The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, to ensure that all schools in the country, whether public or private are fumigated before they are reopened. They also urged the Minister to reach students in the rural areas with the online teaching which was recently introduced to keep the students […]

COVID-19 patients being discharged from the Minna Isolation centre, has disclosed that they were not adequately treated and tested to prove if they were negative, before they were discharged. Just as they decried the inhuman and shabby treatment meted to them during their stay at the isolation centre and upon their discharge. The patients, who […]

A governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Chief Olaide Owolabi Adelami, has promised to bring panache to government, if elected. He spoke at the weekend in Lagos when the Pillars Movement of Nigeria (PMN) honoured him with their membership award. Adelami, who is running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was optimistic that […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has commiserated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Olusola Oke (SAN), over the death of his mother. Madam Marian Oke died last Tuesday at 91 years during a brief illness. The governor’s condolence message was issued in Akure by Mr. Olusegun Ajiboye, his Chief Press Secretary. The News Agency […]

THE Chief Imam of Ojikutu Central Mosque, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Olowo, has hailed a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Centre for Disability Issues, for caring for it members, especially during the just concluded Ramadan fast and at all times. Olowo, in his sermon at the weekend at the yearly Zakat and sharing of food […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his family on Sunday observed the Eid-El-Fitr prayer at the presidential quarters in line with the protocol against mass gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protocol of social distancing was also exhibited during the two-raka’at prayer. President […]

The Rivers State Government has again joined issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which it accused of engaging on media trial. It was reacting to a report in Sunday’s edition of The Nation alleging that the government attention of the Rivers State Government has refused to release top officials for interrogation in […]

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), backed by the World Bank and the Ondo State Government have begun work at the coastline to stop sea incursion. Residents of Ayetoro, the community experiencing sea incursion for years, were full of joy when they saw preliminary work carried out by NEWMAP. Speaking at a ceremony […]

No matter how bad or worse the COVID-19 pandemic may get in the coming days, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said nothing would make it alter the September 19 and October 10, 2020 dates for the gubernatorial polls scheduled for Edo and Ondo States. INEC said it is committed to conducting the forthcoming […]

Dissenting views by stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State weekend greeted the direct primaries adopted in the coming gubernatorial election in the state. While Edo APC adopted the indirect mode of primaries, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party insisted on direct primaries. Indirect mode means that delegates alone elect […]

The recent appointment of an ex-diplomat, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, as the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari may be the much-needed elixir for prompt resuscitation of the highly polarized the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) party in Kwara State. Kwara APC, solidified by Otoge! movement against the ageless political rulership of late […]

The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) yesterday cautioned Nigerians against panic buying of Hydrxoychloroquine, insisting that health and pharmaceutical authorities have not yet certified the drug for treatment of COVID-19 in Nigeria. It apologised to journalists, medical personnel and other essential workers, who have suffered one form of harassment or the other from security agents […]