…Plans To Reopen Schools The Nigerian Government has announced the partial lifting of the ban on interstate movement. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made the announcement on Monday during a press briefing. Mustapha said the government had extended the Phase Two of the eased lockdown by four ... Read More »

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, who filed a case against Governor Godwin Obaseki over alleged certificate forgery, have explained why they withdrew the suit. The case, suit No FHC/ABJ/CS /553/20 Edobor Williams and others VS APC & Obaseki, was withdrawn from the Federal High Court, Abuja, by the plaintiffs who are APC members. They said they ... Read More »

Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasir Ajanah, has died at the Abuja COVID-19 isolation centre. A source, who confirmed the death, said Ajanah was moved from Lokoja into the isolation centre some days ago where he died. He was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene Local Government Area. He studied law at the Ahmadu ... Read More »

Ajimobi burial The remains of former Oyo Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi have been laid to rest. He was buried at his Oluyole residence while hundred of associates, friends and supporters were waiting the body at the Senator Ishiaq Abiola Ajimobi Centra Mosque, Oke Ado. A close source to the family confirmed he had been interred The burial, which was only ... Read More »

The immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday said he has accepted the decision of the National Executive Committee in good faith. This is the first time the former APC Chairman will be reacting to the crisis that eventually led to dissolution of the NWC of the party. He said he ... Read More »

 Ecobank has extended its zero charge fee for digital money transfers below N5,000 till the end of September this year. In addition to the free USSD session fee currently enjoyed by Ecobank customers, users of Ecobank Mobile, Ecobank Online, USSD – Ecobank *326# can continue to enjoy zero fee charge for digital money transfers below N5,000. New customers can also ... Read More »

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that its all-female online community www.firstgem.com.ng , offers mentoring, support and capacity building opportunities for all to create a new generation of financially literate women. With the aim to increase its engagement and reach a wider audience, an online repository for its FirstGem product was ... Read More »

The end may not have been heard of the leadership crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the just dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) is consulting its lawyers on the next line of action. This was contained a statement jointly signed by Hon. Hillard Eta, the acting National Chairman and Arc. Waziri Bulama on Thursday night in Abuja. ... Read More »

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC) Justice John Tsoho has “strongly advised” all the court’s judges to desist from granting ex parte orders on political matters. Justice Tsoho further advised the justices not to entertain matters whose substance arose from outside their judicial divisions. There are 36 divisions of the court, manned by 79 judges, according to ... Read More »

Immediate past Oyo Governor Abiola Ajimobi is dead. He was said to have died of COVID-19 complications at First Cardiology Specialist Hospital, Lagos. He was 70. Source close to the former Governor told The Nation that Ajimobi breathed his last at about 4pm. Oyo House of Representatives member, Akin Alabi, also tweeted: “Forever in my heart.” Ajimobi was the first ... Read More »