Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, it has conducted at least 500 off circle and bye-elections cutting across Governorship, parliamentary position at National Assembly seats, at the Senate and House of Representatives as well as the State Assembly level. More worrisome is that, a higher number of these cases are related to issues of impunity, electoral fraud, violence during polls which were later decided in court while a few of them were due to natural occurrences; death. It is also very disturbing and alarming that, the level of electoral fraud and irregularities that are perpetrated at the lowest but very…
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IBADAN – Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of Covid-19 with Lagos, Katsina and Oyo states on top of the list. The new cases which spread across 14 states and FCT, bring the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 6,175 cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, tweeting @NCDCgov states: “216 new cases of #COVID19; 74-Lagos33-Katsina19-Oyo17-Kano13-Edo10-Zamfara8-Ogun8-Gombe8-Borno7-Bauchi7-Kwara4-FCT3-Kaduna3-Enugu2-Rivers “6175 cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 1644, Deaths: 191”.
The Nigeria Football Federation has received notice from the Enugu State Football Association that Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa, a Member of the NFF Executive Committee who died on 5th May, will be buried on 10th June 2020. The Enugu FA letter signed by the secretary, Francis Ugwu, read, inter alia: “We humbly wish to inform all the zonal chairmen that the family of Late Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa has scheduled the burial to hold on 10th June 2020 at his family compound. The family assured that the burial will be in accordance with the National/State conditions and directives for burial…
Nigeria has always been an interesting case. It’s the richly endowed country that is also home to some of the world’s poorest. It is where sprawling mansions exist in close proximity to slums. For some unexplainable reason, we have struggled to transform the mineral and human endowment into a better quality of life for all Nigerians. Inequality has been a permanent feature of our nation, the rich-poor divide being one of the most dispiriting. Right from independence in 1960, when we seemed to replace one group of ‘lords’ with another, democratic politics and prebendal politics have been, what Richard Joseph, famously…
By Tony Obiechina, AbujaOffice of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has refutted reports by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) that under the IPPIS, salaries and allowances of lecturers were being over deducted by the government.A statement by the OAGF Director of Information, Press & Public Relations, Mr. Henshaw Ogubike in Abuja on Monday, said ASUU also alleged that the deductions were such that “their take home is now only 50% or less of what they earn”.The statement explained that”The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax is a statutory tax deductions paid by all salary earners. IPPIS applied…
By Amosu Adeboye Lille forward Victor Osimhen has backed the decision to cancel the 2019/2020 French Ligue 1 season. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the cancellation of the Ligue 1 season last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. Paris Saint- Germain were later declared Ligue 1 champion by France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel. PSG was 12 points above second-placed Marseille at the top of the table when the season was suspended on March 13 . “I think the championship will resume in September or August but I don’t know exactly. For the rest, the end of the season has…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says ban on religious gathering in the state can not be relaxed now due to advice from medical experts that COVID-19 transmission occurs more easily in enclosed places. Makinde made the explanation on Monday during the briefing by the state Task Force on COVID-19, at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan. The governor said that he had received request from some religious leaders to relax the ban so that religious services could hold. “Experts’ advice is that we can not, at this point in time, relax the directive. “However, they (experts) are carrying out a…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has urged Muslim faithful in the country to look out for the new Islamic moon of Shawwal from Friday May 22.NSCIA said this in a statement by its Deputy Secretary General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, on Monday in Abuja.Shehu also felicitated with Nigerian Muslims for observing the Ramadan of 1441 AH and prayed to almighty Allah to avail all Muslims the opportunity to witness another Ramadan in good health.”Following the advice by the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC) that Friday May 22, 2020 which is equivalent to 29th Ramadan, 1441 AH is the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it will provide guidance for businesses to take responsibility and re-open safely, as it continues to work to stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (DG), of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Monday, in Abuja. Iheakweazu said President Muhammadu Buhari, had expressed concerns over re-opening of the economy, when the PTF briefed him on the public health response to COVID-19 in the country. He said that a consensus was reached that Nigerians might have to live with the pandemic up to months…
The Bauchi State government said on Monday that two new death cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been recorded, bringing the number of deaths in the State to five. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA) disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi. Mohammed, who did not disclose the identity of the dead, said nine patients were also discharged, bringing the total number of discharged cases in the state to 112. “Yes! We have just discharged nine patients, this brings the total number of discharged cases in the state to…