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Prophet T. B. Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. Joshua was reported to have said over the weekend during a church service that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would be a former governor from the southern part of the country who […]
The governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to put more emphasis on its Bill of Quantities (BOQ), to enable its road projects stand the test of time. Dr. Okowa gave the urge on Monday in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state at a grand […]
The Nigerian Medical Association has called on the Federal Government to come up with new policies that will help to reduce the spread of the virus as the nation grapples with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Professor Uja, the Chairman of the association in an interview on Monday in Abuja also said the […]
The House of Representatives is mulling prisons terms will for cultivators, sellers and smokers of cannabis otherwise called Indian Hemp in Nigeria. This is contained in a new bill currently before the House for consideration. The draft is seeking to amend the contemporary Indian Hemp Act to provide for stiffer punitive measures against promoters of […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday indicated that it might resume its suspended strike in February if the Federal Government failed to implement agreements it signed with the lecturers. The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogunyemi however assured Nigerians that ASUU would […]
In line with the prevailing protocol put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, restricting large gatherings, President Muhammadu Buhari will not be hosting the usual Christmas homage by religious and community leaders in the Federal Capital Territory. The President urges all citizens to, in line with the prescribed protocol, observe social […]
The Federal government through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has denied rumours that Nigeria’s database has been breached. In a statement on Wednesday, NIMC said the data of Nigerians are safe in its custody and that the information of citizens being circulated on the internet is not from its database. There have been speculations […]
Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday, inaugurated a seven-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the land dispute between Oleh and Ozoro communities in the state. He said at the ceremony at Government House, Asaba that the panel would determine the remote and immediate causes of the conflict between the parties in Oleh and Ozoro communities. He […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday 25, Monday 28 December 2020 and Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians both at home […]
Almost three months after police officer, Corporal Etaga Stanley of the Delta State command, attached to Ughelli division was brutally murdered during the EndSars protest, the family have accused the Delta State government of not showing empathy as it has neither paid a condolence visit nor called to commiserate with the family. It will be […]