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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received updates on developments surrounding the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Presidential Task Force (PTF). The PTF recommended to the President to allow states to decide on the reopening of schools, businesses and worship centres shut since March as part of the efforts to curb the spread […]

Fifteen leaders of the African Union (AU), all of them former heads of states of their respective countries, have jointly issued a caution note to the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) over the controversy surrounding the investigation of alleged ethical abuses levelled against the AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, raised by […]

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, hit back on Wednesday at accusations of corruption and vowed to continue working. In a press statement, Adesina slammed “unprecedented attempts by some to tarnish my reputation” and declared “I will… continue to work with each and every one of our shareholders.”   The United […]

With the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), currently led by the National Chairman of the party and former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, to adopt direct primary for the coming governorship primary in Edo State scheduled to hold on June 22, the hope of getting […]

The global human rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism, accusing the Nigerian military of subjecting children to torture in prolonged and illegal detention. It urged the Nigerian government to urgently address its failure to protect and provide education to an entire generation of children in […]

The Presidency late yesterday denied widespread media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled appointments and memos approved by his former chief of staff late Abba Kyari.   “The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled a number of memos and appointments signed off by […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said 276 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded across the country. NCDC said Lagos reported 161 of the new cases. According to the NCDC report, Rivers recorded 36 new cases, Edo recorded 27, Kaduna got 19, Nasarawa had 10, and Oyo recorded six new […]

Controversial Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has warned striking health workers in the state against industrial action, adding that workers who fail to report for duty should consider themselves sacked. The threat came on the heels of the seven-day strike called by the health workers in the state for the salary deductions imposed by the […]

Places of worship such as churches and mosques are now free to reopen on condition that worshippers would wear masks, properly sanitize their hands, among other health guidelines to tackle the spread of COVID-19. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari relaxation of the restriction on places of worship based on guidelines issued by the Presidential Task […]

The two chambers of the National Assembly will now resume from the two-week Sallah break on Thursday, four days earlier than the Tuesday, June 2 resumption date. This is to enable both the Senators and House reps the opportunity to deliberate the amended 2020 Appropriations bill which was transmitted to the National Assembly last week […]

The performances of Northwest states’ governors, who took office in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Jigawa States have all been marked as an unmitigated failure by their constituents, who said they have not in any way impacted on their welfare; listing corruption, insecurity, unemployment, poor youth engagement and bad governance amongst the biggest challenges […]

The embattled national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole yesterday said the APC was not aware of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki’s preference for indirect primary. He made the declaration following a closed-door meeting he held with seven members of the Progressive Governors Forum led by Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu. […]