By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives, Tuesday set up an enquiry into allegations that the Federal government, abandoned capital projects across states of the federation, worth N230billion. Chairman of an ad hoc Committee, investigated the allegation, Rep. Ademorin Kuye(APC-Lagos), made the claim, after the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi […]

Arogbonlo Israel A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari has been tipped as the replacement to the late Abba Kyari, the trusted Chief of Staff to the former who died from complications related to COVID-19 after a nearly month-long battle with the virus. Buhari asked the new Chief of Staff to resume […]

The Czech Republic’s top football league will return to action on May 23 after being suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s League Football Association (LFA) said Tuesday. “The League Panel approved the restart of the top flight and the second division today,” the LFA tweeted. The First League top division “will […]

As elder statesman flays MASSOB leader over attack on Wike By Egufe Yafugborhi AHEAD of Wednesday’s inauguration of new Rivers State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party has expelled its Eleme Local Government Area (LGA) Youth Leader, Princewill Osaroejiji, who is wanted for alleged role in demolished Prodest Hotel’s saga. The […]

By Soni Daniel, Abuja The  Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC,  has arrested two Chinese:  Messrs Meng Wei Kun and Xu Koi for offering  N50 million bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr Abdullahi Lawal, to compromise ongoing probe into the abandonment of an N50 billion road project by a Chinese […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to restore police security attached to the Rivers State Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic.

Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu has raised an alarm of huge security deficit within the precinct of the National Assembly complex, saying the offices of members are no longer safe to carry their legislative duties.

….Tasks corporate bodies on finding local cure By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA The Federal Government has challenged corporate organizations in the country to scale up efforts at sponsoring researches to develop a local cure for the COVID-19. Government equally tasked scientists and researchers in the country to put forward their discoveries for validations. Chairman of the […]

Executive Director, Sahara Group, Temitope Shonubi, said post-COVID-19, the medical equipment provided by the energy conglomerate to isolation centres will be donated to public health institutions to boost healthcare delivery in Nigeria. Speaking, during the commissioning of the THISDAY Dome COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, Shonubi said the pandemic had elicited a […]

FULANI herders under the auspices of Miyetti Allah Association have said the ravaging COVID-19 virus has taken its toll on their business resulting in the loss of N5b.

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two Chinese: Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi for offering a sum of N50, 000,000(Fifty Million Naira only) as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan FULANI herders under the auspices of Miyetti Allah Association have said the ravaging COVID-19 virus has taken its toll on their business resulting in the loss of N5b. The herders in Oyo State spoke through their former Chairman, Alhaji Yakubu Bello in Iseyin yesterday. The association also lamented that the […]

….Security agencies are helpless, Senate President ….Condemns breach of order by Nigerians By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate yesterday asked the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana and heads of all security agencies charged with enforcing the ban on interstate travel […]

Former Liverpool star Emre Can and Belgian international Axel Witsel will miss Borussia Dortmund’s derby with Schalke 04 on Saturday as German football makes a tentative return. As with all other fixtures in the rest of the Bundesliga season, it will be played behind closed doors with the players quarantined for a week before kick-off. […]

—Virus has reawakened collaboration between critical partners—SGF —Equipment for public hospitals later – Sahara Group —As donations by private sector hits N27bn By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—-THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Tuesday, disclosed that it was developing a framework that would provide grants and long term facilities for researchers, science institutions and biotechnology firms […]