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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that the ban on public and religious gatherings in Rivers State was part of measures to protect life and property in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, appreciating Christians for complying with the ...

Executive Assistant to Delta State Governor, Raymond Mbakpor, has commended the relief team for its proactive steps to curtain the scourge in the state. He urged the people to prioritise social distancing orders of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and ...

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has called on the Federal Government and the South West governors to investigate the three recent blasts in Ondo, Lagos and Ekiti states. In a statement yesterday, he decried the disasters, insisting ...

The Owo branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has blamed the police authorities for the weekend’s explosion in Ondo State. It, therefore, threatened to initiate a class action suit against the force for alleged negligence. The chapter chairman, Tajudeen ...

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called on the Federal Government to pardon Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight others that were executed by the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha on November 10, ...

The Cross River government has relaxed its directive on religious gatherings, reviewing the policy from a population of not more than five persons at a time to 50. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu, had in a statement at the ...

Thousands of travellers in and out of Delta have been stranded, as the enforcement of border closure begins in the state. Even some commuters, who had attempted to beat security by crossing the River Niger through boats stationed underneath the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reduce the pump price of fuel from what it called “a cosmetic N125 per litre to an appropriate price that should not exceed N90 per litre.” It insisted ...

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has urged Nigerians to be vigilant and observe precautionary measures against criminal elements who might exploit the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their nefarious activities. The Force Public Relations Officer, ...

The Federal High Court, Lagos has granted post-conviction bail to a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment last December. He was convicted of a N7.1 ...