COVID-19: Lack of Patients Makes Nigeria Shut Two Isolation Centres

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Lack of Patients Makes Nigeria Shut Two Isolation Centres

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 28, 2020

Authorities in the Nigeria Federal Capital, Abuja have shut two of its insolation centres used in treating COVID-19 patients in the country’s capital. The Isolation Centres in Karu and Asokoro general hospitals were closed following a reduction in the number of COVID-19 patients. This made it that only the treatment centres in Idu and THISDAY Dome, the only two centres left open for COVID-19 patients in Abuja. Nigeria had recently been recording significant reduction in...

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Reps Set to Resume Plenary Via Digital

NewsNigeriaReps Set to Resume Plenary Via Digital

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 25, 2020

The House of Representatives is set to hold digital plenary as the National Assembly is set to resume on Tuesday. Investigation reveals that several electronic gadgets have been installed in the chambers to aid legislative proceedings. The National Assembly had embarked on two months’ annual recess on July 23, 2020, and was expected to resume on September 15, 2020. However, the parliament later postpones resumption till Sept 29 without giving any reason for that. An...

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Uzodinma Bans Traffic Agents in Imo

NewsUzodinma Bans Traffic Agents in Imo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 25, 2020

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has banned all traffic agents and task forces in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, on Thursday, disclosed this to journalists at the Government House in Owerri. It was gathered that the task force team, as they operate from Heroes’ Square, still ask people to pay fine as much as ₦27,000 when arrested. however, the information commissioner described the task force as “illegal”,...

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ECOWAS May Suspend Mali’s Sanction Today – Jonathan

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS May Suspend Mali’s Sanction Today – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 25, 2020

The Nigeria Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who is currently mediating in the Mali crisis for the West Africa bloc, ECOWAS, has said the organization would probably decide on Friday whether it would lift the economic sanction imposed on Mali. Jonathan said this while speaking in the capital of Mali, Bamako on Wednesday. He also described the measure imposition on the country by the 15-nation bloc “unfortunate.” West African leaders have been putting pressure on Mali’s...

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Yoruba Nation Will Get a Blood-Free Succession – Yoruba World Congress

NewsYoruba Nation Will Get a Blood-Free Succession – Yoruba World Congress

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 24, 2020

The President-General of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Prof. Banji Akintoye, on Wednesday, said that the over 55 million Yoruba people in the South-West would get its sovereign Yoruba nation from Nigeria without breaking the law of Nigeria or shedding blood. The President-General stated this at the YWC House in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, during the remembrance celebration of the Kiriji War, which took place over 130 years ago. Akintoye said, “We have been...

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In life, You Lose Some and You Win Some, Life Goes On – Oshiomhole

NewsPoliticsIn life, You Lose Some and You Win Some, Life Goes On – Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 24, 2020

The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday night, said in life, we are meant to win and lose but life goes on. The former governor who spoke for the first time about the outcome of the last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, in which his party lost to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) added that losing was part of life. On his personal gymnasium where he...

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ECOWAS Court to Hear Appeals Against Mali’s Sanctions on Friday

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS Court to Hear Appeals Against Mali’s Sanctions on Friday

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 24, 2020

The ECOWAS Court of Justice will begin the hearing of the suit instituted by two Malian groups on Friday. The suit is challenging the legality of the August 18, 2020 sanction imposed on Mali shortly after the Military coup stagged against the democratic President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The statement by the media unit of the ECOWAS Court added that the suit was, on September 9, 2020, instituted by two groups, against the ECOWAS Commission and...

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We Will Push Water Resources Bill to the Peak – FG Insists Despite Rejection from Many Nigerians

InfrastructureNewsPoliticsWe Will Push Water Resources Bill to the Peak – FG Insists Despite Rejection from Many Nigerians

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 23, 2020

The Federal Government on Tuesday reiterated its insistence for the realization of the National Water Resources Bill 2020, adding that the majority of Nigerians opposing the bill are doing so because they have access to media. The FG said it would go ahead and ensure the passage of the bill because it is for the food of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the firmed position at a press...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsOndo 2020: Jegede of PDP Explains Why Aderedolu’s Deputy Was Not Picked as Running Mate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 23, 2020

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, has explained why Agboola Ajayi, the present Deputy Governor was not picked as his running mate. Agboola defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his bid to secure a governorship ticket but was defeated by Jegede in the party’s primary election. The deputy governor then left the PDP for Zenith Labour Party,...

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Obaseki Hails the People of Edo, Says “Lions, Tigers” are Tamed, Now in Zoe

NewsPoliticsObaseki Hails the People of Edo, Says “Lions, Tigers” are Tamed, Now in Zoe

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 22, 2020

The Governor of Edo and Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, praised the people of Edo for ensuring his victory at the recently concluded governorship election in the state. He added that his reelection has brought an end to the institution of godfatherism and ensured that “the lions and tigers” were permanently put in the cage. Obaseki said this while speaking to party supporters at the Museum Ground, Kings Square in Benin City after he had...

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