The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 58 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. According to the agency, the new infections take the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 59,345. It disclosed that the country also saw 50 persons discharged after they have been successfully treated and recovered from the virus. The public health...
Teachers in Adamawa have joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate World Teachers Day without fanfare of usual match pass and parades due to COVID-19. The day is set aside by the United Nations to serve as a platform for teachers to x-ray their problems and achievements in the preceding year. In Adamawa State, primary school teachers have lamented for staying 15 years in service without promotion, Minimum Wage, upgrading, Leave Transport Grant, and...
There was outrage in Nigeria on Sunday over the extra-judicial killings, harassment, and extortion of innocent Nigerians by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, one of the units of the Nigerian Police Force. One of the prominent Nigerian politicians who have condemned the unconstitutional behavior of the Police unit is the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Others who have joined in condemning the SARS Operatives were Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and the Minister of State...
The former Deputy Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank and former Presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu. lawyer and political economist, has reacted to the American presidential debate between President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden. Speaking during ‘The Arise Interview’, a live programme, Prof. Moghalu said that while he expected a strong debate, he did not expect the “debacle that took place”. Since the American presidential debate between Trump and...
The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel that was probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has rejected the request of the EFCC Boss to invite the president’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari; the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi; and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas. Others who were expected to appear before the panel included a former Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde; the...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has joined other prominent Nigerians and groups calling for the restructuring of the country. The RCCG GO on Saturday called on the Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to urgently restructure the country to avoid a breakup. The cleric who spoke at a symposium alongside the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; former Governor of Cross River State and former presidential...
The Federal Government says it had ha begun the clamp down on the use of faulty and altered measuring and weighing equipment by some business owners The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Adeniyi Adebayo, announced this on Saturday in Port Harcourt at a two-day sensitisation workshop with stakeholders in the downstream oil and gas industry. Adeniyi, represented by Mr Gbolahan Adamoh, Head of Oil and Gas, Department of Weight and Measures (WM), in the...
The Kaduna State Government said on Saturday that it has released N3 billion to contractors as part payment for Urban Renewal projects in Kafanchan. Mr Thomas Gyang, Commissioner, Planning and Budget Commission, made this known while responding to questions from citizens during a virtual 2021 Draft Budget Townhall Meeting, with the theme, “Budget of Recovery”. Gyang also said that the government had handed over the sites for projects to the contractors. Mr Godwin Kumai, a...
The Domestic Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (DROAN), have thrown their weight behind the Federal Government’s removal of oil subsidy in the country. The National Chairman of the association, Mr Godwin Sunday, made this known in a press conference organised by the association in Uyo on Saturday. Sunday said that the association was in full support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s courageous stand in bringing the subsidy regime to an end. He urged stakeholders in the...
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Saturday sensitised residents of Ondo South Senatorial District of the state to the need to ensure peaceful conduct of Oct. 10, gubernatorial election. Speaking to newsmen during the sensitisation tour, Mr Bamidele Oloyelogun, the Speaker of the Assembly, said that the residents needed to be reminded of their roles in making the state to remain peaceful before, during and after the election. Oloyelogun added that the legislature had...
