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Justin Bieber is suing two women for defamation after they accused him of sexual assault. Last week, two Twitter accounts tweeted claims about incidents alleged to have happened in 2014 and 2015. Bieber denied the claims and vowed to speak to Twitter to urge the social media giant to take legal action. The singer, 26, filed a $20 million (£16.2m) lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday which describes the allegations as “fabricated lies”. An account from a woman known only as Danielle claimed she was assaulted by Justin Bieber at a hotel in Austin, Texas on 9 March 2014. She…

The funeral service of former Oyo Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, has been postponed due to federal government restrictions and guidelines. His spokesperson, Bolaji Tunji, told reporters at his Oluyole, Ibadan residence on Friday morning the family would soon make an announcement of the burial programme. “The funeral arrangements will be announced soon by the family but it will be observed privately so as to be in accordance with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines,” his spokesperson said. Osinbajo mourns Ajimobi’s death He appealed to sympathisers, who have been thronging his residence, to continue following NCDC guidelines by washing…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday warned Nigerians not to mistake the lifting of restrictions on lockdown for the end of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Obasanjo gave the warning at the 2020 Annual Sobo Sowemimo Lecture at the Abeokuta Club in Abeokuta on Friday. The former president, who was the guest lecturer at the event, spoke on “COVID-19 and Nigeria Security Issues: The Way Forward”. He described COVID-19 as a disease that Nigeria in particular and Africa in general was ill-prepared and poorly equipped for. The elder statesman commended the federal and the state governments for the efforts…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has mourned the death of former Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who died in Lagos on Thursday. The Vice President described the former governor as a man with an incredible sense of humour, an intuitive bridge builder, and a man so full of life and joy. In a post on his social media which he titled, ‘In blessed memory of H.E.Senator Abiola Ajimobi’, Prof. Osinbajo, also commiserated with the family. “We lost our dear egbon, a man of many superlatives, great generosity, uncommon kindness and compassion, an incredible sense of humour, an intuitive bridge builder,…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 684 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Friday. The 684 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now put at 23298. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 431 patients from isolation centers across the country with five new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 259 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 9741. Nigeria announces 594 new coronavirus cases Oyo…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on Thursday emerged the governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state gubernatorial election. Obaseki emerged the party’s candidate after his closest rival to the PDP governorship election ticket Ken Imasaugbon stepped down from the race minutes into the primary election. With Obaseki’s emergence as PDP’s candidate, the governor faces his political rival Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and other candidates for the September 19 governorship election. I express my heartfelt gratitude to our great party, the @OfficialPDPNig, the leaders, delegates, members and all Edo people for…

Former All Progressives Congress (APC) national deputy secretary, Victor Giadom, left the National Executive Council meeting in a dramatic fashion after he was quietly ousted. Giadom had summoned the NEC meeting in his capacity as acting national chairman after a court order giving him such powers. The Rivers State-born politician was excused out of the Aso Villa venue on Thursday, following the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC). Buhari, Osinbajo attend Giadom’s APC NEC meeting Shortly after the dissolution, Gaidom attempted to speak, but sources at meeting said House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, objected, saying that he had…

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of former Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who died in Lagos on Thursday. The President, who recalled the contributions of the late former governor to both his state and the nation, condoled the people and government of Oyo State over his death. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, President Buhari, who also commiserated with the family of the deceased, noted that his would be felt by all, especially by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with government and…

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has said officials of Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana, committed an error that culminated in the demolition of a structure within the premises of the High Commission. The minister noted that the officials failed to take necessary action to get requisite documents for ownership of the parcel of land the structure was built on. But he emphasised that such error was not an enough reason for the pulling down of the building by a Ghanaian businessman last weekend. Onyeama said the Ghanaian government had assumed responsibility for the demolition and promised to rebuild the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 594 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday. The 594 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now put at 22614. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 209 patients from isolation centers across the country with seven new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 159 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 9482. Nigeria announces 452 new coronavirus cases Delta…