An Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba, in Oji River Local Government Area of the State, Igwe Anayo Anochili. The Court presided over by Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo, held that Anochili was not qualified ab-initio to contest for the traditional stool, having presented a questionable Secondary School Certificate. Another contestant to the ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the procedure for the appointment of new permanent secretaries to fill the existing vacancies in 16 states of the federation. In a statement signed by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), on Tuesday in Abuja, the affected states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra ... Read More »
Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. One is in Lagos state and the other in Ogun state. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveller while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case. So far, there are 42 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative of the Coronavirus Disease despite claims his Chief of Staff (COS) Abba Kyari was diagnosed of the COVID-19 on Monday. Buhari was said to have subjected himself to be screened after result of Kyari’s test conducted Sunday came in positive on Monday. It was gathered that Kyari who’s also a close relative of ... Read More »
Lagos State civil servants from Grade Level 1-12 should stay at home for the next 14 days with effect from tomorrow 23rd of March, 2020 Read More »
L-R: Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Henry Oroh; Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Zenith Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Dr. Temitope Fasoranti; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadiri Hamzat; and Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Mr. Dennis Olisa during the visit by the Executive Management of the Bank to condole with the ... Read More »
The Italian, who is the index COVID-19 case in Nigeria, is now free of the virus, Lagos State has declared. The Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, however said he has to undergo a test before he can be finally declared negative Read More »
Governors in the northwest region have announced closure of all schools for the next 30 days. The Governors, in a communiqué read to newsmen by Chairman of the Forum and Katsina Governor, Aminu Masari, said the decision became imperative to prevent the spread of Corona Virus COVID 19 disease across the northwest. Katsina recorded its first suspected case of coronavirus ... Read More »
The Lagos State Government has stated it will request religious leaders to stop Friday (Juma’at) and Sunday church service. Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, stated this on Wednesday at a briefing. He said the religious leaders will be advised to shut down services in the interest of the public. He said this a few hours after Lagos recorded its seventh ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved the reduction of pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N145 to N130. A reliable presidential source, who disclosed this to The Nation at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, said the approval may have followed a presentation by the Minister of State on Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, ... Read More »
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