Dayo Johnson – Akure ONE of the four suspected killers of the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Mrs Funke Olakunri who tested positive for COVID-19 has been certified negative. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu said this in Akure through a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ojo Oyewamide. Akeredolu said that the […]

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic will miss the remainder of the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 NBA season after undergoing right wrist surgery, ESPN reported Monday. The 31-year-old Croatian playmaker, in his sixth NBA season, is expected to fully recover in time for the start of the 2020-21 campaign, according to unnamed sources. READ ALSO: Kobe Bryant among 8 […]

 The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole,  on Monday sworn in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party.

ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday commended the ruling of an Abuja High Court, which set aside the application for interlocutory injunction filed by the Chairman of the dissolved state party exco, Chief Derin Adebiyi and other members of his dissolved executives.

Federal Government has on Monday quarantined the Pilot of the seized British aircraft for fourteen days, as it equally apologized for the use of Flair Aviation instead of Flairjet in its earlier statement.

By Victor Young Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has faulted work policy that places workers on fractional, no-salary or outright sack of workers as a result of the CODVID-19 lockdown, saying workers were being used as sacrificial lambs. National Chairperson of CDWR, Rufus Olusesan, who spoke in Lagos, said: “It is unfortunate that […]

THE General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya on Monday directed a repeat of the church’s 30 days Prayer Retreat, whose second session ends this weekend.
Dr. Olukoya, who gave the directive, stated: “We restart the prayers using the former booklet. From the 25th of May to the 7th of June, members are to read Psalm 91 and carry out aggressive praise worship for 15 minutes each day.”

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo There was panic in Fesojaye community, Owoade, along Ilesa Road, Osun State, as a woman, identified as Iya Ayo, reportedly tied up her son, Ayo, and put him in a sack for four days for allegedly stealing and being possessed by an evil spirit. According to sources the woman tied […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue traditional rulers and stakeholders have blamed the lingering communal crisis in the state on the youths who enjoy the protection of elders in their communities. They, however, vowed not to surrender Benue to criminals but take far reaching punitive measures against those fingered in the conflicts irrespective of social […]

By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said the correct name of the operator of the impounded aircraft is Flairjet, instead of Flair Aviation he earlier said. Sirika made the corrections yesterday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said, “There is a company called […]

House of Representatives will deliberate over the planned strike action by the Joint Health Sector Union and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU), FCT chapter caused by issues of irregularities in salary payment, among others Tuesday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said.

In furtherance of its regulatory mandate, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has issued new Guidelines for Management of Personal Data by Public Institutions in Nigeria, 2020.

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator George Sekibo, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers East has thrown his weight behind the decision of the Rivers State Government to build school on the site of a demolished hotel in the state.

…Writes Ngige on declaration of trade dispute By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has issued a strike notice to begin in Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education the day they resume academic activities. This was disclosed by the General Secretary of NASU, Comrade Peters Adeyemi […]

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said that the state may soon have its own cure for the COVID-19 pandemic.