archiveJuly 5, 2020

A week before the second round of presidential elections in Poland, incumbent Andrzej Duda has said he would seek to change the constitution to ban gay couples from adopting children. The legislation would be brought before the parliament on Monday, the conservative leader said. Duda’s liberal challenger in the run-off,...

Students in primary six, JSS3 and SSS3 in Oyo State will on Monday resume at their various schools. Schools are billed to open for three hours, between the hour of 8 am and 12 noons, with students in boarding houses expected to have returned to their hostels on Sunday. Recall...

The family of the late Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi, said on Sunday that it had no intention to bar the Deputy Governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan, from the eight-day fidau prayer organised for the deceased. Ajimobi’s former media aide, Bolaji Tunji, said this in a statement issued in Ibadan...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), South West, has threatened to stop loading petroleum products in all depots in the region in protest against the recent increase in the price of petrol. It will be recalled that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency on July 1 announced a...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, said on Sunday that the President Muhammadu Buhari was unconscious of happenings in the Presidency, and as such, should be ignored. Fayose spoke in reaction to recent comments by the President’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, that Buhari would have dealt with Fayose and River...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has advised Nigerians to disregard the purposed timetable for the 2020/2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination timetable circulating online. The Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, said on Sunday that the timetable circulating online was not from the examination body....

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations of missing N300 billion public funds. The organisation said the funds documented in the 2017 audited report...

Five students bagged first class in the January 2020 final exams of the Nigerian Law School. The five students were among the 2,515 students who sat for the bar exams conducted in January this year, the Council of Legal Education, said over the weekend. According to the statement while a...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil and India, according to WHO’s daily report. Nigeria recorded 603 cases on Saturday, a relatively moderate...

The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the exit of two senior officials and the redeployment of others. Two officials who recently left the corporation were replaced while other redeployments were also carried out. It would be recalled that its Chief Operating Officer in charge of...