President Buhari’s Nationwide Broadcast (Full Text)
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for […]
Coronavirus: FIFA Proposes Changes In Football Rules
FIFA said on Monday it is proposing five or six substitutions per match when football resumes, to help players cope with the increase in the number of games. The world governing body has sent its proposal to the International Board (IFAB), the guardian of the laws of the game. The board must approve it before […]
Unlocking Anambra Was Well Thought Out – Gov Obiano
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has said the plan to relax the lockdown in the state was well thought out amid arguments that the order may do the state harm. Obiano explained this through the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba saying the policy was one of Anambra’s many […]
PDP Reacts To Death Of 640 People In Kano
Following the alleged death of six hundred and forty citizens (640) in Kano, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday called for an investigation, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to visit the state. The party in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, PDP equally lampooned Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, noting that he abandoned his duty […]
Texas Mayor Breaks Lockdown Order To Go To Nail Salon
A Texas mayor has been forced to apologize after getting caught breaking her own stay-at-home order by getting a nail salon to open just for her. Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames was photographed last Tuesday wearing a face mask as she visited The Nail Bar, which should have been shuttered due to the mayor’s own lockdown […]
Breaking: Huge Inferno Hits NNPC Filling Station, Ogba
A serious fire outbreak from NNPC filling station in Ogba, Lagos has been reported to have claimed multiple houses and cars. In a video that is currently going viral on social media, the raging fire can be seen with heavy smoke. The number of causalities from the fire accident is yet to confirmed as at […]
Kano To Rely On ‘Verbal’ Autopsy For Mysterious Deaths
The Kano State Covid-19 response team says it will rely on ‘verbal methods’ while probing the cause of death of the hundreds of people that have died mysteriously in the state in the last one week. The Coordinator, Technical Response Team, Covid-19, Dr. Tijani Hussaini, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. […]
Ndidi Voted Leicester’s EPL Most Valuable Player
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been voted Leicester City’s Most Valuable Player in the Premier League this season, Completesports.com reports. This was announced on Sky Sports website after voting was concluded. Following the suspension of football in England following the coronavirus outbreak, fans were asked to vote for their club’s Premier League MVP so […]
Coronavirus: INEC To Shift Edo, Ondo Guber Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has hinted that it might be constrained to adjust the timetable and schedule of activities of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections due to the crippling challenges coronavirus pandemic posed on the country. The commission also admitted that with the lockdown of most of the states in Nigeria […]
200 Cuban Doctors Land In South Africa To Fight COVID-19
PRETORIA – A delegation of more than 200 health professionals from Cuba has arrived in South Africa to bolster support in the fight against COVID-19 in South Africa. The South African government has thanked the Cuban doctors with Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Ngakula saying the relationship between Cuba and South Africa would continue. “You’re not the […]
Gas Shortage Stalls 23,081MW, Despite Gencos ₦200bn Fund
The dearth of gas stalled the generation of 23,081.5 megawatts of electricity in eight days despite the ₦200bn that was paid by the Federal Government recently to the power sector, particularly for settling gas debts. Investigations showed that between April 16 and 23, 2020, gas constraint persisted as the most daily dominant challenge to power […]
DSS Talks On Invasion Of Obaseki’s Ex-Chief Of Staff
The Directorate of State Service (DSS) has refuted claims that it arrested anyone associated with Chief Taiwo Akerele, a former Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Reports emerged on Sunday that DSS allegedly stormed the residence of Chief Taiwo Akerele, a former Chief of Staff to the governor who resigned on Saturday. […]