The Federal Government has declared Thursday as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this is in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Aregbesola, who made the declaration…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has given a two-week ultimatum for full documentation and registration of all commercial motorcycle operators in the State or risk suspension of their operations. Oyetola also gave a new order, limiting the operation of commercial motorcycle operators in the state to 8:00 pm daily. These, according to him comes…
Nigerians living in the United States of America, USA, have continued the End SARS protests against the brutality, extra-judicial and bad governance in Nigeria. Nigerians are protesting in New York, Indiana, Baltimore Maryland, Columbus Ohio, and some other states of America. One of the protesters in Columbus Ohio, Rasheed Rasheed noted that the protest was…
The International Parliamentary Congress, IPC, has appointed former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu as its Chief Coordinator for Africa. The appointment was conveyed to Ekweremadu in a letter by the Secretary-General of the IPC and member of the Pakistani national parliament, Senator Muhammad Ali Saif. The letter was dated October 26, 2020….
Thai Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-Ocha has dismissed calls from opposition parties to resign during a special two-day session of parliament, saying he will ‘not run away from problems’. Prayuth instead called for a two-day session to discuss months of protests demanding his departure and reforms to the powerful monarchy. “I will not run away from…
The Nigeria Air Force authority says it has arrested its personnel seen in a viral video flogging curfew defaulters in Ilesha, Osun state. The video which made rounds on social media on Tuesday, October 27, showed the curfew defaulters inside muddy water while being flogged by the security agents. In a statement released on Wednesday,…
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of an eight-year-old boy, Abdullahi Usaini, in a well at Nariya village in Kibiya Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. Muhammed said that the Service received a distressed call…
113 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, October 27, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-51, FCT-15, Plateau-11, Kaduna-8, Oyo-8, Rivers-8, Ogun-4, Edo-2, Imo-2, Kwara-2, Delta-1, Kano-1. There are now 62,224 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, 1,135 deaths have also been recorded. 57,916 patients…
The governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri, has given all those who looted COVID-19 relief items in the state warehouse 12 hours to return them or face dire consequences. Recall that a mob stormed a warehouse in Yola, the state capital on Sunday, October 25, and looted all the palliatives. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday,…
The vandalisation and looting by hoodlums in the country have taken a different turn. All the newly installed traffic lights on the newly redesigned Allen interchange have reportedly been stolen. Gawat Jubril, Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Lagos State Governor made this announcement on Twitter, writing: “All the newly installed Traffic Lights…