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Tuesday, 24 March 2020 05:52

ASUU declares indefinite strike over agreement breaches, IPPIS

Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, declared a total and indefinite strike over failure of Federal Government to keep to the 2019 Memorandum of Action and over the lingering crisis on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. The union’s National President, Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the strike at a briefing in its National Secretariat, Abuja, noting that the strike was decided by its National Executive Council after an emergency meeting. The union had begun a two-week warning strike on March 9 and the action elapsed on Monday, which had now led the university lecturers to a full-blown strike.…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:29

Coronavirus: Lagos, Kwara tell workers to stay at home as cases hit 31

Coronavirus cases in the country increased from 22 on Saturday to 31 on Sunday. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its twitter handle on Sunday, said the cases included 22 in Lagos State, four in Federal Capital Territory, one in Oyo State and one in Ekiti State. The centre said the two in Ogun State, including the Italian index case, had tested negative and had been discharged. NCDC stated, “Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria. Two cases are returning travellers and one is a contact of a confirmed case. As of 05:28 pm on 22nd…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:28

Adeboye, Kumuyi, Olukoya comply with directive on gathering; Oyedepo disobeys

Senior clerics including General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr Enoch Adeboye; Mr Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre; General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Mr William Kumuyi and Mr Daniel Olukoya of Mountain of Fires and Miracles Ministries complied with the orders of Ogun and Lagos state governments banning gathering of more than 50 persons. But the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Ota, Ogun State held physical services despite the orders. Adeboye during the online service said coronavirus would subside after God had proved His point. The 78-year-old cleric said, during his sermon from the studio…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:27

Abuja churches defy FCTA ban, hold services

Dunamis and many churches in Abuja held their normal services with hundreds and thousands of worshippers in attendance, despite the restriction by FCTA. Churches monitored by one of our correspondents in Kubwa, Jabi and Gwarinpa areas were filled as usual and their services held for the normal durations. The correspondent counted more than 20 churches along the Arab Road, Kubwa, which opened on Sunday with the normal inflow of worshippers. The churches included Dunamis International Church, and the Champions Church, Chikakore, having some of the largest congregations in the area. A worshipper, Mr Elijah Martins, said he decided to still…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:26

What God told me about Coronavirus – Adeboye

General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Mr Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday said the current outbreak of COVID-19 across the world will soon subside but will not be ‘completely eradicated’. Adeboye, who addressed his congregation across the globe via a live broadcast on Sunday, also said God had revealed to him earlier in the year that the world would experience a ‘compulsory holiday’, hence his earlier call to church members to undertake a 50-day fast in January. Redeemed Church, like many others across the nation, has stopped physical services, and resorted to online services in line with the…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:25

Atiku’s son tests positive for Coronavirus

The first high profile case of COVID-19 broke yesterday as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar announced that his son had tested positive for the pandemic. Mr Abubakar’s announcement came through his Twitter and Facebook platforms last night, several hours after the federal government had said eight new cases of COVID-19 in Lagos, Oyo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 30, spread over four states and the FCT. Although the former vice president did not divulge the identity of the son, he said he had duly informed Nigeria Centre…

Monday, 23 March 2020 05:23

Germany's Merkel goes into quarantine after contact with infected doctor

German chancellor Angela Merkel went into quarantine on Sunday after coming into contact with a coronavirus-infected doctor shortly after announcing more curbs on social interaction to slow the spread of the disease. Merkel, 65, will continue her work from home and will submit to repeated tests over the next few days, her spokesman said in a statement, adding it was too soon for a conclusive test yet. Merkel had on Friday afternoon received a vaccine shot against pneumococcus, a pneumonia-causing bacteria, from a doctor who later tested positive for coronavirus, according to the statement. Merkel earlier on Sunday said in…

Sunday, 22 March 2020 05:40

Nigeria goes into isolation as FG bans all international flights

Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the closure of all the country’s airports to international flights till April 23, 2020. Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Musa Nuhu disclosed this in a letter to all foreign airlines and operators on Saturday. He said domestic flights will continue normal operations at all airports. NCAA had shut down the international wing of three airports in Nigeria on Friday. This is in line with the directive of the Federal Government to restrict international flights in response to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. The three airports closed down were; Mallam Aminu Kano International…

Sunday, 22 March 2020 05:38

A handful of Nigeria’s business and political leaders own property in Dubai worth N164bn. Here are they

Chairman of the forum of governors elected on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Atiku Bagudu, and a senator representing Enugu west senatorial district, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, are among serving political office holders named to be part of 334 prominent Nigerians who are linked to 800 properties scattered around the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This was revealed by a new report on illicit financial flows which put the value of the properties at N164 billion. The report, published on Thursday by an American-based non-governmental organisation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is a product of…

Sunday, 22 March 2020 05:37

Crossover country superstar Kenny Rogers dies at 81

Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on records and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81. He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told The Associated Press. He was under hospice care and died of natural causes, Hagan said. The Houston-born performer with the husky voice and silver beard sold tens of millions of records, won three Grammys and was the star of TV movies based on “The Gambler” and…

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Sunday, 22 March 2020 05:35

Nicholas Okoh, retiring head of Anglican Communion in Nigeria, speaks on his life as soldier, businessman, priest

In the next few days, Archbishop of Abuja Province and Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Mr Nicholas Okoh, will disengage from office of the primate after completing the statutory ten years as Primate of the Church of Nigeria & Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja. Okoh is a man of many parts, a huge repertoire of experiences. A man of excellent comprehension, he gives every role God or man assigns him, whether in the military or at the pulpit, his best shot; his eyes perpetually fixed on excellence. Okoh joined the Nigerian Army at just 16, an age when most…

Saturday, 21 March 2020 05:54

FG set to close all international airports in Nigeria

The 33 foreign airlines operating flights into Nigeria may suffer a major blow as the Federal Government says it will in a few days shut the international wings of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr Musa Nuhu, in a statement on Thursday announced the closure of the three other international airports in the country, namely Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, thereby restricting international flights to only Lagos and Abuja airports. The statement noted that…

Saturday, 21 March 2020 05:54

Protecting Nigerians from Coronavirus my priority –Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the priority of his administration right now is to protect Nigerians against the deadly virus, coronavirus (COVID-19). He said this in an audience with the management of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in State House, Abuja. Mr Buhari said: “I am pleased that you are working with Ministry of Health on protecting our citizens from Covid-19 virus. “You must work to guarantee the safety and security of our pilgrims. As a government, this is now a key priority for us. I therefore enjoin you to ensure that adequate medical provisions and other welfare requirements…

Saturday, 21 March 2020 05:51

WAEC postpones WASSCE 2020 over coronavirus

West African Senior School Certificate Examination, 2020, has been postponed indefinitely. West African Examinations Council made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement quoted WAEC Nigeria’s Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, as saying that the examination scheduled to begin April 6, 2020, was postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic. Areghan said the timetable for the examination would be reviewed after the coronavirus pandemic situation improves. The statement read, “The West African Examinations Council in Nigeria, nay, the West African sub-region, has decided to put on hold conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination…

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