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Nigeria: Lagos Govt Takes Govt to Supreme Court Over Virtual Hearings
Lagos State Government has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami(SAN) and the National Assembly before the Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of virtual court hearings.
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Editors Guild Urges Govt to Inject Money Into Media Industry
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has called on the Federal Government to inject funds into the media industry to enable players cope with the debilitating effects of coronavirus. The NGE also expressed concern over the spate of rape and murder of the girl child, making a case for stiffer penalty for offenders.
Nigeria: Edo - More Mudslinging As APC Chieftain Blasts Oshiomhole
Former Deputy National Auditor in the Chief Bisi Akande-led National Interim Management Committee of the All Progressives Congress. APC, Capt. Muhammad Jibrin has called for an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party, ahead of the June 22 governorship primary election in Edo State.
Nigeria: Is the Economic Advisory Council Now Redundant?
"Habit is stronger than reason." Professor W. Dorfman, US Economist. When Buhari appointed the Dr Doyin Salami-led Economic Advisory Council, EAC, last September, most commentators were optimistic that Nigeria's economic policy management was about to receive the professional touch which had been lacking since May 29, 2015.
Nigeria: Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for coronavirus. Ikpeazu had gone into isolation before his result returned positive, and had directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf.
Nigeria: June 12 Was Not a Date, It Was History
When the military regime led by the cunning General Ibrahim Babangida once again postponed civil rule elections to June 12, 1993, it was unaware it was setting an historical date that will eventually consume it and disgrace the military out of power. It was part of the generals' hidden agenda of organising party primaries and elections, turning round to annul them and shifting the transition programme goal post.
Nigeria: Police Arrest 185 Suspected Cultists in Lagos
Eight local made pistols and other dangerous weapons were weekend recovered from self-confessed members of different confraternities that have been terrorising Ikorodu and its environs. They were arrested by Operatives of Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants that raided the cultists den in Ipakodo, Igbogbo, Ibeshe, Shagamu Road, Agbowa areas of Ikorodu, following a lingering rival war which resulted in the death of members of the cult groups.
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Patient Arrested Inside Ondo Market Selling Wares
Akure — There was a mild drama at the popular Oja Oba market, Akure, Ondo state, weekend, as a lady allegedly diagnosed with COVID-19 in Imo state was found selling second-hand wares popularly called Tokunbo. She was subsequently arrested by the state government task force on COVID-19. Speaking on the arrest, the Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, said that the lady after being diagnosed with the virus in lmo state ran down to Ondo State despite the interstate lockdown.
Nigeria's Political Odyssey and Its Monstrous Democratic Variant
Anambra State — Is Nigeria not a British contraption? During the colonial era, it was Lord Frederick Lugard, a one-time governor-general of Nigeria, who cobbled Nigeria's northern and southern protectorates together for administrative convenience. And his mistress, Miss Flora Shaw, christened the place Nigeria. Nigeria, a British creation, is a disparate political and ethnic entity. It is a nation of nations. Do we not have more than 250 ethnic, cultural, and linguistic groups in Nigeria?
Nigeria: More Than 2,200 Britons Repatriated So Far From Nigeria - UK Govt
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office yesterday said more than 2,200 stranded Britons have been repatriated from Nigeria since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. The office also said 17,000 citizens including 8,400 stranded travelers and over 9,000 citizens on commercial flights have been evacuated from across Africa since March. It further said over " 4,300 Britons were also evacuated from South Africa, over 900 from Ghana, amongst other African countries".
Nigeria: 30-Year-Old Man Rescued From Water Well By Kano Firemen
Officials of the Kano State Fire Service has rescued a 30-year-old man, Mohammed Haladu, who fell into a well at Kofar Ruwa Naira da Kwabo in Dala Local government Area in Kano. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, the Service Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to the Newsmen on Thursday in Kano. He said that the man went to renovate the well, but in the process, he fell into it at about 1:25 pm and was rescued alive from the well.
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Your Life Now in Your Hands
In what should have been President Muhammadu Buhari's fifth COVID-19 national broadcast, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, PTF, on Monday, June 1, 2020, laid out the protocols for the second phase of the easing of restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. Places of worship are now reopened subject to PTF guidelines agreed by the state governments. Banks are to operate full time.
Nigeria: Police Arrests Man Over Alleged Rape of 85-Year-Old Woman
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Peter Ayemoba, of Rafin Sanyi area in Suleja Local Government Area, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his two daughters. The police also announced the arrest of another suspect who allegedly raped an 85-year-old woman. ASP Wasiu Abiodun, Command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna on Thursday. Abiodun said that Ayemoba had sexually assaulted his daughters, now aged 20 and 23, between 2013 and 2019.
Nigeria: In Ese Oruru's Case, a Nigerian Court Says God Is Not a Child Molester
Some time around April 19, Kano State's Governor Umar Ganduje took time off his expensive preoccupation with denying the ravages of the coronavirus on his state to stage the "conversion" to Islam of two adolescent females. The governor, who is infamous for having been caught on camera stuffing what appeared to be wads of foreign currency into the capacious pockets of his traditional gowns, is not exactly known for his religious learning or piety.
Nigeria's Oil Sector Deregulation of Uncertainty - Petroleum Products Marketers Accuse Govt of Deceit
The recent pronouncement by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, that the downstream petroleum sector had been deregulated since March 19, had further worsened uncertainty in the Nigerian petroleum industry, according to oil marketers and stakeholders in the Nigerian petroleum industry.
Nigeria: 3 Brothers in Police Net Over Alleged Killing of Mother of 5 in Abuja
Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in Abuja, according to Mr. Frank Mba, Public Relations of the Police Force. Mba, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects, from Isiekenesi, Ideato Local Government Area in Imo, are helping police investigation into the May 14 murder of Mrs. Janet Ogbonnaya, a mother of five children.
Nigeria: Lagos Relaxes COVID-19 Lockdown, Reopens Churches, Mosques
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, modified the lockdown directive on Churches and Mosques when he ordered their reopening from June 19 and June 21, 2020. Recall that the Federal Government had on Monday, June 1, lifted the ban on mosques and churches in the country, based on guidelines and protocols agreed with state governments.
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom Assembly Advocates Training Teachers On E-Learning Tools
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, on Thursday, urged the state Ministry of Education to commence training and re-training of teachers on e-learning tools. This, it said, would sharpen their skills on e-teaching and e-learning in line with the present coronavirus situation. The resolution was taken sequel to a motion of urgent public importance brought before the House by the member representing Etim Ekpo/Ika State Constituency, Mr Mfon Idung.
Nigeria: Why Adesina Is Under Attack At AfDB - Associates
Some close associates of the President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina, have indicated that he may have stepped on some sensitive toes with some reform measures he executed in the bank in the current tenure. Adesina has been under attack by some non-African shareholders and some executive members of the organisation over alleged infractions which they cited as reasons why he should not be re-elected for a second term.
Nigeria: Major Oil Marketers Lose N10 Billion to Petrol Price Reduction - MOMAN
Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), yesterday, said that marketers lost over N10 billion to the recent reduction of the pump price of Premium Motoring Spirit (PMS) also called petrol, to N121 from N145 per litre by the Federal Government. Meanwhile, the association has called for the full deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector, stressing that the federal government only removed subsidy on petrol, and has not deregulated the sector.
Nigeria: Jigawa Govt Disburses Food Stuff to 71 Tsangaya Schools
Dutse — Jigawa State government has distributed foodstuff to 71 Tsangaya schools in Maigatari and Babura local government areas of the state.
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