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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against adopting policies that could worsen the economy in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.   In an exclusive interview with THISDAY, the chairman of the main opposition party urged the president to consider the health of the economy […]

Cracks in the cabinet of incumbent Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki came to the fore Saturday with the resignation of his Chief of Staff, Francis Taiwo Akerele. Also, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters in charge of Edo North, Hon. Kabiru Adjoto was said to have thrown in the towel.   With […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday reaffirmed its plans to go ahead with the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States as scheduled, notwithstanding the disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic.   INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voters’ Education and Information, Festus Okoye, told reporters in Abuja that the commission had not met to […]

Kano State governor Umar Ganduje on Monday accused the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus of neglecting the state in treatment and containing the spread of the global pandemic.   “The problem (is) with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Even its Director-General was in Kano. He spent a night here but we have not heard from […]

With the prevailing existential threat and grim economic crisis terrorizing the world in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the sixth year anniversary of the kidnapping of the Chibok school girls passed without much fanfare and national recrimination. The fact that no official statement was made is one embarrassment too many for […]

A coalition of Nigerian legal experts has filed a class action suit against the Peoples Republic of China over the effects of the coronavirus pandemic effect on Nigerians. They are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of normal daily existence of […]

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai announced on Sunday that he has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days. El-Rufai also announced that the state public servants earning, at least, N67, 000 will have 25% of their salaries “donated” to the state’s treasury until the end of the quarantine period. […]

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government of allegedly donating contaminated and poisonous rice to Nigerians as COVID-19 palliatives. PDP in a statement issued by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, accused the federal government of distributing ‘rotten rice’ seized by the Nigeria Customs […]

Operatives of the Lagos State police command have arrested 620 persons, including nightclub nude dancers and a clergyman for allegedly violating the lockdown and social distancing order of the state government.   Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana, who made the disclosure yesterday said that on April 21, at about 8:00 a.m., acting on information, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has called for the resignation of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, over his alleged role in the crisis rocking the health sector in the area, especially as it affected the management of COVID-19. This is even as the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has faulted […]

In an attempt to cushion the pains of lockdowns across the country due to COVID-19, the Federal Government had instructed the Nigeria Customs Service to distribute bags of rice to states. But the rejection of the commodity by the Oyo State government on the grounds of poor quality has continued to stir political undercurrents. Fresh […]