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…as teachers defy government’s resumption order The National Industrial Court sitting at the Benin Judicial Division has restrained the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) from proceeding on any strike action in Edo State Primary schools. Hon. Justice A. A. Adewemimo, gave the order on Monday, February 1, after listening to submissions put forward by the […]

The Lagos State Government has Governor has banned the gathering of more than 50 persons in an enclosed space, except for religious purposes. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the order on Sunday as he gave an update on the Covid-19 in the State. This came as the Presidency warned Nigerians to observe all protocols to avert […]

Nigeria is planning a targeted lockdown on Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, and Plateau State, in response to the rising cases of the Covid-19 virus, the Presidential Task Force managing the pandemic has said. National Incident Manager of the task force, Mukhtar Muhammed, disclosed this on Friday, saying that the rate of increase in the […]

Preident Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. President Buhari in a letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, dated 27th January 2021, said that the screening was being sought in furtherance of Section 18 (1) of the Armed […]

The spirit behind oil was on display Thursday as a fight broke out among the representatives of host communities at the public hearing organised by the House of Representatives on the Petroleum Industry Bill, Abuja.   Representatives of the communities engaged in physical combat after the chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, invited members of […]

Police authorities have arrested a certain Prophet in Anambra state, Onyebuchi Okocha, popularly known as ‘Onyeze Jesus’.   Okocha is the founder of Children of Light Anointing Ministries, based in Nkpor, Idemili North local government area of the state. Reports say he was arrested on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. He could be arraigned on Thursday, […]

Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has accused the Nigerian government of covering up those responsible for the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate and Alausa in Lagos State in October 2020. Amnesty International declared this in a statement it issued to mark the 100  after the event that led to the deaths […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday charged the newly appointed Service Chiefs to be patriotic in their service to the country. “We’re in a state of emergency. Be patriotic, serve the country well, as your loyalty is to the country,” Buhari’s his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted the president as saying to the […]

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, history beckoned on four gentlemen, Generals of the Nigerian armed forces Tuesday. Their appointments that day as Service Chiefs present them opportunities to write their names in gold in the current chapter of Nigeria’s history as the country is looking for champions who will stand up and be counted. Whether […]

A new regulation signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 had made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19,  and also Secretary to the Government of the Federation, disclosed this […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has heeded the voice of reason by sacking Service chiefs in the country with immediate effect.   He has also appointed new ones to take over the leadership of Nigeria’s security architecture.   Femi Adesina, Buhari’s Special Adviser On Media and Publicity  declared this in a tweet on Tuesday.   “President Muhammadu […]

Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba activist who ordered Fulani herdsmen out of his part of Oyo State, says that his house that was razed on Tuesday is worth at least N50 million. Unidentified men in the early hours of Tuesday set Igboho’s old house in the Soka area of Ibadan on fire, some hours after a […]