Danny Baker has been sacked by the BBC after tweeting a joke about the duke and duchess of Sussex’s son using a picture of a monkey. The radio DJ posted a black and white photo showing a well-dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee. Baker captioned it:Continue Reading
US attorney general William Barr has been ruled in contempt after refusing to hand over an unredacted copy of the Mueller report. A Democratic-led House panel’s ruling came hours after President Trump invoking his executive privilege to block the disclosure of the report looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidentialContinue Reading
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has declared a state of emergency on the water and sanitation sectors of the state. Okowa made the declaration on Wednesday while inaugurating a high-powered steering committee, which has him as Chairman to coordinate the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Services, WASH, and profferContinue Reading
The size of the emirate under Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, has been reduced to 10 out of 44 local government areas (LGAs) in the state. Meanwhile, the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission is going ahead with the investigation of the emirate under him which can lead toContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied knowledge of its governors’ induction and investment retreat purportedly slated for May 16-22, 2019, in Dubai. There is a poster circulating in the social media containing the portraits of all the serving governors and governors-elect on the platform of the PDP indicating thatContinue Reading
A former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that his ambition to be the Senate president of the ninth Senate is aimed at contributing to the development of the country at a higher level. Ndume who spoke to journalists in Abuja Wednesday declared that “my mission for the ninthContinue Reading
The outgoing Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday lamented that he had been afflicted with more evils in the ruling All Progressives Congress than he would have suffered if he had been a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. He regretted that the APC had inflicted what heContinue Reading
Lucas Moura scored a dramatic 96th-minute winner to cap an astonishing Tottenham fightback against Ajax and set up an all-English Champions League final against Liverpool. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Spurs made the worst possible start in Amsterdam when a towering fifth-minute header by 19-year-old Ajax captain Matthijs deContinue Reading
A building has collapsed in Birmingham city centre this evening, leaving at least one person seriously injured. Authorities were called to the city’s Jewellery Quarter just before 6pm on Wednesday and pictures showed ambulance crews gathering outside a Victorian building. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said in a statement: ‘Police wereContinue Reading
A Bill seeking for the establishment of four new Emirate councils in Kano State has been passed into law by the Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The bill is seeking to amend the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs law to pave the way for the upgrading of someContinue Reading
