The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it has made a the decision to ban all flights from the European countries. Recall that the EU in June had also banned flights from Nigeria as part of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus in its region. However, at the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce…
Month: August 2020
Lawmakers Charge Contractors To Complete Lagos Rice Mill Project
Lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly are mounting pressure on the contractors handling the Imota Rice Mill to speed-up work on the project in order to meet the December 2020 completion timeline. The Chairman, Lagos State House Committee on Agriculture, Kehinde Joseph, made this known on Thursday during an inspection your with other…
British High Commission Announces Free Visa Replacement For Nigerians
Nigeria’s who were supposed to travel to the UK before the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have no issue replacing their 30-day visa, the UK said on Thursday. According to the British High Commission in Lagos, the free visa replacement which will be open till December 2020, covers those who will be travelling to…
CAN Rejects FG’s Move To Control Churches
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said it will not allow the Federal Government to appoint trustees over religious centres in the country through the newly signed Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020. The Association said the new law would snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular institution under…
Presidency Denies Reports On Daura Traveling To UK On Health Grounds
The Presidency has denied social media reports that Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, travelled to the UK due to treat coronavirus infection. Reports emerged on Wednesday morning that the former journalist and industrialist had been infected with COVID-19 and was flown out on medical emergency. “It is true he travelled to the UK on…
Lagos State Government Offers N100M Grant To 23 Innovators, Tech Startups
The Lagos State Government has dolled out the sum of N100 million seed fund to support twenty-three young innovators and tech firms in the state. The support is in line with the Lagos State Government initiative to pursue various technology-driven innovations across the six pillars of the development agenda of Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. Recall that…
Lagos State Government Warns Buyers To Be Wary Of Properties Without Permit
Prospective property buyers and uptakers in Lagos State have been warned of buying buildings without Planning Permits as such would be subject to enforcement by the regulatory authority. The warning was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako in Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday. The Commissioner…
Nigeria High Commission Shuts Down Office In Canada
The Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has closed down their office indefinitely due to none-compliance to Covid-19 protocols. This development followed the abuse of a system it put in place to attend to a limited number of persons due to COVID-19 protocols, the Commission said on it’s website. “The High Commission of the Federal…
ASUU Calls President Buhari To Pay Accumulated Salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the President Buhari to pay the arrears of withheld salaries of its members before discussing the outstanding issues of 2019 Memorandum of Action. The President of the association, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the call in a conference in Abuja on Wednesday. ”Five months salaries of ASUU…
BREAKING: Fire Guts Ooni Of Ife’s Palace
The Ile-Oodua Palace of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in Oyo State has been reportedly gutted by fire on Wednesday. According to reports gathered, the timely intervention of the fire service men stopped the spread of the fire.
BREAKING: President Buhari Presides Over NEC Meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Aso Villa. The meeting took off at exactly 10 am, and was attended by the Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo. Including the Head of Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other ministers joined virtually from their various offices. Six…
BREAKING: Mali President Resigns
The coup which led the arrest of the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, has forced him to resign. Keita said Wednesday he had stepped down to avoid “bloodshed” after he was detained in a military coup, whose leaders pledged new elections.
UN Chief Demands ‘Immediate Release’ Of Mali President, Prime Minister
United Nations head Antonio Guterres demanded “the immediate and unconditional release” of Mali’s president and members of his government Tuesday after they were seized by rebel soldiers. “The secretary-general strongly condemns these actions and calls for the immediate restoration of constitutional order and rule of law in Mali,” a spokesman for Guterres said in a…
BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Receives US Ambassador To Nigeria
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday received the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard at the state capital, Ikeja. Details of the meeting not yet confirmed at the time of filing this report
Evans, The Kidnapper, Sentenced To Death By Lagos High Court
The notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, also known as Evans has been sentenced by the Lagos High Court to death on Monday. The popular kidnapper was arrested in June 2017 and arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. Recall that Evans conspired on February 14th, 2017 at about 7.45pm at Ilupeju,…
Angry Mob Attack Gov. Uzondinma Over Unpaid Salary
Yet to be identified persons on Monday attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodinma for failing to offset their salary arrears. The attack took place around Concorde Hotels, New Owerri, on Monday when Uzodinma was on his way to the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government. The…
Buhari’s Former Aide Dies At 70
Malam Wada Maida, the chairman, Board of Directors of the News Agency of Nigeria, has been confirmed dead. He was chief press secretary to President Muhammadu Buhari when he became military Head of State in December 1983, and returned to NAN in 1985 to become its Editor-in-Chief for eight years. Malam Lawal Sale Maida, a…
President Akufo-Addo Re-opens Tertiary Institutions In Ghana
With Ghana experiencing gradual drop in the number of coronavirus cases, the President Nana Akufo-Addo has permitted the re-opening of tertiary institutions. In a national broadcast monitored by LagosspyNG, the President said students can resume August 24 as the number of active coronavirus cases continue to drop. The re-opening would mark about five months since…
BREAKING: International Flight To Resume On August 29
The Federal Government said on Monday that the country will resume international flight operations on August 29. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He explained that the process for the resumption of international flights in the country would be similar…
Benue Lawmaker Recovers From Covid-19
The Speaker of Benue House of Assembly, Mr Titus Uba, has been declared negative of the Coronavirus by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This is contained in a statement by Uba’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Lubem Tiav, issued on Monday in Makurdi. According to the statement, Uba was given his COVID-19 negative result…