A three-member female arms smuggling syndicate have been arrested by the police. The suspects who were paraded before newsmen in Abuja were identified Eleanor Yowei, Favour Bello and Priye Jimmy. Eight hundred and eighteen ammunition hidden in a twenty-five-kilogram bag of rice were recovered from the suspects arrested while travelling from Kano to Bayelsa state. Eleanor Yowei reportedly handed […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has proposed that schools must create isolation spaces before reopening. This was contained in the ‘Guidelines for schools and learning facilities reopening after COVID-19 pandemic closure’, submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday. The document noted that each school is “required to create temporary isolation spaces and fully-equipped clinics before […]
The Deputy Governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu has disclosed that he has a problem with the immediate past governor of the state Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who according to him became a dictator. Speaking on a Channels Television programme “Politics Today”, Shaibu stated that he has no problem with the ruling party but with the suspended National Chairman of the […]
John Abah, the lawmaker representing Ibaji State Constituency is dead. Abah who is a second-term member, died in an undisclosed private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday June 24. Abah won the Ibaji state constituency seat in 2015 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in […]
The Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom has gotten President Buhari’s backing to preside over the party’s virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. President Buhari who spoke through his spokesperson Garba Shehu on Wednesday, June 24, said he will attend the NEC meeting because “the law is on the side of Victor Giadom as Acting […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the dissolution of its South-South zonal caretaker committee ahead of the party’s primary for Edo governorship election. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiya announced a new caretaker committee for the zone and further revealed that it is in pursuant to Sections 29 (2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the PDP Constitution (2017 as […]
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the N2.3 trillion stimulus plan proposed in the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan designed to support the nation’s economy in the face of the disruptions and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan was designed by a committee led by Vice-President Osinbajo. The approval was given at a virtual […]
South Africa, the country with the highest Coronavirus cases in Africa, will roll out the first coronavirus vaccine trial in Africa this week. The vaccine, known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, was developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute and it is already being evaluated in Britain, where 4,000 participants have signed up for the trial. South Africa […]
The Minister of State for Education Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday June 23, presented proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools to the National Assembly. Recall that schools in the country were shut down in March by the Federal Government to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Making the presentation in a meeting with the Senate Committee on […]