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Immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead. The former governor, who was named the acting national chairman of All Progressives Congress last week Tuesday, had been on quarantine for over three weeks, battling COVID-19. More to come…

Fresh trouble looms for Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, as an aspirant in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election, Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, on Monday secured a court order restraining the governor from participating in the shadow election. Ogbeide-Ihama, who is currently a member representing Oredo Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives filed the suit on Monday at a ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the latest developments in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that hours after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, dumped the ruling party citing his disqualification to contest in the primaries, the Appeal Court in Abuja upheld the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams ...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Tuesday announced that one of its staff at its Marina, Lagos branch, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). According to a statement by the bank made available to us, all staff of the branch have been asked to go on self-isolation and get tested, while the branch and its entire vicinity have been thoroughly disinfected. “We have just ...

The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admission for the year 2020 into public universities. The meeting held virtually, on Tuesday, also approved 140 as minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination score for admission into private universities. For public polytechnic, 120 UTME score was approved, while ...

The Lagos State Government has suspended the planned reopening of worship centres (mosques and churches ) slated for Friday June 19 and Sunday June 21. The governor made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. He said the decision was informed by increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Lagos. Details to follow.

The National Working Committee (NWC)of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said there would be no going back on the results of the screening of governorship aspirants for Edo last week. National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Monday evening after the NWC’s meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, at the Presidential Villa. ...

Popular Nigerian lawmaker and senator representing Lagos East at the National Assembly, Adebayo Sikiru Oshinowo, popularly known as ‘Pepper’ is dead. We gathered that the senator who died on Monday has been at the special intensive care unit of the Lagos State Cardiologist Centre, Ikoyi treatingcoronavirus. Born on November 28, 1955, Oshinowo was also a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly. ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday issued new guidelines for the reopening of religious centres across the country. This comes after the Federal Government lifted the ban on religious and other public gatherings to check the spread of COVID-19. In addition to its earlier restrictions of children and people aged 60 and abovefrom religious gatherings, it has ...

A breakaway faction of Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of a soldier and a police officer. In the video, members of ISWAP, the breakaway Boko Haram faction, executed the two security personnel. In the 49 seconds video, the two security personnel who were abducted last week while travelling between Maiduguri and Monguno introduced themselves after which they were summarily shot dead. According to the ...