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Senator Pius Anyim, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has lambasted the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi saying that his greed and inordinate ambition will sink him. Umahi, had last week Friday after the state security council meeting, accused Mr Anyim; senators Sam Egwu and Obinma Ogba, and PDP acting Vice Chairman, South-east, Ali Odefa, of ...

The Presidency has blamed the 43 rice farmers killed in Borno over the weekend for not getting military clearance before going to their farms. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu told BBC on Monday that the farmers should have waited for military clearance before proceeding to the farms. He explained though the military is ...

Borno Governor Babagana Umara Zulum joined hundreds of Zabarmari villagers in the funeral prayers and burial of the 43 slaughtered on their farms by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday. The Governor regretted hunger and Boko Haram were ravaging his people. Most of the victims who were killed at Koshebe village in Mafa local government are originally from Zabarmari, a farming ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. We gathered that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reinstatement of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Ben-Bem Goong, the ministry of education’s director press and public relations, broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, Wale Babalakin, and Ogundipe, were directed to recuse themselves from official duties, ...

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. He said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members ...

The Lagos State Government has announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed on the state. “The curfew will now be from 10pm till 6am,” a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso added. “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu praises Lagosians for observing the curfew, which is expected to restore normalcy in our communities. He urges all Lagosians to ...

Private and public schools in Lagos State can reopen from Monday, November 2, 2020. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘LASG approves reopening of schools from Monday’. It read in part, “The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the final candidate for the much-coveted role. She polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat how South Korea’s trade minister at the final stage of the race. She has broken many ...

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 29, a public holiday across Nigeria. A statement signed by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior Mohammed Manga said the Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced the holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed. The Minister who also posted the statement on his verified Facebook page, congratulated the Muslim faithful both at home and abroad for witnessing this year’s occasion. He enjoined them to imbibe the ...