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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, temporarily halted proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday to rebuke Senators who had been breaching the social distancing guidelines prescribed by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to curb the spread of coronavirus. Lawan, who made the observation at the commencement of the session, had to temporarily put the reading […]

The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu, has raised the alarm of insecurity within the National Assembly complex, saying that the offices of members are no longer safe to carry out their legislative duties. Kalu, who is the House Committee Chairman on Media and Public Affairs, said he was shocked on Tuesday […]

The Federal government has said that it is in a hurry to obtain a homegrown cure for the coronavirus disease just like other countries of the world and assured indigenous researchers who have developed any potential drug for Covid-19 that their drugs will receive appropriate certification if found fit for human consumption. On Tuesday, Nigeria […]

No fewer than N1.95 trillion was shared by the federal, state and local governments from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the first quarter of this year. A quarterly report of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) released yesterday in Abuja showed that the allocations under review were highest to be shared same […]

Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade has sent another set of 120 almajirai, who were trying to enter the state, back to their home states. Security men at the Gakem-Benue border intercepted the almajirai and other passengers, who were loaded in two trucks. Most of the passengers, who were Northerners of various ages, including women […]

There are indications that Northern states deliberately embarked on the deportation of almajirai to cut down on anticipated Covid-19 expenses. Governors of the region last month agreed to send the almajirai back to their states of origin. The states appear to be deliberately cutting down on possible expenditure, unwilling to shoulder the responsibility of catering […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, to procure the much touted Madagascar’s herbal cure for Covid-19 and doses of the herbal mixture are on their way to Nigeria for clinical analysis of its efficacy by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) and the National Agency for […]

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Edo and Ondo gubernatorial elections must hold in order to avert a constitutional crisis.INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, told Arise TV The Morning Show, that the timetable and schedule of activities for the two […]

Amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases despite weeks of lockdowns, federal and state authorities are facing a stark choice: tighten restraints and hopefully save lives or crash the economy, which ironically sustains life. A five-week lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT was relaxed on May 4, 2020 but Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has cautioned his Northern counterparts against playing politics with the coronavirus disease and future of almajiri children in the region. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, at a media briefing on COVID-19 in Kano, accused some of his colleagues in the region of embarking on political mischief, taking undue advantage of recent […]

At least 17 out of the 20 airports owned and managed by the Federal Government have turned out not to be viable and have operated at a loss for the last three years. Aside the trio – Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja; and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), […]

The 160 Nigerians evacuated from the United States by the federal government, who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday, were put in seven well-spaced buses to ensure compliance with social distancing and taken to various locations to be quarantined for 14 days. The 270-passenger-capacity Boeing 787 flight Number ET 509 with registration […]