Exiled Spanish leader issues independence call near border
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, on Saturday exhorted tens of thousands of supporters to keep up the struggle, at a giant rally in southern France, near the Catalan border. “We must prepare for the final combat, bypassing mistakes, doubts and weaknesses,” he told the crowd at the […]
Coronavirus: Oyo places residents on high alert
…enjoins private based health facilities to conform with expected universal precaution By Adeola Badru THE anxiety that trailed the reported case of Coronavirus in Lagos State has made the Oyo State Government swing into action by placing residents of the state on high alert. This followed an emergency press briefing held by the Ministry of […]
Breaking: Catholics to receive communion on the palm, as church bans handshake in Lagos over virus
Fear has gripped Nigerians, especially those residing in Lagos, since the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country.
Ortom insists on grazing law
Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Saturday his administration would not repeal or amend the extant ranching law in the state despite mounting pressure from several quarters. Personnel of the state Livestock Guards had on Saturday seized 600 cattle for violating the law. Ortom, who gave the assurance while inspecting […]
Projects near 75-80℅ are prioritised for completion ― FG
By Shina Abubakar The Federal Government has disclosed that projects that are near 75 to 80 per cent completion would be given priorities and completed in 2020. It added that out of the over 500 roads construction projects going on across the country, the FG decided to prioritise projects that have reached 80 per cent […]
Lagos govt transfers Coronavirus patient to ‘better facility’
Having condemned the isolation room given to him, due to poor ventilation and mosquito bites, the Lagos state government has on Saturday transferred the forty-four year-old Italian man to a better facility.
Buhari inaugurates security committee to crackdown illegal activities at borders
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned a security outfit, Operation Swift Response that will checkmate and crackdown illegal activities of smugglers across the borders. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja on Saturday said that the border drill exercise is part of […]
CBN goes tough on loan defaulters, vows to seize private jets owned by them
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has promised to reduce the chunk of loans in the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria.
Prof Dokubo, Amnesty Co-ordinator suspended based on NSA Monguno’s recommendation
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo
Boko Haram: Nigerians will soon have cause to celebrate Army again — Archbishop Julius Ediwe
The Archbishop of the South-South Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria, Archbishop Julius Ediwe has stated that Nigerians would have a cause to celebrate the efforts of the Nigerian Army in the fight against terrorism in the country in no distant time.
Italian Serie-A matches postponed over coronavirus fears
Five Italian Serie-A weekend matches including Sunday’s clash between Juventus and Inter Milan have been postponed due to the coronavirus, the Italian football league said Saturday. Other matches called off were AC Milan v Genoa, Parma v SPAL, Sassuolo v Brescia and Udinese v Fiorentina, the league said in a statement Saturday. READ ALSO: Lewis sinks […]
Low turnout, late arrival of materials mar LG election in Enugu State
By Ikechukwu Odu and Chinedu Adonu Local government election across the 17 local government areas of Enugu State was marred by low turnout of voters and late arrival of voting materials in many polling units in the state. As there were no viable oppositions to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, opinion […]
COVID-19: We are fully prepared, says Cross River Commissioner for health
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Cross River Commissioner for health, Dr Betta Edu has restated the state’s preparedness to tackle Coronavirus if it eventually gets to the state. She gave the assurance while briefing newsmen at the weekend in Calabar, adding that they know Cross River was a cosmopolitan state but every necessary mechanism has […]
Kara Bridge to be reopened March 1
The Berger/Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be opened to motorists on March 1, the Federal Government said on Saturday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Adedamola Kuti, who disclosed this to journalists, said construction work had been completed on that portion of the road. According to him, the Magboro-Punch axis would be […]
Lawan graces Emirs of Bade’s daughter’s wedding in Yobe
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday attended the wedding Fatiha of two daughters of the Emir of Bade, HRH Abubakar Umar Sulieman.
NAF kills several Boko Haram militants in Borno
Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Air Force said on Saturday its troops had killed several Boko Haram fighters during raids on their facilities around the Sambisa forest in Borno State. The NAF Director of Information, Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement, said the terrorists’ facilities were also destroyed during Thursday’s airstrikes on […]
