The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has commended the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for hosting the Council of Sports meeting at short notice. The Minister also promised a new dawn for sports development. Speaking on Friday at the opening of the Council of Sports, […]
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Oyigbo and EndSARS killings: 110 dead, 200 injured in Rivers, Southeast •Names of casualties released.
Human rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has claimed that the military operation in Obigbo, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State and the EndSARS protest in the South East claimed the lives of 110 persons while 200 suffered various degrees of […]
Cause of deaths in Enugu communities identified
Enugu State Government has confirmed that Yellow Fever, and not the gods as speculated by the locals, is the cause of death in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. In a statement, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel […]
Police withdraw escorts from Fani-Kayode, Christ Embassy, others.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel attached to Femi Fani-Kayode, Honourable Abiola Sidna Peller, Senator Magnus Abe, Emeka Offor and others. The IGP directive also affected corporate and religious bodies like Christ Embassy, Think Nigeria First Initiative, Uche Sylva International, Stanel […]
Anambra State Assembly Passes Bill For Amendment Of Traditional Rulers Law
Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to amend the Traditional Rulers Law, 2007. The Executive bill which was passed during plenary, amends the Traditional Rulers’ Law 2007 by removing the bureaucracy in the suspension and dismissal of an erring traditional ruler and creating a […]
Dog Gets Appointed Mayor In the US elections
A dog has been elected as mayor of a small town in northern Kentucky, in the ongoing US elections. According to US media, Wilbur Beast, a French bulldog,on Wednesday won the mayoral election of Rabbit Hash with about 13,143 votes.Wilbur defeated a rescued pit bull and incumbent mayor Brynneth Pawltro, […]
Big Brother Naija star appointed Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa state Governor
Former housemate and second runner up in the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija lockdown edition,Rebecca Nengi Hampson, has been appointed a senior special assistant to the Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Daniel Alabrah, confirmed the appointment to journalists at her homecoming […]
Court Grants CBN’s request to freeze bank accounts of 19 #EndSARS Protesters
A federal high court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests. The ex parte application which was filed by the CBN earlier in October 20 was granted by […]
Nigeria records 223 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Infections
Report from the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, shows that on the 6th of November 2020, Nigeria recorded 223 new cases of Corona virus infections. The 223 new cases were reported from 17 states including the FCT. They include; Lagos, with 85 cases,FCT-35Akwa Ibom-24Enugu-18Plateau-13Rivers-10Abia-7Ebonyi-6Anambra-5Adamawa-4Bauchi-3Imo-3Ogun-3Oyo-3Kwara-2Osun-1Taraba-1. So far, 63,731 cases have been […]
$656m Needed To Complete Lagos-Ibadan Railway – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said the Federal Government requires the sum of $656 million to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi disclosed this on Friday while defending his ministry’s 2021 budget at the Senate.He explained that the amount is needed to complete the ongoing infrastructural […]