As Reps summon 5 agencies over N10.78Billion pandemic funds By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Sadiya Umar Faruk, on Monday, rejected for the fourth time, the invitation of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating her ministry’s disbursement of funds, allocated for palliatives, to cushion the effect of the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government, through its State Examinations Board, LSEB, has postponed indefinitely, year 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, into its Junior Secondary Schools in the state due to prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The examination was earlier scheduled to commence from Tuesday, 16th – 23rd June, 2020. Director, LSEB, Mr. Supo Gbadegesin […]

The Police Command in Anambra has arrested one Hilary Apeh, 40, for allegedly assaulting and inflicting severe injuries on his nine-year-old niece for returning late from an errand. The command’s Spokesman, Mr Haruna Mohammed, said in a statement in Awka on Monday, that the suspect was arrested following a report made at the 3-3 Police […]

Sevilla suffered a setback in their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League group stage as a late own goal by Diego Carlos allowed visiting Levante to grab a 1-1 draw on Monday. Julen Lopetegui’s side, who sit third in La Liga, hold a five-point lead over fifth-placed Getafe, although most of their closest […]

Burundi’s newly-elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, will be sworn in on Thursday, the foreign ministry announced, in a ceremony fast-tracked by the sudden death of the incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza died on June 8 aged 55, of what authorities said was heart failure. His death came less than two weeks after his wife had been flown […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has postponed entrance exams into secondary schools indefinitely. Lagos, through its State Examinations Board, LSEB, postponed, indefinitely, 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, into its Junior Secondary Schools in the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The examination was earlier scheduled for June 16 to 23, 2020. Director, LSEB, […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has told the Federal Government to come up with a blueprint on how to address the perennial insecurity plaguing the country.

ABUJA- THE Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, the umbrella body of the thirty- six State Governors said yesterday that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State remains an old and very strong member of the forum.

Ahoada-West Local Council, on Monday alerted the Rivers and Federal Governments  and the entire public on the movement of unidentifiable persons and unauthorised gunmen into into Rivers.

Resident Doctors in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), on Monday pulled out from the strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).