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In just a few days to the Ondo state governorship election, Peter Fasua, candidate Social Democratic Party (SDP) stepped down and endorsed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the incumbent Governor and All Progressive Congress gubernatorial candidate. This took place just a few hours after Dele Ogunbameru, its state chairman led the chairmen of 10 other political parties…
The Senate has announced that the 2021 budget presentation by the Presidency will last for only one hour due to the COVID19 pandemic. Senator Ahmed Lawan, the Senate President gave the conditions meant to guide the budget presentation by President Buhari. He said that the House will keep to the safety health rules to guide…
Emmanuella Charpentier and Jennifer A.Douna have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for their work on Genome Editing. This marks the first time a science Nobel would be awarded to two women. The two female scientists developed the Crispr tool which can be used to alter DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with high…
Femi Falana SAN, a human rights activist and legal luminary told the audience at the Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, ASCAB Programme, that the Federal Government was not sincere in reforming the special police unit. This was his response to the comment credited to Frank Mba, The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that the use of rumors and propaganda by the Federal Government would not end the ongoing strike action. The union made a declaration last week that they will commence a 14-day warning strike from October 5 to October 19, which premised on the inconsistencies of the…
 The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria criticized the fuel price comparison between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia made by President Buhari in his Independence Day address. The President Buhari stated that it made no sense for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than other oil-producing nations. President Buhari stated, ‘In the circumstances, a responsible…
Dennis Amakiri, former Deputy Director of the Department of State Service (DSS) reacted to the recent attack on Governor Babagana Zullum, Governor of Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. He said that the Governor refused to heed intelligence warnings that dissuaded him from moving out of the Borno State House. He stated this during a…
The Lagos State Government empowered another set of 2,000 indigent citizens yesterday at the ‘Eko Care: Go Forward, Grow Forward, Grow Lagos’ an empowerment initiative of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State.  This initiative was set up in order to fulfill his electoral promise to lift many people at the grass-roots out of…
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELINA TRUMP TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump who tweeted before 1 a.m on Friday said ‘Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will…
The meeting between the Federal Government, labour unions and civil society groups over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff ended without a resolution a second time. Meanwhile, the court granted an interim order barring the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on a protest or strike over…
