Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has joined President Muhammadu Buhari in calling for broad support for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the party’s candidate for the Edo Governorship election in September. Tinubu made this call in a statement released today in reaction to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held […]
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Edo State governor and the standard flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Obaseki, has said his present deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, will be his running mate in the September 19 governorship election. Obaseki said he and his deputy were grateful to the PDP for offering them the umbrella when the All Progressives […]
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Passengers and aircrew members may be required to undertake COVID-19 tests before they board planes when flight operations resume. This directive is contained in the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) prepared by the Economic Sustainability Committee chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. According to the plan, COVID-19 tests for all passengers and crew will be free […]
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The government of the state of Lagos has disclosed that two new isolation facilities in Yaba and Ikeja would be completed and opened next week for the management of Coronavirus patients in the state. Despite the increasing number of patients, the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said at a press briefing on Friday that […]
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The Government of Osun State has threatened to impose a fresh locked down on the state following 22 fresh COVID-19 infections. News of the fresh cases came barely 24 hours after another 17 infections. Health Commissioner Rafiu Isamotu said government might be forced to impose another round of lockdown if residents and citizens continued to […]
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The executive Governor of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, Edith, have gone into isolation following the news that one of their daughters tested positive for Coronavirus. The governor made this known via his Twitter handle on Friday. He wrote: “Earlier today, Edith and I received the news that one of our daughters has […]
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The Government of Lagos State has given details of the death of, Abiola Ajimobi, the former Governor of Oyo State, who died on Thursday. The , Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, giving details on Friday, said he died from multiple organ failure. Abayomi noted that the multiple organ failure was caused by complications […]
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The ex-governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead. The 70-year-old, who had been on a life support machine since last Friday at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications, finally passed away on Thursday. On Monday, a reliable source close to the ex-governor had told SaharaReporters that […]
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A soldier attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, Sgt. Ibrahim Muhammed, has confess to crashing a bus in which members of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT)were travelling after apprehending a suspected kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu (Wadume), on August 6, 2019. The 46-year-old member of the infantry regiment stated that he fired a shot at […]
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The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Tuesday, arrested a man for raping a 3-month-old baby in Adogi village of Nasarawa State. In a statement by Ekunola Gbenga, Media Assistant to the Commandant General ‘NSCDC’ on Tuesday, said, Ahmadu Yaro, 27 was arrested Tuesday, for sexually assaulted and […]
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