defeat Southampton. It was another alarmingly sloppy display from Chelsea, whose other defeat since the restart was a defensively…

Nigeria on Friday recorded 575 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total caseload to 31,323. This was revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle. According to the health agency, 224 new cases were reported in Lagos, 85 in Oyo, and 68 in the FCT. Other states with new cases are Rivers (49), Kaduna (39), Edo (31), Enugu (30), Delta (11), Niger (10), Katsina (9), Ebonyi (5), Gombe (3), Jigawa (3), Plateau (2), Nassarawa (2), Borno (2), Kano (1), and Abia (1).

At last, the National Administration for Drugs and Food Control is said to have approved herbal remedy for the treatment of COVID-19 that has killed thousands globally. Recall that NAFDAC had given tacit approval for the use of the drug, resulting in the initial packs of the herbal remedy bearing the disclaimer, “these claims have not yet been verified by NAFDAC.” The Director of the Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories, Ewu, Edo State, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Anslem Adodo, OSB, who broke the news said: “after a series of screening, spanning eight weeks, NAFDAC has today approved our PAXHERBAL Covid-19…

The Chief Judge of Ondo State has objected to the request of the state House of Assembly to set up a probe panel for the impeachment of Agboola Ajayi, deputy governor of the state, over allegations of gross misconduct. Oluwatoyin Akeredolu rejected the request on the grounds that two-third majority as required by the 1999 Nigerian Constitution for setting up such panel was not formed in the assembly. In a letter of July 7, Bamidele Oleyelogun, speaker of the assembly, had asked the chief judge to constitute a seven-man panel to probe Ajayi. “It is in line with the above…

The public service epitomised by the civil service is seen as the ubiquitous engine room of government. The service facilitates the policy formulation and implementation and decision making of any government in power. It so because the service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically transcends transitions of political leadership. The idea aggregates the postulation of Max Weber, the German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist on bureaucracy. According to him, bureaucracy as a highly structured, formalized, and an impersonal…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections have risen with 499 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 30,748. This is as Akwa Ibom State recorded 22 new Coronavirus infections, bringing the total number so far to 126. Confirming this in a tweet on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) identified new infections in 22 states and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Lagos State maintained its lead position with 157 new infections, followed by Edo with 59, Ondo – 56, Oyo – 31, Akwa Ibom – 22, Borno – 21, Plateau – 19, Kaduna and Katsina with…

The Senate Ad-hoc Committee on investigation heard of the alleged financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in six months. The Senate committee during an investigative public hearing interrogated the rationale behind some expenditures it considered curious especially the amount involved in the expenditure from the document presented to the Senate by the (NDDC). The Chairman of the committee, Senator Adebunmi Adetunmbi, reeled out figures of expenditure from October to May ending. Some of the figures include: Community relations – – – N1.3bn Condolences – – – – – – – –N122.9m Consultancy – – – – –…

For the second time in three days, the All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State Chapter has rejected the appointment of another non-career Ambassador-designate for the state. The party had on July 9 opposed the appointment of Oboro Efiong Akpabio as Ambassador-designate for Akwa Ibom. And on July 8, President Muhammadu Buhari who is also the leader of the party at the national level sent a request to Senate replacing him with John J. Usanga. But in a new twist, Mr. Nkereuwem Enyongekere, the state Publicity Secretary of the party in a signed press release of July 9, said “The attention…