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Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, immaculate white shirts and an endless supply of colourful bow ties. But the clean public persona of the 60-year-old president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is now being questioned after a string of corruption and abuse of office allegations from his own staff spilled into the open. Mr Adesina has denied all the allegations. The board of governors of the 55-year-old institution met on Tuesday to discuss whether to bring in an outside investigator into the allegations concerning the Nigerian’s conduct just days after the US rejected…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 553 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Saturday the highest single one day cases. The 553 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 9855. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 159 patients from isolation centers across the country with 12 new deaths reported. Nigeria announces 387 new coronavirus cases Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 378 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his nephew, Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda. Lawan extends his condolences to the family of Alhaji Dauda, the Daura community, and the government and people of Katsina over the tragic loss. The Senate President said he received the news of the death of Alhaji Dauda with shock and prayed that the Almighty Allah would comfort those that he left behind. Lawan commiserates with Senator Gaya over wife’s death He also prayed that Allah would forgive the departed his sins and accept his soul to Aljannat Fidaus.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. A press statement on Saturday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said the tenure of the new board will last three years. NNPC will no longer run refineries – Kyari According to the statement, the members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood Attah (North Central), Senator Magnus Abe (South South), Dr Stephen Dike (South East),…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole In the last one week, an issue that took centre stage, a pleasant deviation from our recent fixation on COVID-19, was the new piece of legal document to which President Buhari appended his signature on the 22nd of May, 2020. He stated that: “Based on the power vested in me under section 5 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), I, today, sign into law, Executive Order 10 of 2020 for the implementation of financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary”. It came from the blues and completely unexpected, He took many Nigerians by surprise. The…

An Ondo State based pastor, Kolawole Samson, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The late Olaniyi was said to have in March 2016, gone to hunt frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole. The pastor had reportedly seen the quartet before descending on them with a cutlass. He was found guilty of inflicting injury on the deceased’s head with a cutlass. The deceased later died at a hospital he was admitted. Court jails Igweneme Moses for $240,000 scam Pastor Kolawole…

The immediate-past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, is dead. The death of Baru, 60, was confirmed by NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari in a tweet on his official account on Saturday morning. “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night. “He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him,” Kyari said. My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night. He was of…

Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people rallied outside the White House, which was briefly put under lockdown on Friday, demanding justice over the death of George Floyd. Demonstrations have been taking place in Minnesota, New York and California. A former Minneapolis police officer has been arrested and charged with murder over Mr Floyd’s death in custody. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on 46-year-old Mr Floyd’s neck on Monday. He and three other officers…

A CNN reporter has been released after being arrested while covering protests in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man. Omar Jimenez was led away in handcuffs while he was live on air early on Friday. His cameraman and producer were also detained, apparently because they did not move on when told. They were released without charge. Minnesota governor Tim Walz has apologised, describing the incident as “unacceptable”. CNN said the arrests violated the constitution. What happened? Mr Jimenez was in Minneapolis, reporting on a third night of violent protests over the death of George Floyd. On Tuesday a video…

Forbes magazine has struck reality TV star and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner from its list of billionaires, and accused her family of inflating the value of her cosmetics business. Forbes said the family went to “unusual lengths” to present its youngest member as richer than she was. In tweets, Jenner dismissed the article as “inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions lol”. “I’ve never asked for any title or tried to lie my way there,” she wrote. “I can name a list of 100 things more important right now than fixating on how much money I have,” she added. what am i even…