archive2020

Counsel to Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) and Maina’s firm, the 2nd defendant in the money laundering trial, on Monday abandoned the court proceeding. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, where Maina is facing a 12-count charge, made the remark in his...

 Russian state media on Tuesday reported that Russian authorities had detained leaders of the local organisation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses because the religion is banned in the country. The Christian faith, which does not observe many traditional doctrines including Christmas and Easter because it considers them tinged with paganism, is...

England is to all a maximum of 4,000 fans into match venues in the lowest-risk areas when the four-week lockdown in England ends on 2 December. Up to 2,000 people will be allowed in tier two areas but none in tier three. Indoor venues in tiers one and two can...

Barely 24 hours after the Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kolawole Olawoye, was sacked, the Deputy Speaker, Iroju Ogundeji, has been impeached by the Assembly. Iroju, who represents Odigbo Constituency II, was impeached at the plenary session this morning and replaced by Tona Aderotoye from Odigbo Constituency...

  House elects, swears-in new Speaker The Speaker, Gombe State House of Assembly, Abubakar Ibrahim Kurba, has been sacked by members of the State House. The impeachment motion was moved by a former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Shuaibu Adamu who was impeached earlier this year. The impeached letter...

  Northern Elders Forum under the leadership of Prof Ango Abdullahi has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed as far as tackling insecurity in Nigeria was concerned. The Forum disclosed this in a statement on Monday by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. The group decried...

The domestic equities market on Monday extended its losing streak with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.04 per cent, as the country officially entered  recession. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 15.04 points or 0.04 per cent to close at 34,121.78 compared with 34,136.82 achieved on Friday. The index was dragged...

Football’s governing body, FIFA, has banned Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and a FIFA Vice-President, for five years for breaching some of its codes. He has been sanctioned with a ban from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned that a second wave of the pandemic was very much likely,  advising Nigerians to suspend their Christmas travels due to the risk of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Mr...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said that 138 members of the National Youth Service  Corps (NYSC) had so far tested positive to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, said this at the National Briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said...