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The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha of acting ultra vires and usurpation of presidential powers by announcing an extension of lockdown and curfew in the country.   PDP, in a statement by its […]

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, yesterday, said the agency had received more than 40 applications on rapid testing kits, out of which 15 have been approved.   She, however, said the agency was yet to receive the Madagascar herbal remedy for COVID-19 from […]

Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, announced yesterday that the federal government has quarantined the pilots of the impounded aircraft owned by a British company for 14 days.   He said: “There is a company called Flairjet. I want to apologise that I tweeted in the afternoon (on Sunday) when the fasting was biting harder and […]

There was a mild drama yesterday as Waziri Bulama was sworn in as Acting National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Bulama, who hails from Borno State, replaces Mai Mala Buni, who was elected governor of Yobe State on the APC platform in last year’s polls.   However, APC’s National Vice Chairman (North […]

After 14 days of relaxation of the lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states which President Muhammadu Buhari imposed on March 30 to curb the spread of Covid-19, organized labor and the organized private sector (OPS) have indicated their opposition to any attempt to shut down the economy again. Leading members […]

The federal government expressed bitter disappointment on Sunday, announcing that it has impounded an aircraft owned by a UK company being used to run commercial flight despite an existing ban on air travel to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.   “Flair Aviation, a UK company, was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably […]

A 57-year-old man, who developed complications after testing positive for Coronavirus, has reportedly died in Toamasina, a city in Madagascar. The spokesperson for the Covid-19 operational command center, Hanta Vololontiana, confirmed the development, saying that the man died on Saturday.   Two other people who are also down with severe Covid-19 complications remain in “in […]

Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has raised concern over the sudden suspension of the Federal Government’s homegrown school feeding program; wondering why feeding of millions of pupils in over 4,900 public primary schools in Kano was halted since December 2019, while funding of the same project continued in other states till February 2020.   The governor […]

Governors of the Southeast region yesterday expressed concern about the movement of Almajirai concealed in food and cement trucks into the Southeast region. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Enforcement Task Team on Covid-19 restrictions arrested 27 persons, who were travelling through the FCT to Kogi and Edo states.   The apprehended travelers were hidden […]

After much prevarication amid feigns of denial; and contrary to reports that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State didn’t appropriate the N4.3billion found in a secret bank account, the state government has affirmed that due process was followed before spending the money.   The affirmation was contained in a statement issued to journalists yesterday by […]