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Chelsea has moved a step closer towards landing Bayer Leverkusen star, Kai Havertz, after agreeing a £72 million(€80.5m/$95m) deal to pry the German sensation from the Bundesliga side to West London. The 21-year-old Havertz is expected to cost the Blues a further £18m (€20m/$24m) in team performance-related installments, that will take the club’s spending to…
September 1, 2020
Group To Ex-VP: 'You Lack Moral Ground To Talk ...Address Jefferson's Scandal' Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the National AssemÂbly against approvÂing further loan request brought before it by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration amidst a row. Atiku, who lamented over the piling debts in the last five years, noted that as at…
September 1, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday presided over the inauguration of Executive/Legislative/Party Consultative Committee at the State House, Abuja. At the meeting were Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo;Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff, Prof.…
August 31, 2020
From Joseph Obukata (The New Diplomat's N'Delta Correspondent) Amidst an atmosphere of tension and political acrimony among political gladiators in Edo and Ondo States, the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, has warned politicians and their supporters in both states, to play by the rules and avoid acts capable of heating up the polity. Political gladiators…
August 31, 2020
By Gbenga Abulude(Politics and General desk) A former president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) and an eminent Human Rights lawyer, Mr Ledum Mitee, has joined the call for the sack of officials of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over allegations of corruption. Mr Mitee,…
August 31, 2020
...Urges US, Trump To Rise To Occasion By Gbenga Abulude As demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, US persist, former Nigerian minister of foreign affairs and eminent Professor of International Relations, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has sued for peace in the African-American communities, asking protesters to shun night protests. The New Diplomat…
August 28, 2020
By Kolawole Ojebisi Access Bank has offered to pay stamp duty charges for February to April on behalf of its customers. It also said deductions made between Saturday and Sunday would be reversed to customers. In a statement on Sunday, the bank said it recognised that it is a tough period for customers. This development…
June 29, 2020
*Why the End of Lockdown Looks So Different Around the World By Josh Michaud and Jen Kates For the last few months, much of the world has lived under unprecedented public health restrictions, social-distancing mandates, and other emergency measures. At least 137 countries imposed partial or total lockdowns to slow the spread of the novel…
June 29, 2020
Nigeria witnessed an added number in statistical data of new coronavirus cases following announcement by  the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC)  of 490 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Sunday on its Twitter handle. With this latest development,  this  brings  the comprehensive  statistical figures  of…
June 28, 2020
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Chelsea has moved a step closer towards landing Bayer Leverkusen star, Kai Havertz, after agreeing a £72 million(€80.5m/$95m) deal to pry the German sensation from the Bundesliga side to West London. The 21-year-old Havertz is expected to cost the Blues a further £18m (€20m/$24m) in team performance-related installments, that will take the club’s spending to…
September 1, 2020
Group To Ex-VP: 'You Lack Moral Ground To Talk ...Address Jefferson's Scandal' Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the National AssemÂbly against approvÂing further loan request brought before it by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration amidst a row. Atiku, who lamented over the piling debts in the last five years, noted that as at…
September 1, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday presided over the inauguration of Executive/Legislative/Party Consultative Committee at the State House, Abuja. At the meeting were Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo;Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff, Prof.…
August 31, 2020
From Joseph Obukata (The New Diplomat's N'Delta Correspondent) Amidst an atmosphere of tension and political acrimony among political gladiators in Edo and Ondo States, the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, has warned politicians and their supporters in both states, to play by the rules and avoid acts capable of heating up the polity. Political gladiators…
August 31, 2020
By Gbenga Abulude(Politics and General desk) A former president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) and an eminent Human Rights lawyer, Mr Ledum Mitee, has joined the call for the sack of officials of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over allegations of corruption. Mr Mitee,…
August 31, 2020
...Urges US, Trump To Rise To Occasion By Gbenga Abulude As demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, US persist, former Nigerian minister of foreign affairs and eminent Professor of International Relations, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has sued for peace in the African-American communities, asking protesters to shun night protests. The New Diplomat…
August 28, 2020
By Kolawole Ojebisi Access Bank has offered to pay stamp duty charges for February to April on behalf of its customers. It also said deductions made between Saturday and Sunday would be reversed to customers. In a statement on Sunday, the bank said it recognised that it is a tough period for customers. This development…
June 29, 2020
*Why the End of Lockdown Looks So Different Around the World By Josh Michaud and Jen Kates For the last few months, much of the world has lived under unprecedented public health restrictions, social-distancing mandates, and other emergency measures. At least 137 countries imposed partial or total lockdowns to slow the spread of the novel…
June 29, 2020
Nigeria witnessed an added number in statistical data of new coronavirus cases following announcement by  the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC)  of 490 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Sunday on its Twitter handle. With this latest development,  this  brings  the comprehensive  statistical figures  of…
June 28, 2020
