UPDATE: Pastor Ize-Iyamu Emerges Edo APC Consensus Candidate
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction believed to be loyal to the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, ABN TV reports. Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to Edo State Government (SSG), emerged on Tuesday night in Abuja through consensus candidate. Also Read: No Man Can Stop Me From Returning As Edo...
No Man Can Stop Me From Returning As Edo Governor – Obaseki
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki says he is confident of returning to power as the first man of the state because “power comes from God.” The governor who disclosed this on Wednesday, in an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, noted that he is a man of peace, not a violent person. “I am not a violent person. But I...
Buhari Never Cancelled Memos Signed Off By Abba Kyari – Presidency
The presidency on Tuesday night denied that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled memos signed off by the late former Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. Some reports had suggested that about 150 unauthorized memos may have been uncovered in the Chief of Staff’s office. But a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity,...
MURIC Calls For Impeachment Of Governors Who Allowed Congregational Eid Prayers
Ishaq Akintola, director of Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, says governors who allowed congregational Eid prayers committed impeachable offences. On Sunday, congregational prayers held in different states while some religious faithful openly flouted guidelines issued by the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 such as physical distancing and compulsory use of face masks in public places. For instance, in Kano, which currently...
Wike Denies Solely Taking Decision To Demolish Hotels
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied solely taking the decision to demolish two hotels in the state for a violation of Coronavirus lockdown order. The governor of Rivers State made the comments on Tuesday after coming under intense public fire for several days with many individuals and groups calling for his ‘head’ after the decision to demolish two hotels. He...
Lawmakers Accuse NDDC Of Illegal Spending, Failure To Present Performance Records
Lawmakers of Nigeria’s House of Representatives have accused the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, of engaging in illegal spending of funds belonging to the commission. The lawmakers also accused the NDDC of refusal to submit its performance budget since 2018. A forensic audit is ongoing in the NDDC after the commission squandered N40bn in three months. The NDDC was...
All 24 Imo Commissioners Test Negative To COVID-19
All the twenty-four Imo state commissioners have tested negative to COVID-19 virus. ABN TV reports that This development was confirmed in Owerri, by the Commissioner for Special Projects, Simon Ebegbulem, adding that the result of the test came out on Sunday. He explained that governor Hope Uzodinma had insisted that his commissioners should submit themselves for test before the commencement...
Anambra State Records First COVID-19 Death
Anambra state has recorded its first death from COVID-19 just as three patients have been discharged from the state's isolation centre. ABN TV reports that The Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano, disclosed this to newsmen while giving an update on its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the governor, the deceased, a 66-year-old man died in a private hospital in the...
Palliatives Donated By FG Rotting Under Rain, Sun
Food items delivered to Kano State government by the Federal Government as palliatives are left rotten at open space and are being beaten by rain and sun, The Guardian has gathered. The Federal government two weeks ago delivered 110 trucks of food items to the state meant to be distributed to vulnerable and less privileged whose sources of survival are being...
National Assembly Staff Threaten To Embark On Strike Over Working Conditions
National Assembly staff, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Tuesday, threatened industrial action, if conditions at their workplace were not improved by the Management and presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. The staff in a Press Statement issued today by its President, Comrade Muhammed Usman, said their demands for a better service,...
