Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 26th April 2020
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Kano Loses 12 Prominent Individuals In 10 Hours
AKINWUNMI KING/CHIOMA UMEHA/SULAIMAN FASASI/BOLU OLU-ESHO/AHMAD TIJJANI ABDUL LAGOS/OGUN/ONDO/KANO – The ancient city of Kano on Saturday lost 12 prominent individuals who reportedly died in strange circumstances. Their deaths were among the long list currently being experienced in Kano and its environs. Medical experts had since dismissed the upsurge in deaths across the metropolitan local government …
Heads To Roll In Benue Over Massive Fraud At SUBEB
MAKURDI – Heads may roll this week in the Benue State civil service following the discovery of a massive fraud in the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The alleged fraud said to have been uncovered by the committee on the review and repositioning of the state’s SUBEB amounted to several billions of naira. …
Controversy Over Alleged N5bn COVID-19 Contract In NDDC
There was controversy at the weekend over alleged approval and award of a N5, 474,647,125 contract by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the purchase of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and sanitisers to tackle Coronavirus in the nine states making up the region. An online medium had published a letter dated April 6, 2020 …
Osun, Kano Record 86 Fresh Coronavirus Patients
GBENGA FATUROTI/ TIJJANI ABDUL OSOGBO – Kano State government on Saturday announced that it has recorded 74 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. This is coming on the heels of another announcement by the Osun State government that the state has 12 fresh Coronavirus patients. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who was briefing the media …
Why I Resigned As Obaseki’s Chief Of Staff – Akerele
BENIN – Mr. Taiwo Akerele, the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Saturday told Sunday Independent that he resigned his appointment to save the office of the Chief of Staff from being denigrated. According to him, “the office of the Chief of Staff is being denigrated and to protect that …
Umahi And His Dictatorial Tendencies
ABAKALIKI – For almost five years, Governor David Nweze Umahi, has held sway as the third democratically elected Governor of Ebonyi State. Hitherto, his relationship with journalists and the press could best be likened to that of a husband and a nagging wife. A nagging wife complains at will, and there is nothing the husband …
Intrigues Trail Ex-Beauty Queen, Commissioner’s Alleged Assault, Rape Saga In Kogi
Despite outrage over alleged assault and rape trailing Abdulmumini Dunga, Commissioner, Water Resources, Kogi State, and what appears to be an avowed determination of Governor Yahaya Bello to get to the root of the matter, progress in police investigation is being obstructed by intrigues bordering on lots of things not being said about the alleged …
Hunger Biting Harder Than Fears Of Coronavirus – Ozobo
Comrade Austin Ozobo, a rights activist, is the National President, Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI). Ozobo, the Burutu North State Constituency candidate for the 2019 Delta State House of Assembly election under the platform of the Nigeria People’s Congress (NPC), spoke to EJIKEME OMENAZU on the effects of the lockdown over Coronavirus pandemic, among other …
Other States Should Emulate Sanwo-Olu On How To Tackle Coronavirus –Olokoba
Razaq Olokoba, the National President of the Campaign for Dignity in Governance (CDG), in this interview with AKINWUNMI KING took a look at the way Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is fighting the Coronavirus war. Excerpts: descended on the world unannounced, and that is why it has caught some nations, including the advanced …
Appraising Efforts At Combating Coronavirus In Lagos
LAGOS – Worried by the continuous spread of the deadly Coronavirus in Lagos State, a joint committee of the state House of Assembly on Wednesday visited some of the Isolation Centres in the state. The joint committee, which included House Committee on Health Services and Information, Security and Strategy, visited the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), …
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