Politics

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has come out to mourn with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda. In a recent statement, Femi also extended his condolences to the entire people of Daura Emirate and the direct relatives of the deceased. ...

Plateau State Government has begged its residents not to panic after the state recorded 10 new cases as announced on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar made this plea at a recent briefing on Saturday in Jos. According to him, ...

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa is currently mourning with Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who lost his uncle, Shiekh Haruna Usman recently. Okowa recently revealed that Shiekh Haruna lived a brilliant life and begged the family to focus on his legacies on earth. According to him, the fact that ...

The newly elected Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State, Samson Bamgbose has come out to say that his party will recover power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Samson recently came out to say that Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC should start ...

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma is currently celebrating his first 100 Days in office. He recently revealed that all the actions he has taken in office have been informed by the desire to serve Imo people to the best of my ability, in truth, and in utmost sincerity of purpose. ...

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has come out to say that coronavirus cases might reach 120,000 between July and August. He recently revealed that with the present trend of the case of the pandemic, Lagos might be battling the peak of the outbreak before September. According to ...

The Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare has hailed the Management team of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, for producing quality face masks for public use amid the coronavirus pandemic. He revealed this at Ogwashi-Uku on Friday during his working visit to the institution. According to him, the ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has blasted the Peace Accord Forum, referring to it as a non-existent and faceless group. IPOB recently revealed that making use of hiring faceless groups to attack the people who keep blasting some activities of the Federal Government will not stop their organization and ...

After today’s Supreme Court’s nullification of the earlier conviction of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu by the appellate court, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has come out to ask Nigerians to give EFCC a benefit of the doubt. Speaking recently, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan disclosed that even ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently mourning with members of his extended family and Daura community at large following the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda. Buhari recently revealed that death is inevitable for every human being and we will taste it one day. According to him, tears will not ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN has come out to react to those blasting him for describing the recently returned Abacha loots as “Abacha assets”. Malami recently revealed that the reaction his words have gathered in the media has been very needless at this ...

Popular Yoruba nationalist, Prof Banji Akintoye has come out to say that Yoruba people only agitated for freedom in the country but never asked for the break up of Nigeria. He revealed this recently while speaking on AM120 – a television breakfast show of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State,(BCOS). ...

The Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammad has come out to say that he never intended to encourage self-medication to treat the coronavirus when he shared the drug he used while in isolation. Bala recently revealed that he will not apologize for saying how he got himself cured of the virus ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama has come out to say that the palliatives his Charity Organization, Kwusike Foundation shared in various segments of Enugu residents were not a politically motivated goodwill. Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama recently revealed that the relief materials were not distributed to APC members only, and ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN has begged the Federal Government to extend the recent import waiver on medical supplies by President Mohammadu Buhari to every essential drug, not just the ones related to COVID-19. Speaking recently, the President of the PSN, Pharm. Sam Ohuabunwa revealed that extending the waiver ...

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has come out to say that President Muhammadu Buhari is not against the idea of using local herbs to combat coronavirus in Nigeria. He, however, revealed that the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development must first certify any of the herbs before it ...

The Oyo State House of Assembly has warned Governor Seyi Makinde to focus on the porous nature of the state’s boundaries and extend testing to those border areas. The assembly revealed this amid reports of the continued entry of foreign nationals into the state via boundaries in Oke-Ogun and Ogbomoso ...

The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has come out to say that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr. Sanusi Bala recently revealed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. According to him, one of ...

The Lagos State Government has come out to reveal that it has reached 440,000 Lagos households with its COVID-19 Emergency Food Response Initiative amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal revealed this recently. According to him, the Lebanese government should also be praised for donating 8 truckload ...

Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, CDNDC, and Free Nigeria Coalition, FNC have come out to say that the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill currently on the floor of the House of Representatives will threaten national security. This was recently revealed in a ...