Barcelona announced on Friday that the club’s presidential elections have been postponed after a rise in coronavirus cases prompted heavy restrictions in the region. The elections were set for January 24 but the Catalonian government told the club on Friday morning that exceptions to the rules would not be made to allow people to vote. […]

Threatens to resist extension of resumption of schools beyond January 18 By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi Proprietors of Private Schools in Anambra State, under the aegis of United Independent Proprietors of Private Schools Association of Nigeria, UIPPSA, Anambra State chapter, protested agaist further extension of resumption of schools by both Federal and Anambra State governments, […]

The Olowu of Kuta in Aiyedire Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Tegbosin 11, has said dependents of fallen heroes in the country must not suffer because those heroes laid down their lives to keep the country together and defend its territorial integrity.

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday donated N5 million and 150 bags of 50kg rice to wives of fallen heroes within 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu. Ugwuanyi also donated N5 million to the 82 Division Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA) Chapter Vocational and Skills Acquisition Centre in Abakpa Cantonment, Enugu. […]

The Coalition for Constitutional and Electoral Reforms has urged the National Assembly to consider recommendations it suggests to the Electoral Bil 2020. In a memorandum jointly signed by YIAGA Africa; Centre for Liberty; NESSACTION; Raising New Voices and Millennials Active Citizenship Advocacy Africa,” the coalition urges NASS to, among others, “entrench enduring electoral reforms and […]

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. She stated that the agency had not received any application from vaccine manufacturers “and therefore, no vaccine had been […]

Gives loan to widows, families of slain heroes Dayo Johnson – Akure The Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has pleaded with the Nigerian Armed forces and other security agencies in the region to collaborate with the State Security Network known as Amotekun Corps. Akeredolu who insisted that the security outfit has […]

Fourteen persons, including five children on Thursday, lost their lives in a motor accident which occurred on Anyingba -Ajaokuta road in Kogi State.

By Emmanuel Okogba Pigeons released as a tradition in commemoration of Armed Forces Remembrance Day by President Muhammadu Buhari refused to fly, causing mixed reactions of social media. President Buhari was seen trying on multiple occasions to release the birds but they only ended up sitting on the cage, managing to fly away only when […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Government has commenced the distribution of 15,000 plastic chairs and tables to Basic schools in the state valued at over N433.5million. The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Comrade Utse Joseph who flagged off the distribution at the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology […]