Two All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday resigned from the party and defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. The two lawmakers are the former deputy speaker of the house and member representing Akoko-Edo 1, Yekini Idaiye, and the Member representing Orhionmwon East Constituency, Nosayaba Okunbor. The... Read More
South Africa on Monday took delivery of its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines, a move paving the way to the first phase of inoculation in Africa’s worst-hit country. Public broadcaster SABC showed President Cyril Ramaphosa at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International airport receiving one million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, produced by the Serum Institute of... Read More
The Presidency, on Monday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), did not violate COVID-19 protocols in Daura, Katsina State over the weekend. Online photos had shown Buhari discussing with some All Progressives Congress governors at the revalidation of his APC membership in Daura on Saturday without putting on a mask or... Read More
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has warned that there will be a constitutional crisis in the country if the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, stayed in office beyond 12 midnight of February 1. In an exclusive interview with the news team, Adegboruwa explained that Adamu seizes to be... Read More
A senior lawyer and former representative of the Oyo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, has described Governor Seyi Makinde’s handling of the rising insecurity in the Ibarapa/Oke Ogun area of Oyo State as jaundiced. The former lawmaker said while the governor considered the right of the killer... Read More
…Converts Gbagada Isolation Centre To Private Wards …Sanwo-Olu Delivers New Oxygen Plant, Restricts Public Gathering To 50 Persons Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has released the sum of N200 million to support the Coronavirus (COVID-19) response of the Federal Government-run isolation centres that are based in the State. The grant is specifically to... Read More
THE Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has called on the newly appointed service chiefs to allow for constructive criticisms and work with civilians in the North-East in order to defeat Boko Haram He also advised them to collaborate with militaries of neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger to smoke out Boko... Read More
Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has approved the constitution of a Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team to resolve the traffic gridlock in and around Apapa. Members of the team are: · Hon. Toyin Fayinka (Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation); · Engr. Olajide Odious (General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management... Read More
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says it is worrisome that banditry is happening in the north-west region of the country where the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), hails from. Obasanjo, therefore, asked the president to wake up and fight banditry and other sundry crimes especially in the northern part of the country.... Read More
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says the Federal Government is insincere in its fight against insecurity in the country. Wike, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme monitored by the news team, said the government has politicised its fight against insecurity. He said, “First, you have to ask yourself,... Read More