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Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:56

My coronavirus status won’t stop my re-election - Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, says his coronavirus status cannot stop his victory in the forthcoming October 10 governorship election in the state. The governor announced that he tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, saying he has since self-isolate but remained asymptomatic. He said, “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic. I am currently self-isolating and supervised home management will be administered by the wonderful team at our Infectious Disease Hospital. I ask that we all stay safe and be well.” In a video on his Twitter handle, Akeredolu, who is…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:54

Universities, polytechnics, others won’t reopen anytime soon - FG

Hope of tertiary institution students returning to school soon was dashed yesterday, when Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 confirmed that there was no plan yet to reopen tertiary institutions. National Coordinator of PTF, Mr Sani Aliyu, in a radio interview, said PTF was, at the moment, concerned with measures that would flatten the curve and contain community transmission. “We know that schools, together with restaurants, bars and other entrainment activities could encourage community transmission of the dreaded coronavirus, hence the reason we were not in hurry to reopen them. “However, we have taken pragmatic measures to ensure we do…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:52

Buhari appoints new MD for export processing zones authority

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Adesoji Adesugba as Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority(NEPZA), a parastatals under Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. The President’s approval was given in a letter addressed to the Minister, dated 26th June, 2020 and signed by Mr Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to the President. According to a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday by Media Assistant to Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Julius Toba-Jegede; Adebayo hailed Mr Buhari over the appointment of Adesugba. The Minister who expressed confidence over the choice of Adesugba…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:51

FG rescues 39 Nigerians detained in Ghana

Federal Government said has it facilitated release of 39 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering Ghana. It said the citizens would be repatriated home during the next evacuation exercise. Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, in a post on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, said the citizens were arrested at Aflao border trying to enter Ghana illegally. It stated, “About a month ago, Nigerian Mission in Ghana got a call on the arrest of six Nigerians caught at Aflao border trying to enter Ghana. “The Nigerian consular team was dispatched by the High Commission to intervene immediately, and on getting there, they met…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:48

EU bars Nigeria, US, others from coming to member-countries due to coronavirus concerns

European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday The 27-member bloc gave majority approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU governments. The countries are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. China has also been provisionally approved, although travel would only open up if Chinese authorities also allowed in EU visitors. Reciprocity is a condition of being on the…

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 05:47

Democracy has no roots yet in Nigeria - Kukah

Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, Mr Matthew Kukah, says Nigeria has not transitioned fully from military rule to democracy. Speaking on Tuesday as a panellist during a citizens’ townhall on electoral reforms, a programme organised by YIAGA Africa, Kukah said Nigeria’s military background has continued to affect effective governance in the democratic dispensation. According to him, there is a need for reorganisation within political parties in order to promote service to the people instead of selfish interests. “We are mistaken in assuming that we have had a transition from dictatorship to democracy. We still haven’t. This is why we are…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:18

Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China

A new strain of flu that has the potential to become pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans, they say. The researchers are concerned that it could mutate further so that it can spread easily from person to person, and trigger a global outbreak. They say it has "all the hallmarks" of being highly adapted to infect humans - and needs close monitoring. As it's new, people could have little or no immunity to the virus. Pandemic threat A bad new strain of influenza is among the…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:17

IMF to FG: Don’t add to your people’s burden by imposing new taxes

International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday advised Nigeria against implementing new tax measures at this time in order not to exacerbate the adverse impacts of Covid-19 on the economy. The Bretton Woods institution’s Director, African Department, Mr Abebe Selassie, gave the advice during a media briefing on its updated Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). He also said Nigeria must introduce new economic policies that would not be encumbered by existing policy challenges in order to mitigate the impending economic hardship. “We feel that Nigeria should have a nimble policy response to ensure that the hit to the economy is…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:12

Army chief relocates to Katsina, vows to remain in the state until bandits are defeated

Chief of Army Staff, Mr Tukur Buratai, a lieutenant general, on Monday promised to remain in Katsina State until bandits are rooted out. He told Governor Aminu Masari that he would not leave “until the bandits terrorising the state are defeated”. Buratai, who arrived two days ago, said this year’s Army Day celebration, earlier scheduled to hold in Plateau State, will hold next month in Faskari, Katsina State. The army chief said the deteriorating security situation was of serious concern to President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said had directed that appropriate steps be taken to neutralise the marauders. He explained…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:10

Court orders police to pay N15m to families of three slain IMN members

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the police to pay N15 million to relatives of three members of proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) killed during protest in Abuja. The names of the deceased were given as Suleiman Shehu, Mahdi Musa and Bilyaminu Faska. Mr Taiwo Taiwo gave the order on Monday in three separate judgments in three fundamental rights enforcement suits filed by relatives of the deceased IMN members. The judge ordered the National Hospital in Abuja to immediately release bodies of the deceased in its morgue to their families. He said each of the three applicants…

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Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:09

Nigeria, 25 others to benefit from lifesaving cancer treatments

Nigeria and 25 other countries in Africa and Asia are to benefit from lifesaving cancer treatments supported by American Cancer Society (ACS) and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). CHAI in a statement it jointly issued with ACS, yesterday, announced that it had agreements with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Novartis and Mylan to expand access to 20 lifesaving cancer treatments in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The 25 countries are Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, in Africa; and Vietnam,…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:08

Court orders reinstatement of demoted varsity lecturers to former ranks, awards N20.8m damages

Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, has ordered reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by Federal University, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Council of the state. The institution, in 2018, downgraded Steve Nwabusor from the rank of professor to Lecturer I and Felina Nwadike, an Associate Professor to Senior Lecturer. Others were Sepribo Lawson-Jack, an Associate Professor, to Lecturer I and Evans Eze from Associate Professor to Lecturer II. Presiding Judge, Mr Bashiru Alkali, who ruled that the claimants be reinstated to their full status, privileges and entitlements by the institution, ordered that the university should pay each claimant N5…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:06

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump, requests Interpol's help

Iran has put out an arrest warrant and requested a red notice be published by Interpol for President Donald Trump following the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani in January, Iranian state news agency FARS reported Monday. Ali Alghasi Mehr, the prosecutor general of Tehran, said arrest warrants had been ordered for 36 people who were involved or cooperated in the “terror” of Soleimani including U.S. military and political officials, the news agency reported. A judicial official has also "declared a red notice on Interpol," Mehr added, according to FARS. The State Department and White House did not immediately respond to…

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 05:05

China passes security law for Hong Kong giving Beijing sweeping powers

China’s parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule almost exactly 23 years ago. Cable TV, citing an unidentified source, said the law was passed unanimously by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress. The legislation pushes Beijing further along a collision course with the United States, Britain and other Western governments, which have said it erodes the high degree of autonomy the global financial hub was granted at its July 1, 1997 handover. In…

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