Palpable fear yesterday gripped officials of Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State following the death of the council chairman, Augustine Adeoye Arogundade, barely few days after the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Alhaja Tawakalitu Abiodun Ayilara died after a brief illness, fueling rumours of coronavirus attack at the council secretariat. He […]

Reps embargo implementation of new MultiChoice subscription Senate President, Ahmad Lawan The Senate yesterday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the upper legislative chamber’s Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. Giving a breakdown of the sources of the credit, the committee […]

sanctions staff for forgery in suit against Ubah Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) to release former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu from prison. The judge set aside the trial, conviction and 12-year prison sentence Justice Mohammed Idris handed Kalu on December 5, […]

• Govt slashes primary health care centres’ fund from N44.4bn to N25.5bn; UBE, N111.7bn to N51.1bn Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government has reduced  the N37 billion budget for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to N27.7 billion. The Federal Government, in the 2020 revised budget proposal, according to documents obtained by our […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal Government to further reduce petrol pump price to N70 per litre. The government had embarked on phased price reduction in the last few months -from N145 to N125 then N121 on Tuesday. But the PDP, in a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola […]

Kaduna Government has stated places of worship and markets remain close as it confirms 31 new cases. Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i, on his official Twitter handle, also said 20 of the 31 new cases were from Zaria, five were from Sabon-Gari and six from Kaduna North. El-Rufa’i also disclosed 15 patients were due for discharge, expressing […]

Senate decries high oil production cost The Federal Government yesterday reduced the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol from N123.50 to N121.50. The information was contained in a circular issued by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to marketers dated May 31, 2020. It read: Please recall the recently […]

Buhari okays full reopening of banks, hotels, others Curfew now to last from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., media exempted Ministry plans safe reopening of schools Domestic flights to resume June 21 PTF suspends evacuation of Nigerians Places of worship such as churches and mosques are now free to reopen. But this comes with some […]

Indications have emerged that Churches and Mosques in Lagos may not be reopened soon for worshipers due to disagreement on protocols and guidelines between the state government and religious leaders. The Federal Government had on Monday lifted the ban on Mosques and Churches in the country based on guidelines and protocols agreed with state governments. […]