THE possibility of an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before the Edo State governorship primary is remote, it was learnt on Monday. The shadow poll is expected to hold on June 22, according to the guidelines by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) which has directed the […]

The legal profession last Friday lost two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Chief (Sir) Alfred Oghogho Eghobamien and Sir Jadegoke Adebonajo Badejo. Eghobamien was born on June 5, 1935 (85 years). He is the father of Mr Osaro Eghobamien (SAN). Sir Eghobamien was called to the English Bar and the Nigerian Bar in the years […]

THE Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, who announced this on Monday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. The minister hailed the heroes of […]

HOUSE of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said prison experience for any politician is a “badge of honour”. The Speaker, who was represented by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, spoke when he led Principal Officers of the House on a visit to Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu, who was recently released from the Nigeria […]

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned of imminent post-COVID -19 food crisis in Nigeria and other African countries. He urged governments in the continent to rise up to the challenges ahead. Obasanjo urged Nigerians to take the issue of post-COVID -19 seriously, saying after the novel had ran its full course, it would give way […]

if INSPECTOR-General of Police Mohammed Adamu on Monday unveiled operational guidelines for law enforcement agents on COVID-19 prevention enforcement duties. The guidelines were developed in collaboration with the CLEEN Foundation and the United Kingdom High Commission. It lists measures to foster a more harmonious relationship between the Police and the public, deepen respect for the […]

The Kogi State government has accused the management of the Federal Medical Centre, (FMC), Lokoja of conniving with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), to declare non-existing COVID-19 cases for Kogi state, insisting that the state is still free of the virus at the moment. The commissioner of Information and communications, Kingsley Fanwo, who […]

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has further increased the price of the asset to N82,855.19 for three phase and N44.896.16 for single phase meters. This is despite that stakeholders have decried the poor implementation of the Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) policy. While the prices were N36,991 for single phase and N67,055 a memo obtained by […]

Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) on Sunday said although they have increased their generation capacity to 8,145 megawatts (MW), they only produce 3,987MW for Nigeria. Owing to constraints in the national grid capacity, 4,159MW has been left stranded, the said. With one voice, the GenCos, under the aegis of Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), suggested […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will contest the 2023 presidency unfailingly, his son, Adamu has confirmed. Adamu spoke while presenting the scorecard as Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State to mark the first anniversary of Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Finitiri. He said: “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said the need to follow bureaucratic processes has been delaying the decision to drag key leaders in the administration of former governor Abiola Ajimobi before the state anti-corruption agency. He spoke at the weekend through his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, while featuring on Southwest Political Circuit, a political […]

Despite testing positive for coronavirus, Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is stable and in high spirit, his Chief Press Secretary Onyebuchi Ememanka has stated. Ememanka said that his boss who had earlier tested negative to COVID-19 decided to go for a second test as a measure of removing every doubt surrounding his COVID-19 status. He disclosed […]