Nigerians Should Take Responsibility For Letting Impunity Thrive – Wole Soyinka
Nobelist, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said every Nigerian should take responsibility for allowing impunity to thrive in the country. According to him, Nigerians are paying for not being able to protest and denounce impunity in the country, Soyinka stated this in his remarks at the 24th edition of the Wole Soyinka Lecture Series organized by […]
MDCN Can’t Prevent ‘house doctors’ From Joining Strike — NARD
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has said that the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, doesn’t have the lawful right to ban House Officers from joining the ongoing nationwide strike. This is contained in a statement by NARD National President, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, and Dr. Jerry Isogun, Secretary, in Awka, yesterday. They […]
Ekiti Assembly Approved Bill To Create 19 New LCDAs
Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed an amended 2021 bill for the creation of 19 new local council development areas (LCDAs). The bill was approved less than 24-hours before it was presented to the House by Governor Kayode Fayemi. The lawmakers unanimously passed the bill at the plenary held at the assembly complex […]
Court Stops Igboho’s Arrest, Grants 12 Aides Bail
An Oyo High Court has granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Security (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation from arresting, intimidating, harassing, and blocking bank accounts of Yoruba activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho. The order was granted by Justice Ladi Akintola following an ex-parte motion moved by […]
Nigeria Threatens To Dismiss Civil Servants Leaking Classified Memos On Social Media
Nigeria’s Federal Government has threatened to dismiss any civil servant caught to be leaking official memoranda and other classified documents on social media and other platforms, in breach of oath of secrecy. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi Esan issued the threat in a circular dated August 2, 2021, and […]
Biden Chides Republican Governors Who Resist Vaccine Rules
President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on resistant Republican governors to “get out of the way” of vaccine rules aimed at containing the more transmissible and dangerous COVID-19 variant. He backed city and private mandates requiring people to be vaccinated to go about some daily activities. Speaking from the White House, Biden sharply criticized Florida […]
Jega: Why I Joined PRP
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said he joined the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, because the two major parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have not lived up to the expectations of Nigerians. Jega, who declared openly his membership of PRP, […]
COVID-19: 17 Corps Members Tested Positive, Admitted In Edo
No fewer than 17 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Edo State who showed symptoms of COVID-19 have been admitted at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Irrua, the chief medical director, Dr. Osagie Ebomwonyi, has said. Ebomwonyi who spoke yesterday in the company of Governor Godwin Obaseki during an inspection of the state’s infectious […]
Kaduna Govt Moved LG Elections To September 4
Kaduna State local government elections initially scheduled for August 14, 2021, will now hold on September 4, 2021. The chairman of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) Dr. Saratu Dikko, publicized this on Monday during a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders in Kaduna. She said, “May I announce that the election is now […]
Gastroenteritis Kills 23 In Sokoto As Illness Hits 13 LGs
The Sokoto State Government has affirmed the occurrence of gastroenteritis in 13 local government regions in the state over the most recent couple of weeks. Essentially, no less than 265 instances of the illness spread across the influenced nearby government regions in the state have likewise been affirmed, even as 23 passings were recorded. The […]
