Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Monday 25th May 2020
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Passing-out ceremony for corps members to be low key nationwide – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said the passing-out ceremony for the 2019 Batch “B” Stream 1 corps members nationwide will be low key due to the coronavirus pandemic. It, therefore, asked corps members not currently in the states of service not to violate the interstate travel ban because of the May 28 passing …
We will jail parents who enroll children into Almajiri system – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years jail. El-Rufai stated this in Kaduna on Monday when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation and optical screening at …
82-yr-old ex-DG of Imo Broadcasting Service in police net over wife’s death
An 82-year-old former Director-General of Imo Broadcasting Service (IBC), Theophilus Okere, has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the death of his wife, Beatrice. Okere was arrested by the men of the Imo State police command. He was alleged to have stabbed his wife, Beatrice, to death on Sunday night and fled with the …
Siblings kill brother over proceeds from mother’s burial
The Police in Imo State are on the trail of three siblings who allegedly killed their brother over disagreements arising from the proceeds from the burial of their late mother. The spokesman of the police in the state, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, said that men of the command are on the lookout for Patrick Obieshieke, Chinonso …
INEC commences electronic voting in 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it will introduce electronic voting (e-voting) in off-season elections starting in 2021. This was contained in a 17-page “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic” released on Monday in Abuja and signed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. He, however, ruled …
Northern Governors did not ban Almajiri schools—Dr Kana
Dr. Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana, Attorney General of Nasarawa State, has said that Northern Governors did not ban Almajiri system of education. He said in statement in Lafia that: “No body has banned Almajiri system of Education, the system in which under-aged children are sent to far away land without a means and source of livelihood …
Benue communities resume hostility, burn houses
Two communities in Ikpayongo of Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, on Monday, resumed fighting and burning of houses in their rural environment. Our correspondent reports that the renewed hostility among the Mbaivar and Mbasombo villagers was coming exactly one week after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State announced the suspension of five …
Anambra cuts 2020 budget by 16 percent
Anambra State Government has cut its 2020 budget from N137.1 billion to N112.8 billion, representing a 16 percent reduction. The State’s Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development Partners, Mr Mark Okoye, made this announcement on Monday. According to the commissioner, the revised total revenue would represent a drop of 29 percent from the projected …
Edo guber: Our doors open to Governor Obaseki – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the party’s door is opened to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and others willing to join the party. Governor Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been having a running battle with the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, leading to insinuations that he (Obaseki) might …
COVID:19: Umahi raises alarm over testing kits shortage
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, on Monday, raised the alarm over the shortage of testing kits in the state’s designated isolation centres on COVID-19. This came at a time when there is a sharp increase in the number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the state. Cases in the state has risen …
Kaduna: El-Rufai threatens to jail parents enrolling children in Almajiri system
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years jail. El-Rufai stated this in Kaduna on Monday when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation and optical screening at …
Kaduna: El-Rufai threatens to jail parents enrolling children in Almajiri system
HURIWA blasts Lai Mohammed, Police, DSS over detention of Carter, Jolayemi, Ogbonna
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has deplored the arrest and detention of Nigerian journalists, Rotimi Jolayemi (aka Oba Akewi), Kufre Carter, and a legal practitioner, Gabriel Ogbonna The body, in a statement on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act on horrendous violations of citizens’ rights to freedom of expression. HURIWA, …
HURIWA blasts Lai Mohammed, Police, DSS over detention of Carter, Jolayemi, Ogbonna
Awka youths dare Obiano, hold Egwu Imo festival despite ban
Youths of Awka community in Anambra State have defied the order of the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano to shelve this year’s Imo Awka masquerade festival as a result of the coronavirus disease. Egwu Imo Awka festival is an annual celebration of the people of Awka kingdom, which is used to venerate their gods, which …
Awka youths dare Obiano, hold Egwu Imo festival despite ban
How Police allegedly invaded Abubakar Ibrahim’s home, shot son, assaulted family PHOTO
Some personnel of Nigeria Police allegedly invaded the Abuja residence of Engr. Abubakar Ibrahim, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO). One of his teenage sons was allegedly shot by the members of the Special Tactical Squad (STS), a team under the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The incident happened …
How Police allegedly invaded Abubakar Ibrahim’s home, shot son, assaulted family PHOTO
Real Madrid told not to sign Man Utd’s Pogba
Former Real Madrid midfielder, Uli Stielike, has urged the club not to make a move for Manchester United star, Paul Pogba, because the France World Cup winner is ‘not humble.’ Pogba has drawn the interest of Real Madrid and Juventus in the past. The 27-year-old’s current contract at Old Trafford will expire at the end …
Real Madrid told not to sign Man Utd’s Pogba
BREAKING: WHO suspends use of Chloroquine for treatment of COVID-19, gives reason
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, said it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine, as potential treatment for COVID-19. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing a virtual press conference, said that the WHO-backed trials had been “suspended while the safety is reviewed”. The decision has been taken, after a publication indicated that the …
BREAKING: WHO suspends use of Chloroquine for treatment of COVID-19, gives reason
COVID-19: WHO advises on foods to boost immune system against infection
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Monday said eating a healthy diet is important during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO in a statement in Geneva explained that food and drink can affect the body’s ability to prevent, fight and recover from infections, NAN reports. It said that no food or dietary supplements can prevent or cure …
COVID-19: WHO advises on foods to boost immune system against infection
COVID-19: Lagos confirms 148 new cases, another death as toll rise to 3,521
The Lagos State Government has confirmed 148 new cases of coronavirus in the state. The confirmation was made by the Lagos State Minister of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, in a tweet via his Twitter account on Monday. According to Abayomi, Lagos recorded one coronavirus related death, while the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in …
COVID-19: Lagos confirms 148 new cases, another death as toll rise to 3,521
CROSIEC fixes May 30th for LG elections in Cross River
The Cross River Independent Electoral Commission, (CROSIEC) has fixed May 30th for local government elections in the eighteen local government areas of the state The election was originally scheduled for 28th March 2020 and later shifted to 30th May, 2020 before the advent of COVID-19, unfortunately, the election did not hold and no reason was …
CROSIEC fixes May 30th for LG elections in Cross River
Russia: Putin’s aide recovers from coronavirus
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has left the hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus, the Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday. Peskov had revealed two weeks ago that he was undergoing treatment for the virus. The 52-year-old suffered from pneumonia in both lungs, Interfax reported. Four other top officials have also …
Russia: Putin’s aide recovers from coronavirus
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