Nigeria: No man can stop me from returning as Edo Governor- Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki has boasted that he will emerge governor of Edo State, ahead of the governorship election in the State. According to him, no one can stop him because ...
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Nigeria COVID-19: Kaduna govt confirms 19 new cases, discharges 12 patients
Governor El-Rufai gave the update on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, where he informed that 17 of the new cases are from three families in Zaria, Kaduna North and ...
Nigeria Coronavirus: NCDC announces 276 COVID-19 cases as total hits 8344
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced that Nigeria recorded two hundred and seventy-six, 276, COVID-19 cases. It added that the total number of confirmed cases in ...
Nigeria: Governors convene emergency meeting as Buhari signs financial independence for States’ Judiciary, Legislature
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has fixed an emergency meeting for Wednesday. Signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 20, details of the Executive Order 10, 2020 were released on Tuesday. A ...
Nigerian States’ Legislature, Judiciary: FG releases details of Financial Autonomy Order
The details signals the implementation of Financial Autonomy for the State Legislature and Judiciary Order of 2020. With Buhari’s assent, the legislative and judicial arms of government in the 36 ...
Nigeria COVID-19: INEC to redesign polling units to comply with coronavirus regulations
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Polling Units shall be redesigned by the commission to ensure substantial compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established ...
Nigeria- Kaduna: El-Rufai threatens to jail parents enrolling children in Almajiri system
El-Rufai stated this in Kaduna on Monday when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation and optical screening at Government College, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna, ...
Nigeria: Grave diggers nabbed with fresh human heads in Ondo
The grave-diggers, Olomofe, 45; Adewale Abiodun, 40; Akinola Sunday, 69; and Oluwadare Idowu 67 who were workers at a public cemetery owned by Akure South Local Government along Imafon road, ...
Nigeria: NNPC reacts as Nigerians condemn appointments of ‘only Northerners’
Kennie Obateru, NNPC said this in a statement Sunday. The corporation in March disengaged some of its staff and appointed new top management officials. This triggered criticisms from Nigerians, Niger Delta leaders ...
Nigeria: Lagos, Abuja leads as NCDC confirms 313 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria on Sunday night confirmed 313 new cases of coronavirus. Lagos recorded the highest number with 146 new cases, while FCT followed with 36. This brings the total number of ...
