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Trouble in NDDC: Lawyer seeks probe of spurious contracts

Bode May 29, 2020

*Writes Senate President, Speaker, others A legal practitioner, Mr Ojeh Godwin, has lamented what he called flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process, calling for an urgent investigation of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Godwin stated this in a statement made available to NATIONAL...

Oni assures Ekiti PDP of “fellowship building,” urges aggressive membership drive

Bode May 29, 2020

Former Governor of Ekiti, Engineer Segun Oni has assured the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that his mission in the party is to encourage team work and build fellowship among members. Oni recently dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP with thousands of his...

NCC insists exigencies responsible for office withdrawal from NiDCOM

Bode May 29, 2020

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – …absolves Minister of involvement in office space allocation process The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), insisted on Friday that the decision to withdraw the offer of office space at it’s Communications and Digital Economy Complex located at Mbora District, Abuja from the Nigerians in Diaspora...

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Africa Union condemns ‘murder’ of black man in Minneapolis

Bode May 29, 2020

By JACOB KUBEKA with agency report)- Amid raging protests in Minneapolis, the African Union (AU) on Thursday condemned in very strong terms, the killing of a unarmed black man in the US city of Minneapolis. Chairman of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a statement signed by his...

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Africa still battles COVID-19 infection rate despite 53,000 recoveries

Bode May 29, 2020

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Despite the significant successes achieved in the treatment and discharge of patients infected with the novel corona virus (COVID-19) in Africa, the rate of infections has continued to grow. The latest compilation by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins...

President Buhari writes for Newsweek – POST-CORONAVIRUS, AFRICA’S MANUFACTURING MOMENT

Bode May 29, 2020

BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI – Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we expect to be the final continent to flatten the curve. Some may say it is too early, that the crisis still too deep and the...

NCDC confirms 182 new cases of COVID-19, total active cases now 6064

Bode May 29, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 182 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total active cases for Nigeria now stand at 6,064. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 28, 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and five...

Five years of PMB: We’re glad he came our way, By FEMI ADESINA

Bode May 28, 2020

Who are the ‘we?’ Speak for yourself only, some cynics would say on merely seeing the headline of this piece. They would add: “You can talk because you are in government, earning ‘fat’ salary and enjoying other perks of office, so why won’t you be glad?” Okay. So that...

Navy appoints 110 senior officers

Bode May 28, 2020

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting...

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ACF condemns bandits’ attacks in Sokoto, as Buhari directs fierce military operation

Bode May 28, 2020

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described as very disturbing, reports on increasing deadly attacks on some communities in Sokoto by armed bandits. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe on Thursday, the Forum said it was disturbed by “this wanton destruction...

#EndSARS: ActionAid calls on Buhari to address Nigerians

COVID-19: Global solidarity only hope for humanity – President Buhari

Bode May 28, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday said global solidarity was the hope for humanity, and called on developed countries and international financial institutions to cancel the debts of ”needy countries” especially in Africa to enable them reverse the devastations of COVID-19 to the human race. President Buhari renewed the appeal for...

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Nigeria records 389 new cases of COVID-19, highest daily figure ever, NCDC says

Bode May 28, 2020

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. NAN reports that the figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

NiMet predicts cloudy, thundery weather activities Thursday to Saturday

Bode May 27, 2020

he Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery activities across the country from Thursday to Saturday. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy conditions over the northern region on Thursday morning. It predicted thunderstorm activities over parts of Taraba, Gombe, Gusau, Southern Sokoto,...

COVID-19: CBN reduces interest rates from 9% to 5%

Bode May 27, 2020

… Okays reliefs on loans in OFIs Sector The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced interest rates on its facilities through participating Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) from nine to five per cent per annum for one year, effective from March 1, 2020. The CBN made this known in...

COVID-19: ECOWAS Ministers of Health to meet on June 2

Bode May 27, 2020

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be holding a virtual meeting on 2 June 2020 to deliberate on the novel corona virus (COVID-19), which has so far infected over 120,000 peoples in Africa as at Tuesday. The...

[Sallah Video]: How Arewa women pampered their husbands under COVID-19 lockdown

Bode May 27, 2020

Video: https://youtu.be/aAYJkB5OW6EFor many singles and even some married couples, love and social distancing don’t really mix, but for arewa women the COVID-19 lockdown has given them a rare opportunity to reconnect with their husbands, by pampering them with love and exploring ways to keep their marital romance alive, especially during...

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COVID-19: Presidential aide urges more investments in equitable, inclusive education

Bode May 27, 2020

By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adeulire, has appealed to all stakeholders to increase investments in inclusive education, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Princess Orelope-Adefulire made the appeal in a statement she issued to...

Tanzanian comedian arraigned in court after laughing at President Magufuli

Bode May 27, 2020

Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan has appeared at a magistrate’s court this morning in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, eight days after he was arrested. Sultan is to be charged with cybercrimes offences, tampering with evidence and using a Sim card registered in someone else’s name, a police spokesperson...

How 50 trafficked Nigerian women were rescued from Lebanon

Bode May 27, 2020

The head of Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency, Julie Okah-Donli, has been telling the BBC how 50 women were rescued after being trafficked into domestic slavery in Lebanon. They are now back in Nigeria and have been placed in quarantine. Ms Okah-Donli told the Focus on Africa radio programme that the...

The changing face of former Enugu Colliery Hospital, By DONS EZE

Bode May 27, 2020

But for the current coronavirus and the prompt response by the Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to take the bull by the horns, the former Enugu Colliery Hospital at New Market, along Milken Hill road, would have continued to remain a dead place, abandoned and deserted....