2020

Popular actor Tom Hanks said on Wednesday that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, have the coronavirus. Mr. Hanks and Ms. Wilson, both 63, are in Australia, where he was set to film a movie about the life of Elvis Presley. “We felt a bit tired,…

A bill has been proposed in the Senate to sentence anyone who imports or knowingly sells generating sets in the country, to a 10-year jail term. Sponsored by Senator Muhammad Bima from Niger State, the proposed legislation titled…

Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied that the newly appointed Chairman of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa is a member of the party. This is coming on the heels of an…

1. All burial/funeral ceremonies of indigenous deceased persons *must* be registered with the town union of the deceased persons. Registration fee is NGN1,500 2. No person *must* erect any billboard, banner or posters of any kind of…

The Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu has advised students to distinguish themselves in their various fields of studies in order to compete favourably with their counterparts in other climes and be able to handle…

The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Solomon Ogunji has inaugurated the Ministry of Environment taskforce for Umuahia Metropolis. The Commissioner, while inaugurating the taskforce in his office, charged them to carry out their work in…

Controversy now trails the banishing of the former Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhamad Sanusi as the Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Ibrahim Mukhtar has denied that the State Government ordered the banishment of…

British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus, she said in a statement on Tuesday, raising concerns about whether senior government figures have been infected. “I can confirm I have…

The United Nations on Tuesday closed its New York headquarters to the general public to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, a spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. The move comes one week after a similar…

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE LEGAL TEAM OF MALLAM MUHAMMADU SANUSI, II, CON ON HIS ILLEGAL DETHRONEMENT, DEPORTATION AND BANISHMENT TO NASSARAWA STATE BY THE KANO STATE GOVERNMENT Gentlemen of the Press, a very good afternoon. I thank you for…