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APC govs to Tinubu on 68th birthday: Your leadership, commitment uniting Nigeria
Romanus Ugwu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on the platform of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) have felicitated with the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, on his 68th birthday. Chairman of the forum, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja, acknowledged and
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COVID-19: Ogiemwonyi shuts campaign office in Benin
Tony Osauzo, Benin A front line All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant for the September 19 Edo State gubernatorial election, Engr Chris Ogiemwonyi, has directed that his campaign office be shut down to all public and political activities with immediate effect until the ravaging COVID-19 subsides. The secretary, Chris Ogiemwonyi Campaign Organization, George Idehen, in
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Plateau residents hold family services to halt spread of COVID-19
Gyang Bere, Jos There was a visible presence of security officers across Jos to enforce the precautionary measures taken by the Plateau State Government to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Daily Sun gathered that most residents held family Sunday services at their homes, with most churches which stayed open
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Royal rumble as crisis hits Minna Emirate Council
John Adams, Minna Another crisis is brewing in the Minna Emirate Council, the seat of one of the first class traditional rulers in Niger State with a group demanding that the current structure of the emirate be balkanized. A group of stakeholders, made up of princes from the Emirate have request through a petition letter
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COVID-19: Fayemi imposes 14 days curfew
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has, in line with the lingering spread of the novel Coronavirus disease across the globe, declared a dusk to dawn curfew to lasts for fourteen days, as part of measures for containment of outbreak in the state. Fayemi also disclosed that government cannot withstand a public health
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COVID-19: NAF postpones AFMS/AFGMS entrance examination
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force(NAF), has announced the postponement of the entrance examination into the Air Force Military School (AFMS) and Air Force Girls’ Military School (AFGMS) Jos earlier schedule for April 4 to May 16. The postponement according to NAF, Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, is in
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COVID-19: CMD of UCH, UI College of Medicine Provost, Deputy Provost test postive
Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan The Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and has gone into quarantine. Also testing positive for the virus are the Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Prof Olubunmi Olopade-Olaopa, and the Deputy Provost, Prof Obafunke Denloye.
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Marc Wabara felicitates with Tinubu at 68
A chieftain and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sir Marc Inyanagbo Wabara, has felicitated with the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his 68th birthday anniversary. In a statement, Wabara, who described Tinubu as a colossus and a bridge-builder, said he had impacted positively on his state, the
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COVID-19: Police raise the alarm over fake website selling, delivery of medical products
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian police force headquarters in Abuja, has raised the alarm over activities of fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to rob people of their hard earned money and other valuables. Force public relations officer Frank Mba, who made this known in Abuja, said scammers in Nigeria and other parts of
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Soldiers kill 9 bandits, arrest 14, rescue 12 abducted persons in Zamfara
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), said soldiers on anti-banditry operations in Zamfara and Nassarawa States have killed nine bandits, arrested 14 others and rescued 12 abducted persons in Zamfara state. Acting Director Defence Media Operations Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuke, who made this known said among the rescued victims is the District Head of Wuya,
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Coronavirus: Buhari to address Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Sunday evening, his spokesman has said. The broadcast, scheduled for 7pm, will be on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), according to Femi Adesina. He asked all television, radio and other electronic media outlets to hook up to the networks. Buhari has come under intense criticism for “disappearing” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The social media had been awash with rumours about his health, some claiming he had tested positive for the…
UCH boss, Otegbayo, College Provost, Deputy, test positive for Coronavirus
*Confirmed Oyo cases rise to seven Sola Adeyemo, Ibadan As the number of persons confirmed to have tested positive for Coronavirus in Oyo State has risen to seven, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, Sunday announced he was among the new four cases announced. Aside him, the Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Professor Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and his Deputy, Professor Obafunke Denloye, have also tested positive. Otegbayo disclosed his status in a statement personally signed by him and…
PGF extols Tinubu virtues @ 68
*Ace entrepreneur, Ogunsan also salutes ex-gov Johnchuks Onuanyim, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on the platform of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) have extolled the virtues of the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as he celebrates his 68 birthday. The governors also in statement signed by the Chairman and Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Atiku Bagudu charged Nigerians to stay at home to curtail the spread of Coronavirus. According to the governors, Tinubu, the former Lagos State governor has added meaning to progressive governance…
JUST IN: Second COVID-19 case sends Osun into total lockdown
The Osun State Government has announced the total lockdown of the state following the confirmation of the second case of the deadly Coronavirus.The Government reaffirmed the commitment to shut down all the land boundaries effective from midnight, Sunday, March 29.The Governor of the State, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, made the disclosure during a statewide broadcast on Sunday morning.Oyetola maintained that there would be no movement within the State during the shutdown while those on essential duties such as health personnel, fire service, environmental officials, security personnel, power and water supply agencies,…
Coronavirus: We may lose season, warns UEFA President
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin admits the European football season “would probably be lost” if it won’t restart by the end of June at the latest.The governing body of European football has set up a task force to draft up a potential calendar for federations to follow after the coronavirus pandemic forced all of its major leagues to halt.While Ceferin says there are multiple scenarios up for consideration, he could not assure it will be possible to bring the current season to an end, with everything depending on how the pandemic…
Covid-19: China’s Wuhan reopens more bus routes
* As Beijing reports 4 new imported COVID-19 cases Wuhan, the central Chinese city once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, has reopened more bus routes Sunday, as the city gets its public transportation system back on track.The city with a population of some 11 million has added 36 bus routes in the downtown area, bringing the total number to 180, while other districts are allowed to resume bus routes gradually starting Sunday, according to the local transport authority.Passengers are required to wear masks and scan health codes when…
COVID-19: Why Shop owners are locking out customers
The rate of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria is alarming and sending the entire citizens scurrying for safety, especially those of business owners and storekeepers, who now lock their customers out and attend to them through locked burglary proofs in order to reduce physical contacts with them. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA reports that most of them who attended to the clients through iron gates wore hand gloves T he saying, “he that sups with the devils, should have a long spoon” is becoming a reality in Nigeria context since…
RCCG, DayStar, KICC, others reinforce online collection of tithes, offerings
F orced to discard huge gatherings and by extension direct collection of tithes and offerings during fellowships, church leaders have shown that they cannot afford to miss their customary tithes, offerings and other fund raising from the congregation. Consequently, major church operators have fine-tuned their revenue drive, tithes, offering collection strategies by exploring the potency of online collections. Our correspondent, who monitored online fellowships of some of the major denomination last Sunday reported that RCCG, Dunamis, Daystar, Mathew Ashimolowo’s Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), are among…
Pastor Muoka rains curses on Covid-19
T he General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, has passed judgment against the evil Kingdom responsible for the spread of Covid-19. Leading his congregation through a fervent prayer seesion, on Thursday deliverance service, held at the church’s headquarters in Lagos, Muoka declared that Covid-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, shall be no more. Relying on the Scriptural authority in the book of Mathew 18:18 which says, “Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall…
Sweet-smelling evil 7
A ll those were in the past. Presently, things were getting too tricky for Tume. Tami’s pregnancy was blossoming, Nessa was getting very heavy. He felt like an expectant father of twins. But the twins would come months apart and from two different women, two friends – his wife and her best friend. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He continued to play a good husband to his wife and a good lover to Tami. Things had worked out perfectly well until the worst happened,…
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