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Onitsha-The vibrant Onitsha branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has for first time in more than 41 year produced a chairmanship candidate that emerged unopposed. The newly emerged Chairman is Mr Onyechi Ononye. The Vice-Chairmanship candidate, Mrs Margret Wilcox Iwuchukwu also scaled through unopposed. The rest of the Executive Committee positions vied for are […]

Nigeria has confirmed 403 new cases of the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Confirming the cases on its official Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC stated that 68 of the cases are in Lagos, Gombe-73, Kano-46 Edo-36 FCT-35 Nasarawa-31 Kaduna-17 Oyo-16 Abia-15 Delta-13 Borno-13 Plateau-8 Niger-7 Rivers-7 Enugu-6 Ogun-6 Kebbi-3 Ondo-1 […]

The Nigerian Government has said Private Schools that run International Curriculum are free to conduct their third term examinations online. The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwumeka Nwajiuba disclosed this in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19. According to the Minister, “Schools that operate […]

The Presidency has refuted claims by the Northern Elders Forum that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his duty of protecting Nigerians. In a statement issued on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the group Northern Elders Forum NEF doesn’t even exist. “The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) in a […]

The Nigerian Government says it will establish fire response stations in the grassroots. Controller-General of the FFS, Mr. Liman Ibrahim, made this known on Sunday in Abuja. Ibrahim noted that the plan to establish the stations was to enhance the service’s prompt response to fire incidence in the senatorial districts. “When I came on board, we […]

The Ministerial Task Team on Covid -19 in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has sealed the popular Jabi Lake Mall for violating the Presidential Task Force’s directives on the ban on public and social gatherings and dusk to dawn curfew in place as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded […]

In a bid to strengthen health care programme, prominent businessman and philanthropist, Sir Emeka Offor, through his foundation, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, has donated 100 beds and $380,000 worth of medical equipment to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). The Foundation noted that the donation was part of its contribution to mitigate the challenges of […]

The Presidency has cleared the air on an incident that occurred in the State House on Thursday, June 11. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement issued on Sunday, appreciated the concern shown by Nigerians on the matter, which bordered on security. Furthermore, he said President Muhammadu […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 501 new Covid-19 cases, increasing the total number of infections in the country to 15,682. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the information on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, on Saturday night. According to the NCDC, as at 11:42 pm 13th June 2020, there are […]

The Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector. The 12 `frontline’ states, to benefit from the fund are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States. The Federal Ministry of […]