“It is wrong always,everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence” William James Thankfully Emmanuel Aziken in his “The contradictions in Mallam Nasir El-Rufai” refused in some instances to toe the sickening line of many other cynics and half baked analysts, who in their characteristic manner attempted to create unwarranted doubts as to the sincerity of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, that the presidency should “naturally” shift to the South after eight (8) years of President Muhammadu Buhari, in spite of the constitution of the All Progressives Congress(APC) being “silent” about power rotation between the six(6) political zones. Aziken deserves a special commendation for acknowledging that El-Rufai’s position bears the hallmark of the essential Nasir El-Rufai “doggedness to principles”, devoid of opportunism and for which El-Rufai has continued to pay heavy price,including exile.

By Thomas-Wilson Ikubese On Sunday, 27th November 2016, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the Ondo State Governorship Election amidst jubilation by his supporters across the Sunshine state. On 24th February 2017 in Akure the state capital, the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association […]

By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja The Joint Operation Task -Team for the Enforcement of Presidential Lockdown order on Covid-19 in FCT, under the leadership of CP Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police has impounded Fifty-one (51) Cars, Nine (9) Tricycles and Forty-six (46) Motorcycles in FCT for violating the subsisting presidential lockdown directive, aimed at […]

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has warned that Zimbabwe needs urgent aid as the coronavirus exacerbates the impact a food shortage following the worst drought in nearly four decades. The southern African nation needs hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid in the coming months to fend off a humanitarian crisis that’s likely to […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Nigerian Medical Association in Cross River has launched a free Healthcare Connect Service at the Calabar Women and Children Hospital for residents in the state. Speaking during the launching of the Connect Service on Saturday in Calabar, Dr Ofem Enang, 2nd Vice President of NMA, National, said the service […]

The Osun government said on Saturday the COVID-19 patient who reportedly absconded from the Isolation Centre in Ejigbo in the early hours of Saturday has been found. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, who disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo, said the unnamed female patient had been returned back to […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The missing COVID-19 patient from Osun State Isolation Centre in Ejigbo has been apprehended and returned to the centre. The patient, a woman, was apprehended in Ejigbo town and returned to the facility by the police on Saturday afternoon. She escaped from the centre early Saturday morning after she was allegedly […]

Says it has little or no expansion potential, Ondo to build three more isolation centres Dayo Johnson – Akure GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has allayed the fear of the people of the state over the confirmed index case of a returnee military Army officer who tested positive to COVID- 19 pandemics. Akeredolu pointed […]

The coronavirus disease, covid-19, pandemic has affected countries in two major ways namely, loss of human lives and economic meltdown. In response, world leaders are battling the deadly virus with very difficult decisions that have a far-reaching impact on global commerce and trade. Among the commodities worst hit by scaling down of trade is crude oil, which has crashed to an all-time low of less than $20 per barrel.

Explain how School Feeding Program Will Be carried Out Amidst LockdownY By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja Kogi State Government through the Office of the National Social Investment Programmes (Kogi-SIP), said it has concluded plans to commence payment of N20, 000 to over 60, 000 beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) across the state. Focal […]