The U.S. presidential election on Tuesday reached a key milestone, when the so-called safe harbour deadline arrived, which will effectively lock in the states’ votes and largely prevent Congress from getting involved. In the U.S. system, voting for president is somewhat indirect. Each state is allotted a certain number of electoral...
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President Donald Trump is set to issue an executive order that would prioritise access to COVID-19 vaccines for Americans before the U.S. helps other countries, according to some administration officials. The officials told newsmen on Monday evening that Trump would announce the order at a COVID-19 vaccine summit holding...
The Federal Government has agreed to slash the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, by N5 from Monday next week. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting with the organised labour...
A Nation is held by shared beliefs and shared attitudes. That is what enables them rise above the conflicts that plague any society. That is what gives a nation its tone, its fibre, its integrity, its moral style, and its capacity to endure.—John Gardner. If there is any event...
A young man just sent me an e-mail telling me of what he has been going through since he acquired a sex doll. He’s being tormented by demon spirits. He is frustrated, lost his job, has no wife, etc. I felt his deep frustration immediately and had to counsel and...
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the weekend, dedicated his Zik Prize to the board, management and staff of the Commission for their “collective and untiring commitment and efforts” in advancing the course of effective telecoms regulation in the country. While...
The feud between Benue State Correspondent of Channels Television, Mr Pius Angbo and his wife, Doctor Ifeyinwa Angbo that went viral on social media at the weekend has been resolved by Governor Samuel Ortom. The Governor who met with the couple Monday morning in his Makurdi residence admonished them...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO), has threatened to blacklist and cancel the results of entire candidates who sat for its ongoing examination in Fabian Kings and Queens International School, Kabala West, Kaduna, over alleged examination malpractices. To this end, a committee was set up...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced on Monday that it recorded 390 new cases of COVID-19 , bringing total infections in the country 69,645. According to the daily update on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, the new infections were recorded from 20...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says the newly inaugurated Air Peace flight to Makurdi will further open the state to direct foreign investment. Ortom said this during the inaugural flight of Air Peace to Makurdi on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent on the inaugural flight from...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Enugu State has rejected the outcome of the Dec. 5 Isiuzo State Constituency election in Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the seat became vacant following the death of the former member representing the constituency, Mr Chijioke Ugwueze. NAN also...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Lateef Agboola, to six months imprisonment for trafficking in Cannabis. Agboola, who was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had pleaded guilty before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. After his plea, the court reviewed the facts...
The Lagos State Police Command has said, contrary to viral video, no #EndSARS protest was staged at the Lekki toll plaza on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement titled, ‘No Protest, Gathering In Lagos State’, said the police will deal decisively...
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that any act of hooliganism hiding behind lawful and peaceful protests would be dealt with decisively, to ensure peace and stability in the country. The president gave the warning when he virtually declared open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja...
The Kaduna Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) has demolished 50 houses at the National Eye Centre premises in Kaduna. Nuhu Garba, Public Relations Officer of KASUPDA, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna. According to him, the ongoing...
Caregivers on Monday urged government at all levels and individuals to give more support to the poor and less privileged in society to enable them to live a good life. Rev. Sr. Elizabeth Erhunmwunsee of Sister of Our Lady of Apostle Convent, Asaba, made the call in the Delta...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kebbi has disbursed Micro Enterprises Enhancement Loans (MEEL) to 1,600 women and youths in Yauri and Zuru Local Government Areas of Kebbi. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Nasiru Ladan-Argungu, while disbursing the loans to beneficiaries in Yauri local government area on Monday,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Monday it had deployed a 125-member mission to Ghana to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections. Polls across the Western African country opened on Monday morning. “A 125-member ECOWAS Observer Mission has arrived in Ghana to observe the presidential...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, MAIDUGRI Not withstanding recent killings of farmers and other attacks, statewide records on the 27 local government areas since 2011, indicated clearly that President Muhammadu Buhari has still performed better in handling of Borno’s security challenges, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has declared. He stated this on Sunday,...