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Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced that he, along with his wife and daughter have now tested negative for COVID-19. Okowa in a ...
Read More »BREAKING: Okowa, wife, daughter test negative for COVID-19
774,000 jobs: Buhari’s given me nod to commence recruitment, says Keyamo
The Minister of State Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the recruitment of 774, 000 youths under ...
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses Timi Alaibe’s suit against Bayelsa gov, Diri
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Timi ...
Read More »Virtual court sitting not unconstitutional —Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that virtual court sittings are not unconstitutional. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode ...
Read More »Senate prescribes life imprisonment for kidnappers
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill which prescribes life jail, as against the current 10 years maximum sentence, for kidnappers. The bill contains amendments ...
Read More »Fed govt releases guidelines for reopening of schools
The federal government on Monday released guidelines for the reopening of schools across the nation.
Read More »ASUU condemns new anti-rape bill
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the recently passed bill on sexual harassment and rape, alleging that it was targeted at male lecturers.
Read More »NCDC announces 595 new COVID-19 cases
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 595 new cases of coronavirus infections.
Read More »FG receives 4.48 million applications for 400, 000 N-Power jobs
The Federal Government has said 4,480,000 persons have so far applied for the 2020 N-Power Batch C recruitment.
Read More »Insurgency: Service Chiefs have not disappointed Buhari, Nigerians – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Buratai, has declared that he and other service chiefs appointed five years ago have not disappointed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the nation in the discharge
Read More »Boko Haram demands N20m to free blind IDP’s daughter, niece
Boko Haram insurgents have demanded N20m ransom from a 75-year-old blind Internally Displaced Person (IDP), Jato Ndarfa, to release his abducted daughter and niece.
Read More »As President I didn’t pursue personal interest, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said everything he did while in office was in the best interest of the country rather than for his personal gains.
Read More »Abia transport workers protest 25 months’ unpaid salaries
Workers of a transport company, Abia Line Network Company, on Monday marched to the Abia House of Assembly complex in Umuahia to protest against non-payment of their 25 months salary arrears.
Read More »ASUU condemns new anti-rape bill
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the recently passed bill on sexual harassment and rape, alleging that it was targeted at male ...
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