Nigeria’s 21 years of unbroken civilian rule has been a potpourri of celebration, sadness and hope. As the nation marks the occasion today, May 29, 2020, it has become imperative to look at where we were coming from and where we are heading. Prior to 1999, the military had always interrupted our march to unhindered democracy. The First Republic, for ...

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of Edo, Ondo and Oyo State Commissioners of Police. Eight other CPs were also redeployed in various Commands and Formations, according to a press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The statement said, “The IGP has ordered the immediate posting/redeployment of the following Commissioners of Police ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has expressed hope that the ban on religious gatherings in the country may be lifted by the first Sunday of June. The ban is among the safety precautions in place to combat coronavirus in the country. CAN President Rev Samson Ayokunle gave the indication in a statement on Wednesday. He said they had been consulting ...

Disowns June 8 reopening date as fake, mulls 2 shifts system 3 local drugs pass first hurdle As the Federal Government continues gradual easing of lockdown, it said it is set to roll out measures for safe re-opening of schools. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The pathetic narrative of the avoidable death of a day-old baby due to the negligence of police operatives at Obodoukwu road in Onitsha is one out of the many melancholic state Anambra citizens have found themselves. The baby would have survived if the police had heeded the pleas from a nurse and father of the child to ...

A group of Ogoni women from the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Tuesday, protested semi-nude over the continued detention of their son and manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel, Dr Bariledum Azoroh. The women, who gathered in the Zaakpo community, Khana LGA, called on Governor Nyesom Wike to release Bariledum. He was fined N50,000 and quarantined for ...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said passengers should brace up for rigorous health checks at the airports, flight delays and increase in airfare when restrictions are lifted and operations resume post COVID-19. Speaking at an aviation webinar organised by Women in Aviation (WIA) Nigeria, with the theme: Aviation: The New Norm in the post COVID-19, the General ...

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the annual Biafra day celebration, to commemorate fallen heroes of Biafra after the civil war, will not be observed with a sit-at-home order as it was in the past. Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement in Owerri, said the celebration, which would hold between May 27 and ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has responded to a social media report where the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged that it was sheer ineptitude that the state lost a citizen to the dreaded coronavirus infection and that the governor should take responsibility rather than blame the deceased. APGA maintained that it was pure wickedness and unfortunate ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 276 new cases of the novel coronavirus. This brings the total infection to 8,344. In its breakdown of the latest results, the NCDC said Lagos reported 161 of the new cases. Other states with new cases include Rivers with 36, Edo with 27, Kaduna with 19, Nasarawa with 10, ...