Consequent upon the recent spike in the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has approved the immediate constitution of an Ad Hoc Expert Medical Advisory Committee on urgent and effective measures for de-escalation of the pandemic in the state, as recommended by Enugu State Chapter of …
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The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, said that no state in the country is free from the COVID-19. Ihekweazu, said this at the 45th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. According to him, a state can only talk about being COVID-19 …
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday lamented that Nigeria loses about $29 billion yearly to irregular and poor power supply. Lawan disclosed this while declaring open an investigative public hearing on a motion titled: “Power Sector Recovery Plan and the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic” organized by the Senate Committee on …
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FHC sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the PDP guber primary. The suit was instituted by an aspirant Omoregir Ogbeide-Ihiama asking the court to stop the governor who just decamped to the party from participating in the primaries. Fear who no fear Nigerian politicians …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to “wake up” on domestic and diplomatic issues such as attacks on Nigerians living in other countries. The party specifically asked President Buhari to take decisive action over the demolition of the Nigerian Embassy in Ghana which it described as …
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The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja admitted that about 12,000 N-Power beneficiaries are yet to be paid their three- month stipends. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq confirmed this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. FG not …
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Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says the exit of Godwin Obaseki, his Edo counterpart, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) is painful. Obaseki had resigned his membership of APC after he was disqualified from the ruling party’s gubernatorial primary for the 2020 election. He subsequently moved to the Peoples …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a former Assistant Director in the Federal Civil Service, John Yakubu Yusuf, who has been on the run since 2018 after the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, sentenced him to six years imprisonment and a fine of N22.9 billion, …
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Edo State 2020 Governorship Election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, says he does not need a godfather to win the election. He stated this on Monday during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels TV. During the live television programme monitored by …
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675 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-288 Oyo-76 Rivers-56 Delta-31 Ebonyi-30 Gombe-28 Ondo-20 Kaduna-20 Kwara-20 Ogun-17 FCT-16 Edo-13 Abia-10 Nasarawa-9 Imo-9 Bayelsa-8 Borno-8 Katsina-8 Sokoto-3 Bauchi-3 Plateau-2 https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1275190376421306368?s=19 Highlights On the 22nd of June 2020, 675 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported …
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