Turkish government has extended the travel ban in 15 major cities for another 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Turkey’s Interior Ministry announced this in a statement on Tuesday. The travel ban will continue till June 3 and those who are caught disobeying the restrictions will be subject to administrative fines. The cities with…
Bakers in Lagos State have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the prices of baking materials, saying the current situation may lead to an increase in the prices of bread. In a statement jointly issued by the chairmen of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Kosofe and Surulere, Lagos, Taiwo…
US evangelist, Ravi Zacharias, has died aged 74. Ravi, who was a popular Indian-born Canadian-American Christian evangelist known for his role in defending Christianity, died in Atlanta on Tuesday after battling cancer. He is survived by his wife, Margie, daughters Sarah and Naomi, son, Nathan, and five grandchildren. Before his death, he was…
James Kolo, the Kwara Commissioner-designate in the Federal Character Commission (FCC) is dead. The late Federal Character Commission nominee died in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, after a brief illness. His corpse has been deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital mortuary. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state who commiserated with the Edu community and the All Progressives…
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested two members of a robbery syndicate, Evans Iyam and Adedayo Taiwo, pictured above, for carrying out an attack in the Ajuwon community in Ifo Local Government Area of the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects were…
The Lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the 9th Senate, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, on Tuesday, urged the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State to pick its gubernatorial candidate from the Southern District of the State ahead of the governorship election on October 10, this year. Our correspondent that Senator Tofowomo…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated business mogul, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, over his first-class (PhD) honours in Management Science at the University of Cambridge, England. Obasanjo said that he was indeed happy for Ibrahim’s taste for knowledge, which had finally earned him the PhD honour. This is contained in a letter he personally signed on…
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to consider a comprehensive review of the power privatization policy with a view to reversing the current arrangement. The red chamber said Nigerians would not enjoy a stable power supply in the next 10 years if the activities of the distribution companies were not reviewed and restructured….
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has announced Monday, June 22, and Monday, July 20 for its governorship primary elections in Edo and Ondo states. This came as the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it would stick to its timetable and schedule of activities regarding the elections in both states. National Commissioner and Chairman,…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out charges of resistance to arrest instituted against the immediate-past Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye. Justice Yusuf Halilu struck out the eight counts on the grounds of lack of diligent prosecution. The judge made the order following the inability of the…