Oil Theft: EFCC Secures Forfeiture Of Thirteen Barges, Tugboats To FG
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 9, 2020 secured the final forfeiture of thirteen barges and tugboats before Justice M.I. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The barges and tugboats were seized at different times and places in the Niger […]
Osun Assembly Okays Reduction Of 2020 Appropriate Bill
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed into law the revised 2020 budget of 82.2 billion naira. The State Assembly had received a letter from Governor Gboyega Oyetola requesting for an amendment of the state 2020 Appropriation Bill from ₦119. 55 billion to ₦82.22 billion due to the effect of COVID-19 on the global […]
Ondo Senator Sacks Over 90 Aides
The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District has sacked a total of 92 aides working for him. The Senator, Nicholas Tofowomo announced the disengagement of the aides on Friday. According to the senator, the sack of 92 non-statutory political aides takes effect from July 24, 2020. Read Also: COVID-19: Ondo Set To Reopen Schools, Give […]
Arotile: NAF Gives Reason For Not Conducting Autopsy
The Nigerian Air Force has given a reason why an autopsy was not carried out on Tolulope Arotile, the first Combat Helicopter pilot in Nigeria who died on July 14. Speaking on Channels Tv, the Spokesman for the Nigeria Air Force NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, on Friday said an autopsy was not carried out […]
Nigeria Mulls November GCE For Students Instead Of WASSCE
The Nigerian Government on Thursday said final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this while answering questions at the […]
How Did You Spend ₦100bn? – Reps Probe NEDC
The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into allegations of a missing N100 billion from the coffers of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC). This is coming days after the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was alleged to have mismanaged N81.5 billion. Ndudi Elumelu, the minority leader of the house moved the motion, alleging that […]
Lagos Spends ₦1m To Treat A Severe COVID-19 Patient Daily – Abayomi
Lagos State Government on Thursday said it spends between ₦500,000 and ₦1 million to cater for a severe COVID-19 patient daily at its isolation centres. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this at a briefing to give update of COVID-19 in the state, held in Alausa, Ikeja. According to him, to treat a patient […]
Mike Tyson Returns To The Boxing Ring In September
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is returning to the boxing ring in September. Tyson, 54, will fight 51 year-old Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition match on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Jones Jr was one of the most dominant fighters of the 90s and early 2000s. Read […]
ECOWAS Shall Do All Possible To Resolve Malian Crisis – Issoufou
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou said the sub-regional organisation will do all it can to mitigate political crisis in Mali. He made the declaration after many hours of consultations in the nation’s capital, Bamako, on Thursday. The meeting, attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, Host President, […]
Tit-For-Tat: China Orders U.S. To Close Chengdu Consulate
China has retaliated the U.S. order that it should close its Houston consulate, by also ordering the U.S. to close its Chengdu consulate. China gave the U.S. the order on Friday, with a 72 hour deadline. Hu Xijin, the editor in chief of the Global Times newspaper said on Twitter that the Chinese side notified […]
1000 Plus COVID-19 Deaths In U.S. For Third Consecutive Day
The United States on Thursday recorded more than 1,100 deaths from COVID-19, marking the third straight day the nation passed that grim milestone. Fatalities nationwide were recorded at 1,118 on Thursday, as the pandemic raged in the southern and western states. Deaths were 1,135 on Wednesday and 1,141 on Tuesday. Even though deaths are rising […]
Tanzania Loses Ex-President Benjamin Mkapa
Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa has died at the age of 81. President John Magufuli announced the death in the early hours of Friday. “With great sadness I am announcing the death of former President Benjamin William Mkapa, who died in a hospital in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam where he was receiving treatment,” […]