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 […]

PRESS STATEMENT GOVERNOR LALONG WELCOMES RE-ELECTION OF AfDB’s ADESINA; LAUDS APPOINTMENT OF LALU AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, DISABILITY COMMISSION. Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong and Chairman, Northern Governors has welcomed the re-election of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank . In a congratulatory message, Governor Lalong described the development as another […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has threatened to impose a total lockdown on the state if people continue to violate the safety guidelines issued to contain the spread of the virus in the state. Sanwo-Olu said the government would be forced to review terms of easing the lockdown if there was no […]

RIVERS State Governor,  Nyesom Wike, on Saturday arrested two more violators of the lockdown of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of the state. The arrests were ordered by the governor on Day Three of the lockdown. Speaking while monitoring the compliance level of the lockdown in the two LGAs, Wike explained that the […]

Nigeria has recorded 239 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,151. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Saturday. Of the 239 new cases, 97 were recorded in Lagos State, 44 in Bauchi, 29 in Kano, 19 in Katsina and […]