COVID 19: Abia govt warns against transporting dead bodies
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Abia State Government has warned families of the state origin residing in other states to stop transporting their dead members’ bodies to the state. The government warned that the action of transporting the dead bodies into Abia is in total violation of the existing ban on inter-state movement as defaulters […]
Delta fast becoming epicentre of herdsmen attacks in South South ―Kokori
Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, and elder statesman, Chief Frank Kokori, has lamented the continued attacks by suspected armed herdsmen in parts of Delta State stating that the state is fast becoming an epicenter of herdsmen in the South-South region of the country. […]
COVID-19: Medical doctor tests positive in Osun
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government has disclosed that a medical doctor is the new case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recorded in the State as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A statement released on Monday by the Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, disclosed that the new […]
Saudi to cut oil output by another 1 mn barrels a day
Saudi Arabia said Monday it had asked oil giant Aramco to cut output by an additional one million barrels per day from June, to support prices that have crashed during the coronavirus crisis. The move will reduce the output of the world’s biggest crude oil exporter (Saudi) to 7.5 million barrels per day, the energy […]
‘Wike was wrong to demolish my hotel, I didn’t violate any order’
The owner of Prudent Hotel demolished by the Rivers State Government, Promise Gogorodari, has said that the governor of the state, Nyesome Wike, was wrong to have demolished his hotel without investigating the issue.
Adamawa Police Command set up task force on Shilla boys
…As three suspects killed, burnt in Yola By Umar Yusuf – Yola Following Sunday night jungle justice on three Shilla boys by irate mobs in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, the State Police Command has constituted a Special Task Force to checkmate the menace of the miscreants. The three suspected Shilla boys were killed and […]
MAN throws weight behind Ministry’s proposed special court to try illegal miners
Expresses readiness to support FG sanitise sector By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, Sunday, threw its weight behind the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development’s proposed special court to try illegal miners operating in the mining sector. This was made known by the National President, MAN, Kabir Kankara, while in […]
FEC to hold virtually on Wednesday
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting to be presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to hold on Wednesday. The FEC will be held virtually as the physical distancing order is still in place. The last FEC meeting was held on March 18, 2020, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
Jonathan speaks, gives reason he’s stepping away from active politics
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has given reason he is stepping away from active politics in the country. Disclosing this on Sunday in Yenagoa, when Governor Douye Diri inaugurated the state executive council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jonathan said:
COVID-19: For the tobacco industry, it’s all about profit
By Bernadette Chime In times of crisis, some corporations profit while others break. For the tobacco industry, the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down many nations and crippled the global economy seems “a make or break opportunity”. In the last four months the industry has tried hard to brush aside the blame for the deaths […]
FG inaugurates Ajaokuta Presidential project implementation team
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Inauguration Team APPIT to help revamp the company in line with the recent agreement reached with Russia to resuscitate the steel company.
Why Fulanis deserve FG’s attention, intervention in milk production — NGFCS boss
Calls on CBN to develop rural agriculture By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Coordinator of Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, NFGCS, Redson Tedheke, Sunday, said the Fulanis deserve Federal Government’s attention and intervention to increase milk production and reduce the cost of importation of the commodity. This was the assertion of the National […]
Alleged contract scam: Diezani’s cousin on security agencies’ wanted list over alleged attacks on NSA, Monguno
Security agencies yesterday are said to be currently on the trail of Kaysle Agama, the cousin of a former minister of petroleum, Mrs Diezani Maduake.
Lagos State House COVID-19 patients doing well in isolation ―Commissioner
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has said that 10 patients tested positive for COVID-19 from the State House, Marina, the abode of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu are currently responding to treatment and doing well at various isolation facilities in the state. Recall that the state Commissioner for Health, […]
Era of tax evasion over in Imo – new IIRS boss
The new Chairman of Imo Internal Revenue Service (IIRS), Mr Remigus Okoye, says the era of tax evasion in the state is over as professional mechanism to check the trend will soon be in place.
Premier League clubs meet for ‘Project Restart’ despite mounting problems
Premier League clubs meet on Monday for further talks on “Project Restart” despite growing disquiet among players over safety issues and divisions over proposals on how to end the season. The English top flight has a huge number of hurdles to clear if it is to follow Germany’s Bundesliga, which plans to return from a […]
