Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tela, has tested positive for COVID-19, The PUNCH reports. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Bauchi State governor, Muhktar Gidado, stated this in a media statement made available to journalists in Bauchi on Wednesday. He said the confirmation was sequel to a test carried out on him by the Nigeria Center for Disease …
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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the release of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, from prison. Justice Mohammed Liman had fixed June 2 to hear a motion on notice filed by Kalu seeking release from prison based on the pronouncement of the Supreme Court in Udeogu’s appeal. In his application through his counsel, …
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted that the party will use the direct primary system to select its governorship candidate in Edo State. He revealed this in Abuja on Monday shortly after a meeting with some serving governors elected on the party’s platform. He said Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo did not reject the direct …
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Nigeria’s reggae music icon, Majekodunmi Fasheki, popularly known as Majek Fashek is dead. He died early hours of today in New York City, United States of America. Majek Fashek is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known in Nigeria for the 1988 album Prisoner of Conscience, which included the multiple award-winning single “Send Down the Rain”. Also known …
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Villa in Abuja. Obaseki’s visit is coming ahead of the APC governorship primary election in the state. He is reportedly seeking Buhari’s intervention in the conflict between him and the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. The National Working Committee of the party headed by Oshiomhole …
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The Federal Government has lifted its restrictions on worship places in the country. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 made this disclosure on Monday in a Press briefing in Abuja. The new directive is coming months after the ban on churches and mosques were enabled. Some states have since opened their religious centres. The federal government …
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The Executive Director of Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Dr. John Amuasi, says by the time the race for COVID-19 vaccines production ends, Africa will be the last in line to get any vaccine or medicines. Consequently, he warned, Africa would be the last continent to be considered for vaccination. He said before the news of any …
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Nigerian doctors would embark on an indefinite strike if the Federal Government failed to address their demands within 14 days. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) stated this on Saturday in a communique issued at the end of its virtual 40th Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) and Scientific Conference. The communique was signed by NARD National President, Dr Sokomba Aliyu …
Continue ReadingGovernors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are scheduled to meet with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The meeting, which is believed to be connected to last-minute efforts to ensure the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, clinches the party’s ticket for the forthcoming governorship election in the state, is scheduled to …
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Nigerians have rated the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s five years in office as being “extremely poor”. In a poll conducted by SaharaReporters on social media, over 80 per cent of respondents rated Buhari poor, saying his administration had been marred by ethnicity and corruption allegations. The poll, which was conducted on Facebook and Twitter had 21,200 and 26,643 votes …
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