Sacked commissioners in the Adamawa Civil Service Commission on Wednesday urged the State Government to obey a Court Order for their reinstatement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the affected five commissioners were appointed by the immediate past administration of Sen. Umaru Bindow on April 15, 2019, to serve a 5-year tenure. They were however removed from office on June 6, 2019, by Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri, shortly after assuming duty. This followed the...
Turkey plans to host the Champions League final in late August, the head of its football federation said on Wednesday. Turkey will also resume domestic soccer leagues without fans on June 12 after a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Two months ago European soccer’s governing body UEFA had indefinitely postponed the Champions League showpiece, which had been scheduled to be played in Istanbul on May 30. Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Nihat Ozdemir...
Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has donated food items to some religious groups in continuation of her intervention towards cushioning the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic. Mrs. Buhari presented the food items which comprise of large quantities of bags of rice, sugar, and other commodities through her representative, Dr. Hajo Sani, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Women Affairs and Administration. The first batch of beneficiaries was the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr. Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information, and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Ogubike disclosed that the approved banks were Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, UBA, and First Bank. He explained that the framework covered all...
Players at Serie A champions Juventus were among those who returned to training following the coronavirus stoppage on Tuesday amid suggestions that matches could be played at neutral venues if the league restarts. Some players were filmed and photographed arriving for individual training sessions including midfielder Aaron Ramsey, defender Daniele Rugani — one of three Juventus players to have tested positive for COVID-19 in March — and captain Leonardo Bonucci. Bonucci was pictured driving a...
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had tackled the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, over his criticism of the controversial NCDC Bill. Gbajabiamila confronted the NCDC Boss on Tuesday when he was part of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to the House of Representatives to brief the House on the fight against the pandemic. Gbajabiamila asked him to explain the criticism he made on...
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, would testify before the Senate, giving lawmakers the chance to ask questions on the federal government’s response to the new coronavirus. Trump disclosed this to reporters outside the White House before he departed for Arizona, where he will visit a medical equipment facility. “Doctor Fauci will be testifying in front of the Senate, and he looks forward to doing...
The Senate is investigating the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over alleged misappropriation of N40 billion for a period of three months. The resolution was sequel to a motion sponsored by Sen. George Sekibo (PDP-Rivers) during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was entitled “Urgent Need to Investigate Alleged Financial Recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Moving the motion, Sekibo noted that while President Muhamnadu Buhari had set up...
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for first reading, the National Health Emergency Bill, 2020. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi, (PDP-Enugu) and Chairman, Senate Commitee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu) shortly after the bill was read, however, raised a point of order having cited order 14 Section I of the Senate rule. Ekweremadu in his remark said it was important for the details of the bill to be...
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony that was minimised to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Some 200 guests – all wearing face masks and practicing social distancing – attended the ceremony. With borders closed, it was only attended by diplomats already in the country. The televised ceremony was shortened to just over 80 minutes, without the usual pomp and ceremony. Gnassingbe, 53, won by a landslide in February,...
