Covid-19: Wike hints of fresh lockdown in Rivers
…22 out of 86 FCT patients in critical condition, receiving oxygen … Lagos shuts 12 facilities for violating safety protocol, set to prosecute offenders …Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen tests positive for COVID-19l NCAA imposes $3,500 fine on airlines that fly passengers without Covid-19 compliance …Issues protocol for passengers originating from UK, South Africa …Osun […]
Trump signs $900bn Covid relief bill
After delaying for nearly a week and under pressure from all sides, US President Donald Trump finally signed a massive $900 billion stimulus bill Sunday, in a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The package “providing coronavirus emergency response and relief” is part of a larger spending bill […]
Teachers’ Salary Scale: Bureaucracy stalling implementation process
By Adesina Wahab The goodies promised teachers in the country by President Muhammadu Buhari during the celebration of this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 may take a long time to implement, as bureaucracy is stalling the process of getting the policies gazetted, checks by Vanguard has revealed. Findings by our correspondent showed that it […]
Insecurity: We never apologized to Buhari over invitation — Reps
…say Presidency never sought any from House By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja The House of Representatives has vehemently refuted a certain sectional media report that it had apologized to President Muhammadu Buhari or the Presidency for inviting him earlier in the month to brief it on the escalating security situation in the country. It will […]
Onyekuru wants long-term transfer from Monaco
A representative of Henry Onyekuru, who has failed to shine at AS Monaco, has said he hopes the forward gets a long-term loan or permanent transfer away from the Ligue 1 club. Onyekuru, 23, who has a contract with Monaco till June 2024, has made only four appearances in Ligue 1 this season. He has […]
When justice flees the judiciary, the country dies a little
By Owei Lakemfa THE immediate-past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, on December 22, 2020, turned 70. It was less an occasion for celebration and more of lamentation. On this date that should have marked his retirement, his thoughts were fixated on that January 26, 2019 date he was yanked from […]
