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COVID-19: Makinde apologises for holding PDP rally
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, apologised for allowing a Peoples Democratic Party ‘mega rally’ in the state even in the face of an emerging threat and fast-spreading coronavirus disease in Nigeria. No fewer than a thousand persons were present at the PDP rally, which had other governors of the party in attendance including Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa...
Why I Was Absent From Taraba For 2 Months – Taraba Governor
The Governor of Taraba State, Ishiaku Darius, on Thursday, explained why he was absent from his State for about three months. The governor said he had broken his leg after a fall he had in his home. He said he had been on medication ever since until doctors advised that he could travel. He said he is yet to fully recover. Mr...
Abia To Commence Payment Of Compensation To Airport Project Land Donors
Abia State Government says plans are ongoing to commence payment of compensation to Land Donors in parts of Ikwuano and Isiala North Local government areas where the State proposes to build an International Airport. The State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning, Barrister Suleiman Ukandu who made the revelation when the traditional rulers from the affected Communities visited him...
Female Corps Member Dies In Her Sleep
A member of the National Youths Service Corps deployed to Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Queen Eziuche, died on Sunday morning at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Ikot Itie Udung in the Nsit Antai Local Government Area of the state. Eziuche, who was a Batch B member with the call-up number: NYSC/ISU/2020/0562, reportedly died in her sleep after the normal morning...
Abia Speaker Inaugurates Adhoc Committee On State University Teaching Hospital Mgt Board
The Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji on Tuesday set up an adhoc committee to critically look into the Bill seeking the establishment of Abia State University Teaching Hospital Management Board and for other Matters Connected therewith to remove the grey areas therein. This follows point of order raised by members of the Assembly during...
Kastina records first suspected COVID-19 case
Katsina State Ministry of Health, says it has recorded a first suspected case of coronavirus ( COVID 19 ) in the state. Briefing newsmen, the permanent secretary of the ministry, Kabir Mustapha, said the patient who is presently on self-isolation returned from Malaysia and developed symptoms that warrant further investigations. Already, the blood samples have been taken and the result is...
Oshiomhole Resumes, Says APC Will Bounce Back Stronger [VIDEO]
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has declared that the party will bounce back stronger and better. The APC National Chairman stated this when he addressed members of the National Working Committee (NWC) which had in attendance members of both pro and anti-Oshiomhole groups on Tuesday. He explained that recent challenges the party had...
Togo, Benin, Niger owe Nigeria 30 billion naira for electricity
The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. Nigeria, through its electricity transmission company, supplies power to these countries, which are classified as international customers in the Nigerian power sector. Niger’s power firm, Societe Nigerienne d’electricite, failed...
First trials of COVID-19 vaccine carried out on 45 patients
The US National Institutes of Health has joined with biotech firm Moderna to run the first trials of a vaccine for coronavirus on 45 people, who will receive a second jab in 28 days times. The first human trials of a new vaccine scientists hope will protect against Covid-19 have been carried out. The US National Institutes of Health, an agency...
JAMB Releases First Day 2020 UTME Results
Results of the 312,000 candidates that sat for Saturday’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide have been released, says Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Benjamin urged all concerned candidates to check their profiles for...
