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Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, burst into tears on Thursday as he decried the tax burden on low-income earners in the state. “This is not Ben Ayade, this is not my nature,” the Governor said. “I am not wired for this insensitivity to a weaker person. I never knew that five years into office […]

Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Sultan of Sokoto-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has directed Muslims in Nigeria to pray at home with their families on Sallah day, as the eid prayer congregation remained suspended, due to the rampaging and highly contagious coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.Secretary–General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, said, in a statement, yesterday, that […]

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, has said that the country may go into recession due to the slowing down of economic activities as shown in an assessment by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics.She made the prediction while speaking after the National Economic Council meeting on Thursday. She said, “The National Bureau of Statistics has made an assessment. […]

The President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.The President also dismissed four members of the management for various offences bordering on financial impropriety.Uwakwe had been suspended since May 2018 by the Federal Government over alleged financial mismanagement […]

“Operation Accord” to flush insurgents in north west, north central The Presidency on Tuesday announced a massive plan of the Ministry of Defence to launch “Operation Accord” to flush out insurgents from the contiguous states of Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and parts of Kebbi State. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to extend the eased lockdown for another two weeks is to try and contain the spread of COVID-19, before the economy is fully reopened.Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, stated this during […]

The Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, has tried and found guilty 14 cadets on various offences, including examination malpractices, indiscipline and other acts of misconduct. The NDA, established in February 1964, is a degree awarding military institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It was gathered on Tuesday that 13 cadets were dismissed while one was demoted […]

The Chinese medical team which arrived on April 8 has been unable to leave the country following the unavailability of commercial flights to Beijing, the capital of China. It was gathered that the personnel had concluded their assignment, which included assisting with the installation of some equipment and sharing COVID-19 experience with the Federal Government. […]

THE Federal Government, yesterday, called on the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to suspend the strike and return to the classroom to manufacture drugs for the cure of the COVID-19 pandemic. This came as ASUU described the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, as a tunnel created to siphon government resources. ASUU […]

COVID-19: 253 vulnerable families get relief in Jos 254 vulnerable families in Jos South local government area of Plateau State heaved a sigh of relief at the weekend when they were provided with some palliatives to cushion the adverse effect of the ongoing total lockdown in the State as the result of the COVID-19 disease. […]