COVID-19: EU orders quarantine for staff who travelled to Northern Italy
EU institutions, on Tuesday, ordered staff who travelled to areas of Northern Italy hit by an outbreak of coronavirus to stay at home for two weeks. This, it said, might be repeated by member states as concerns mount over the epidemic in Europe. The number of cases in Italy, the country in Europe worst affected […]
Senate investigates deposit banks over remittance of tax revenues
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Financial Institutions, and Finance to investigate withholding tax revenues on both bank deposits and dividends.
INSECURITY: Why Buhari must resign – Nwabueze
ELDERSTATESMAN, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, has picked holes in the comments of Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that President Muhammadu Buhari would not resign over the security challenges of the country.
How police officer shot, killed Makoko resident, Witness tells court
A prosecution witness and Community Head of Makoko waterfront, Mr Steven Aji, on Tuesday, narrated to an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, how a police officer shot and killed one of his chiefs.
Kano re-run: Kano lawmaker, APC, INEC dragged to election Tribunal
KANO – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s candidate in the last month re-run election into the seat of Rogo Constituency of Kano State House of Assembly, Jibrin Isma’il Falgore has dragged the winner of the election, Magaji Dahiru Zarewa of the All Progressives Congress, APC to the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal, insisting he was not duly elected.
Reps threaten to sanction oil companies for shunning invitation
Tordue Salem – Abuja The joint House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols, and Agreements, and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), on Tuesday, threatened to take punitive measures against oil companies whose managing directors ignored their summons over agreements with host communities. The panel also dismissed representatives of the oil companies and gave the Managing Directors of […]
Woman presents 4-month old baby boy as son to dying husband
ABUJA- A widow, Mrs Stella Ndidi Amaka Ekwerekwu,has been taken into police custody in Abuja for presenting a four-month old baby boy as son and next of kin to her late husband, Victor Ameachi Ekwerekwu.
Reconstitute federal character commission now, Senate tells Buhari
THE Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, reconstitute the Federal Character Commission, FCC.
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein found guilty of criminal sexual assault and rape
Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of third degree rape and a criminal sexual act but was acquitted of being a serial sexual predator in his high profile New York trial. The disgraced Hollywood producer was convicted by a jury on Monday of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in his apartment in 2006 […]
Mushrooms are treasures in the wild — Dr. Lauretta Ofodile
By Ebele Orakpo According to a report by prnewswire.com, the global Mushroom market accounted for US$ 38.13 Bn in 2017 and it is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate, CAGR of 7.9% from 2018 to 2026. In this chat with Vanguard, Dr. Lauretta Ofodile, the Director of College Central Research Laboratory, and Chief […]
Again, NECO dismisses 19 staff over certificate forgery
ABUJA- BARELY four months after it dismissed 70 staff for engaging in certificate forgery, the National Examinations Council, NECO,has sacked another 19 of its staff on similar offence.
In one month, Nigeria loses N38bn to subsidy, oil theft, pipeline repairs
Nigeria has continued to suffer value over its refusal to refurbish its moribund refineries and inability to effectively police its oil and gas assets, as data obtained yesterday, from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, revealed that the country lost N38.26 billion in November 2019, to fuel subsidy, products theft and unending pipeline repairs.
In one month, Nigeria loses N38bn to subsidy, oil theft, pipeline repairs
…Sabotage threatening oil output increase — NNRC By Michael Eboh Nigeria has continued to suffer value over its refusal to refurbish its moribund refineries and inability to effectively police its oil and gas assets, as data obtained on Tuesday, from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, revealed that the country lost N38.26 billion in November […]
Jubilation in Enugu as Ugwuanyi pays new minimum wage
There was jubilation in Enugu State, Tuesday, as civil servants marched through the streets of Enugu to the Government House, to thank Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for being the first governor of the state, since the inception of democracy in 1999, to pay them the minimum wage without rancour.
We are making huge stride against terrorists in North East – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army is making giant stride against Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists in the North east. Buratai stated this at the opening of the 2nd edition of Career Planning and Management Seminar, 2020, organised by the Department of Military […]
Oshiomhole, EPM plotting sponsored protests ― Edo govt
The Edo State Government has said that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his co-dissidents in the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) are planning to sponsor protests across the state targeted at maligning and undermining the government. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication […]
