The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun Command, has arrested 14 Togolese and 10 Nigerians at Ajilete and Ilase border posts in the state. The NIS Spokesman, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. The Comptroller, Ogun State Command, Mr Kunle Osisanya, […]
THE plan to feed school children at home is not a scam, Minister of Disaster Management, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Hayiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, said on Thursday. She defended the Federal Government’s decision to spend N679 million on the programme. The minister spoke in Lagos at a programme to begin the distribution of food […]
THE Caretaker Committee of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged former governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi to sheathe their swords and work for the party’s progress. The two political gladiators have been at loggerheads over who controls the soul of the party and its architectural structures ahead […]
CONDUCTING the September 19 and October 10 governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states will not be tea parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) admitted last night. Speaking against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commission noted that very few jurisdictions have experienced conducting elections under the prevailing health situation. In a statement […]
THE Federal Government has declared Monday, May 25 and Tuesday, May 26, 2020 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government. Aregbesola congratulated all Muslim faithful for the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. A […]
The Member Representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Idirissu Lawal has called on the Federal Government to take urgent step towards the conduct of a credible census in the country, within the next one year. Hon. Lawal who is the House Chairman, National Population Commission, NPC, who disclosed this Guardian in Lokoja on Thursday, said it is […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the augmentation of the contract sum of N896.9 million for the construction of Oseakwa Bridge in Anambra State. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome the council meeting attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to Government […]
Cross River State governor Senator Ben Ayade has lifted ban on public worship in the state. Ayade said the lifting of the about two months old public worship ban Became necessary being conscious of the spiritual economy, and in response to appeals by religious leaders in the state. A statement from the Special Adviser to […]
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Thursday lifted the ban on funerals with stringent COVID-19 protocols as a measure to decongest mortuaries in the state. Diri had in an Executive Order aimed at containing the spread of the Coronavirus, outlawed social activities like marriages, burials and social gatherings. Diri who announced the approval on Thursday […]
The United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic might be jeopardized unless governments retained “the trust and participation of citizens throughout.” The admonition came as doubts about the virus grew among many Nigerians. Viral videos have since emerged purporting to show COVID-19 patients partying in isolation wards, even as #EndCovidScamNow […]
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) on Monday, destroyed the logistics base of the Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Njimia on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said […]