Chicken The prices of livestock in Benin have increased due to the governorship election holding on Saturday in Edo. Most traders interviewed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent that the increment of livestock, especially chicken, was as a result of the high patronage of customers. They also said that the increase in prices …
. refinery … Inside NNPC’s plan to revive local production By Ibrahim Awalu In what has been described as a popular move, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, commenced genuine efforts at revamping Nigeria’s moribund refineries. This step was informed by the Corporation’s belief that it was high time the nation got serious with the …
What will count for Obaseki •Factors that can earn Ize-Iyamu victory •How Nigerians can monitor results — INEC •2.3 million register, 1.7 million to vote •After Kogi, Edo cannot be worse What will count for Obaseki By Dirisu Yakubu NO governorship election has generated the variant of heat likethe Edo poll slated to hold across 192 wards …
Nicholas Kalu, Abuja If anything, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed recently highlighted the huge gaps in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking in the country. Different stakeholders are of the view that only the surface is being scratched in the handling of an issue widely regarded as the accelerator of the security problems that …
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun on Friday received SDP and ADC Councillorship candidates in the last LG election in Ifedore into the All Progressives Congress (APC). The candidates thereafter endorsed the re-election of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu. The politicians, who were from different political parties, according to Oleyelogun, would …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has appealed its staff not to accorded any advantage to a political party or candidate over the other in the conduct of Edo governorship election. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in his message issued in Abuja on Friday, urged the staff to be neutral at all times …
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July 11, 2020. PHOTO: Reuters In a bid to win over voters in US farm states, President Donald Trump announced up to $14 billion in aid to farmers and ranchers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. With just …
Six districts in Madrid and further areas of Spain worst affected by the coronavirus are to be locked down, officials announced on Friday, amid a rapid increase in infections. The partial lockdowns in Madrid and seven towns in the surrounding areas mean residents will only be allowed to enter or leave their area for work, …
Chief Edwin Clark FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has expressed support for the decision by the United Kingdom to ban and also seize overseas assets of anyone guilty of electoral violence ahead of the Edo and Ondo governorship elections today and October 19 this year. He said this would go …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has alleged that men of the Nigeria Police have surrounded the premises of Westend Hotel, Benin City, accommodating governors elected under the platform of the party. PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, at a news conference in Abuja on Friday called on Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to order his officers to vacate …
Controversy surrounding the obaship of Iruland •The intrigues, twists and accusations By Evelyn Usman Last September , the Oniru of Iru kingdom in Victoria Island area of Lagos, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru, passed on , shortly after celebrating his 82nd birthday, leaving the stool vacant. Soon after, tussle for the right successor to the throne …
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Two African women are among the five candidates still in the running to take the World Trade Organization top job. No Africans and no women have ever been at the helm of the global trade body. On Friday the pool of eight candidates was whittled down to five. It includes women Amina Mohamed …
President Donald Trump on Friday complimented the Taliban for being tough and smart and said the United States is dealing well with the Afghan militant group. The Taliban, whose rigid Islamist government was overthrown by U.S. forces which invaded Afghanistan a month after Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, began peace negotiations with the Afghan government this …
Rep. Tunji Ajuloopin, member representing Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, has promised a befitting party secretariat for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Irepodun local government area of the state. Ajuloopin made the promise in Omu-Aran, the headquarters of the local government, on Friday during an expanded meeting of the party. The lawmaker said that …
Major powers are still failing to fight the pandemic together, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday as the UN agency counted more than 30 million Covid-19 cases around the world. More than 300,000 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours globally, with India, the United States, Argentina, Brazil and …
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has outlined how his trip to Silicon Valley in the United States has benefitted Nigerian start-ups, some of whom have gotten funds to grow their business. Osinbajo disclosed this milestone when he spoke on the Fire Side Chat with Nick Clegg, Facebook VP of Policy and Communication, a former Deputy Prime …
Rejects tariff increase, calls on FG to rescind decision By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As electricity tariff hike plunges businesses to total collapse, the Nigerian hospitality and tourism industry is under pressure to lay off millions of workers as they are unable to pay heavy bills under the new tariffs. This was made known in …
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Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General of NIMR The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) on Friday unveiled the first SARS-CoV-2 Isothermal Molecular Assay (SIMA) kit in the country to boost COVID-19 testing capacity. Speaking at the unveiling, Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General of NIMR, said the testing kit was developed to ease the challenges posed by …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the clampdown on its governors by security officers in Edo ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The leader of the caucus, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), in a statement, said that such activities of security agencies were not acceptable. The lawmaker said that the …
