TWO more aspirants from the anti-Godwin Obaseki camp have collected the Expression of Interest and Nomition Forms to bid for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket. They are Chris Ogiemwonyi and Dr. Pius Odubu. Others who have collected the forms are Governor Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. Ogiemwonyi, a former Minister of […]
FROM the Federal Government on Tuesday came an advisory to Nigerians: If you are 55 years old and above, avoid churches and mosques. Those with health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, HIV, among others, are also enjoined to stay at home to worship, the government added. It noted that the advice was necessary because places […]
HOURS after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the immediate release of former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, the senator was still in custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) in Abuja last night. The NCS told The Nation last night that it was yet to get a valid court order to […]
THE Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has ordered Deputy Governor Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo to appear before it tomorrow to produce the original copy of his disputed certificate. The tribunal’s order followed a subpoena earlier issued on Ewhrudjakpo to appear and produce the original of the exemption certificate issued to him in 1998 by the […]
Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force headed by Governor Seyi Makinde on Tuesday said it is yet to relax the ban on religious activities and curfew imposed as a result of the pandemic. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said the decision was reached after a meeting of the Task Force which […]
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request to finance the revised 2020 budget. The approval followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Clifford Odia (Edo Central) by the upper chamber. Buhari had, in his letter of request, said […]
This time, perhaps, is the most of the troubling and worrisome of times in the life of the Nigerian born crack international technocrat and president of the Abidjan based African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, who has stuck out his neck to seek a second term of five years as the president of the 56-year old […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and other security agencies to protect telecom infrastructure across the country. This followed the request of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami. The Department of State Security, Department of State Service (DSS), the Police […]