Day: June 7, 2020

Black Boxes Of Downed Ukraine Plane Of “No help” – Iran

Downed Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran airport

The black boxes of a Ukrainian plane mistakenly downed near Tehran airport will be of “no help” in any investigation, but Iran is ready to transfer them abroad, state media Read More

Odigie-Oyegun Can’t Dictate To Us How To Run APC – National Vice Chair, Eta

Chief Hilliard Eta

In this interview, the National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress, Hilliard Eta, speaks on the decision of the party’s National Working Committee to settle for the direct Read More

FG Plans To Tax Netflix, Facebook, Others

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed

The Federal Government plans to tax foreign digital service providers offering services to Nigerians and earning revenue in Naira. Some of these service providers which are video streaming sites, social Read More

75% of Rape Cases I’m Handling Involve Religious Leaders – Foluke Daramola-Salako

Nollywood actress and founder of Passion Against Rape and Abuse Africa, PARAA, Foluke Daramola-Salako has said that 75 percent of the rape cases her organization has handled were perpetrated by Read More

FIFA Pays $700,000 Owed To Super Falcons For World Cup Participation

World football governing body, FIFA, said it has paid Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s Read More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 389 New Cases In Nigeria; 66 In Lagos, 50 In FCT, 32 In Delta, Others

12,233 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed three hundred and eighty nine (389) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Of the 389 newly-confirmed coronavirus Read More