The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the electoral positions contested in the Local Government Council polls held on May 30 in Benue. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elections were conducted in 23 local government councils across 276 council wards of the state. The elections, which were adjudged by a team of election observers led by Ibrahim Sheka from Kano, as having low turn out, featured five political parties. The five...
Following allegations by Diran Odeyemi, the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee in Ekiti State that Governor Kayode Fayemi had sold the governors lodge in Abuja and got the government to buy a property that belongs to him in order to be converted to a governor’s lodge, the governor’s team has fired back at the opposition PDP. Governor Fayemi’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Segun Dipe, in a statement denied the...
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Sunday said the government had begun a “systematic maintenance of all bridges in Lagos’’ to ensure smooth rides and safety. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that government had a schedule to fix all bridges in Lagos State in batches this year as funds were made available. “We have plans for maintenance of all bridges in Lagos state this year,...
About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them with robots. According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN. They perform functions such as selection of stories, headlines, pictures and other contents from news organisations for the MSN site. The Seattle Times quoted unidentified insiders as saying the company has...
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, says American astronauts would return to the moon by 2024. Speaking after the successful launched of the country’s first human spaceflight in nine years, Trump said the aim was to “establish a permanent presence in space and a launching pad to Mars’’. “The first woman on the Moon will be an American woman and the first nation to land on Mars will be the United States of America. “Space travel...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle said that as of May 30, 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that 2,856 patients have been treated and discharged. The NCDC data showed...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has added a fresh twist to the silence between him and the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. At a Webinar in commemoration of the 63rd birthday of the Minister of Interior and former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, El-Rufai says Aregbesola remains his man anytime any day but that Tinubu is not his man. According to Malam El-Rufai, this is due to...
The ongoing coordinated and targeted artillery and air interdiction on ISWAP / Boko Haram enclave in the recesses of the Lake Chad Basin by the MNJTF, in conjunction with national operations in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, as well as strategic partners, have continued to yield positive outcomes in the war against terrorism in the Lake Chad area. In a statement, Colonel Timothy Antigha Chief of Military Public Information -MNJTF N’Djamena – Chad confirmed that...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday said its members would proceed on total and indefinite strike if the Federal Government failed to address their demands within 14 days. The Association stated this in a communique issued at the end of its virtual 40th Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) and Scientific Conference. The communique signed by NARD National President, Dr Sokomba Aliyu and Publicity Secretary, Dr Egbogu Stanley was made available to the News...
The Familheey mobile platform Launches Innovative ‘Request’ Feature to Help Families and Communities Secure Aid and Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic In a first of its kind initiative, the Familheey mobile app’s innovative ‘Request’ feature has begun to play a key role in helping families, groups and communities to secure aid and support during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many health systems across the world are struggling to...
