2 Oyo govt. officials in court for allegedly stealing, selling COVID-19 palliatives
The Police, on Tuesday, arraigned two officials of the Oyo State government before an Iwo-Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s COVID-19 palliatives.
COVID-19: Nigeria to receive 100,000 doses of vaccines
By Omeiza Ajayi The Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19 has said Nigeria will take delivery of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech approved COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this Tuesday at a news briefing by the PTF. He said: […]
Avert looming humanitarian crisis, Ugborodo community tells Buhari
Ugborodo community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently step in to stop the brazen infractions of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC Pipelines in the area, noting that the indigenes are in great danger due to alleged indifference of SPDC. A concerned indigene of Ugborodo […]
2023: Nominate presidential candidates from S’East, Igbo political leaders urge APC, PDP, others
Prominent politicians from the South-East on Tuesday met and resolved to unite across party lines to work for the emergence of Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction in 2023. They met under the auspices of South-East Political Leaders at Sen. Orji Kalu’s Camp Neya country home in Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia. In a […]
Events across Nigeria in pictures
A pictorial representation of some events across the country on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. In the easts was a meeting of Ohanaeze chieftains.
Amotekun Commander accuses Makinde’s aides of indulging hoodlums in Oyo
Ola Ajayi — Ibadan The leadership of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Oyo State has complained that some aides of the State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde often interfere in its activities at checking hooliganism in the state. According to Col. Olayinka Olayanju, (retd), the Amotekun Commander in the state who spoke in […]
Buhari gets ESP progress report from Osinbajo
In their first official meeting for the year 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN in his office where the Vice President updated him on the progress recorded so far in the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). President Buhari had mandated Vice President Osinbajo as chair of the Economic […]
Herdsman remanded for allegedly stabbing colleague to death
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a herdsman, Manu Usman, for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Akilesho Attah, to death at Gwanara Area of Kwara.
Obaseki’s certificate an incomplete photocopy, University of Ibadan tells court
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri— ABUJA The University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in 1979, but that the photocopy he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was incomplete. The University, which was summoned through […]
NERC admits rates adjustment to N4 per Kwh
Denies 50% increase By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has admitted that it effected a hike in electricity tariff for some service Bands in order to reflect the partial impact of inflation and movement in foreign exchange rates. The Commission in a statement issued on Tuesday, quoted that management as […]
Labour rejects new electricity hike
Says FG’s exploitation doesn’t have an end By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday said it would use every available means to resist the new increase in the electricity tariff. The NLC also accused the Federal Government of deceit and insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians at this period the Coronavirus pandemic has […]
