The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 is declining, following the spike in China after it country lifted restrictions. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, at the 15th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, s...
House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, has condemned picketing of Air Peace counters in Lagos by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) offcials, thus disrupting flights to Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday. The action, a retaliation to last May Day f...
Filmmaker and culture advocate, Tunde Kelani, has opened a window for promotion of Nigerian film with selection of his work, Cordelia, for the 30th New York African Film Festival this month. The organisers said the film will be screened at Lincoln Centre on May 15, at 7.30 pm. “We are pleased to invite...
British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled that he “independently” created his song, according to an AFP reporter inside the Manhattan...
A Lagos High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, yesterday, admitted the two handwritten statements made by Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, in evidence. Justice Yetunde Adesanya said that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the...
Falana and Falana’s Chambers, yesterday, urged the Nigeria Police Force, to provide information on the alleged killing of a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, late Mr. Okoli Chizoputam. It stated that the information that would be provided by the Police would assist them in mounting pressur...
