Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says the state government is set to prosecute those misinforming people on the existence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The governor said this during a stakeholders meeting organised to deliberate on the COVID-19 Task Force resolutions on Wednesday in Jos. He expressed concern that many people were living in denial […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Presidency Wednesday reacted to the alleged ultimatum from a Sokoto based group with the name “Muslim Solidarity Forum,” calling on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent “malicious comments” against Islam, or quietly and quickly […]

Manchester City extended their unbeaten Premier League run after Phil Foden’s first-half goal secured a comfortable 1-0 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion. Foden found the back of the net a minute before half-time and that proved to be enough for Pep Guardiola’s men to make it eight games without defeat – including four straight […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Security Council has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas to check the increasing cases of banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery as well as general insecurity in the area. The state Deputy Governor, Mr Benson Abounu while briefing journalists at the end of the council […]

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo One Mr Anselem Samuel has demanded 500,000,000 naira compensation for the allegedly infringing on the fundamental rights of his brother. Samuel testified yesterday before the Judicial Panel set up by the state government to investigate complaints of Police Brutality, human rights violation and related extrajudicial killings, in a petition number JPPB/MEMO/049. […]

By Bose Adelaja An accident involving a Mazda bus and a low bed truck has reportedly recorded five fatalities and injured 16 others, in Ogun State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 3 pm, at Danliti, Mowe area, along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, when the truck was making a U-Turn. The casualties were fifteen […]

By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday faulted the claimed second wave of the COVID-19 as being widely speculated, saying the state is still in the first wave. The governor made the disclosure, during a media briefing with the Governor’s Office correspondents, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, on the […]

By Sola Ogundipe The African Union has secured close to 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for distribution to its member nations. The Senior Science Adviser for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC, Dr Nicaise Ndembi, who confirmed this on Wednesday, said the 300 million doses are being secured independently of […]

Say VCs have plans to put COVID-19 guidelines in place Some Vice-Chancellors of universities under Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have said that it was wrong for ASUU to claim that there were no COVID-19 guidelines for reopening Universities. ASUU, haven called off 9-month strike insisted that Nigerian universities were not ready to re-open […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government on Wednesday embarked on strict enforcement of COVID-19 safety protocols on staff and visitors at the state’s Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Recall that the state government has stepped up measures to prevent further spread following rising cases of the […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Members of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi are lamenting that they regret accepting to join the IPPIS payment platform over unexplained deduction from their salaries. They said the university unions, […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Police in Katsina State on Wednesday says it has succeeded in arresting two who disguises as spirits (Aljannu) to defraud unsuspecting individuals of their monies in the state. It was gathered that the duo of Kabiru Bashir, 27-year-old, and Sadiq Ashiru, 30-year-old, who specializes in the fraudulent act go about […]

 By Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Wednesday disclosed that traditional security architecture saved Ife town from wanton destruction of property when hoodlums hijacked the EndSARS protest in some parts of the state. This is as the monarch added that policing is everybody’s business and should be treated as a […]

…Says exercise already achieving results By Chris Ochayi The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has revealed that many contractors have returned to their various sites to finish the abandoned projects with their own money as a result of the ongoing forensic audit of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, […]

Residents of Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta have appealed to the Federal Government to extend deadline of registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) to enable all eligible Nigerians to be captured The residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Effurun, near Warri said that the process was […]