COVID-19: Nigeria records 33 deaths, 125 infections
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria continues to rise as 125 new cases were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday. The new cases are from 10 states. The Public Health Agency also confirmed 33 deaths in the country on Sunday. The NCDC stated that the FCT reported the highest infections with 45 new cases, followed by Kaduna (34), Rivers...
NCC tasks licensees on compliance with regulations
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has enjoined telecom licensees to always comply with the provisions of extant laws, subsidiary legislations and other regulatory frameworks. This, he said, is to ensure a more competitive and sustainable telecoms sector in Nigeria. The EVC gave the charge at a two-day tripartite dialogue of...
APC to Aregbesola’s loyalists: You held ceremony not congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the purported congress held by loyalists of Minister of Internal Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osun State as a political charade and fruitless effort. Members of the National Committee on Osun State Congress said that any other congress apart from the one held at the Osogbo City Stadium on Saturday was a “mere funeral...
APC threatens to sanction members behind parallel congresses
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to sanction members behind the conduct of parallel congresses in some states on Saturday. The ruling party described the parallel congresses held in some states as “mere naming ceremonies”, borrowing the phrase from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos. The Star recalls that parallel congresses were held in Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Kwara, Abia, and Akwa...
Adebowale: A battle just ended with my emergence as UI VC
Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has described his emergence as the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the Nigeria’s premier university, University of Ibadan, as a hard-fought battle. Adebowale made the assertions on Sunday in Ibadan during a short exhortation to the congregation of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Redemption Chapel, Oyo Province II Headquarters, Oluyole, Ibadan. While making reference to the 10 lepers in...
Nigeria’s unity negotiable like every marriage – Kingibe
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, has declared that Nigeria’s unity is negotiable. Kingibe, a presidential running mate to the late MKO Abiola in 1993, spoke on Saturday at The Sun Newspaper Awards for 2020 held in Lagos where he received Lifetime Award. The former diplomat noted that the moment one of the parties feels...
NDLEA arrests corps member, 665 drug traffickers, users
No fewer than 666 drug traffickers and users have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) when notorious drug joints in Lagos, Abuja, Benue and other parts of the country were raided during the week. A fake police officer and a soldier suspected to be fake as well as a youth corps member were among...
MTN compensates customers, says service outage caused by error
Telecommunications operator, MTN, has said that the recent service outage experienced by its customers was caused by a “regrettable error” on the network. The MTN also compensated every customer on its network with a refund for the data and airtime they used between 12 noon and 7p.m. on Saturday. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Olutokun Toriola, MTN’s...
Emir regains freedom after 32 days with kidnappers
The Emir of Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru, Sarkin Fulanin Bungudu, Zamfara State, has regained his freedom after 32 days of captivity in the hands of kidnappers. Magaji Rafin Bugudu, Alhaji Abubakar Sahabi, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bungudu, on Sunday, saying that the emirate and family wished to thank everyone for their prayers...
Four policemen detained for extorting N25,000 from travellers
For extorting N25,000 from a traveller and physically assaulted another as revealed in a trending video, the Police have arrested and detained four of its personnel in Kogi State. Commissioner of Police, Idrisu Dauda Dabban, on Sunday, said the Kogi State Command had also launched investigation into the viral video allegations against the police personnel attached to Adogo Division. According to...
