The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for September 19th governorship election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, will appear in court on today (Tuesday) Ize-Iyamu is standing trial for eight counts of money laundering to the tune of N700m meant to prosecute the general election of 2015, in a case preferred against him by […]
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The federal government of Nigeria, has threatened to impose a fresh lockdown in another two weeks. This follows the increase in rate of Coronavirus cases in the country, especially among people in authority. Boss Mustapha. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Monday bemoaned that it was directly affecting governance and security in […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday released guidelines for conducting elections during Coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states slated for September and October 2020 respectively, the NCDC in a document published on Monday provided recommendations and actions that should be taken to reduce the risk of exposure to […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government, has announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will take place between August 4 and September 5, 2020. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba made this announcement during COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing in Abuja. According to Nwajuiba, dates for NABTEB and NECO exams will be […]
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The Department of State Services, DSS, has said that it did not arrest the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, made this known in a statement on Monday. The statement reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public […]
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has tested negative for COVID-19. A brief statement by the State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu on Saturday morning stated that the governor is now free of the deadly virus. The statement reads: “To God the glory of God, repeat COVID-19 test conducted by Nigeria Center for Disease […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the Kogi state governor. A five-man panel of the court led by which was led Adamu Jauro in a separate but unanimous judgement on Saturday dismissed four appeals against the polls for lacking in merit. The appeals were filed by the […]
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Nigeria on Thursday recorded 626 new cases of Coronavirus. According to data from the NCDC the cases were spread across 19 states including FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 193 cases. The states with the 626 new cases are Lagos-193, FCT-85, Oyo-41, Edo-38, Kwara-34, Abia-31, Ogun-29, Ondo-28, […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has accused politicians of playing games with the lives of Nigerians amid the pandemic called COVID-19. He was speaking on Thursday while playing host to the Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his Lugard House office in Lokoja. Bello […]
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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has announced the total lifting of lockdown imposed on the state to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Ganduje made this disclosure on Thursday at the press briefing of the state’s taskforce on COVID-19. He also ordered civil servants in the state to resume work from Monday, July 6.
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