Category: Breaking News

  • Vice President Yemi Osimbajo Gave An Insight On His Whereabouts In The Past Few Weeks

    Culled From Daily Post

    Osinbajo, who spoke through his spokesperson, Akande Laolu, disclosed that he has been attending to official matters on how to improve Nigeria’s economy.

    Laolu, in an Instagram post shared with DAILY POST, after he was contacted on Osinbajo’s whereabouts, urged Nigerians to ignore fake claims regarding President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President’s whereabouts.

    He recalled that the Vice President on Thursday met with the Governor of Central Bank, CBN, Kaduna State Governor, and some Ministers via video conferencing.

    According to Laolu: “With my boss the Vice President last night in his office, reviewing some of the events of the week.

    “By the way continue to ignore professional fake news conduits who share fictions about the whereabouts of the president and his Vice.

    “The critical mass of our people see both the president and the VP regularly on TV, hear about them regularly on radio, read from them in the press and observe their activities regularly on the social media.

    “For instance, on Thursday the VP held a videoconferencing meeting that included the governor of Kaduna, Power and Finance Ministers, the CBN governor and other government officials on how to expand electricity in the country.

    “The work goes on, and Nigeria will surely prevail. We will do it together.”

    Osinbajo’s absence from public view in the past weeks had sparked some form of conspiracy that he may have contracted COVID-19 or he’s in trouble.

    However, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had explained that Osinbajo has been busy working with the Economic Sustainability Committee.

  • Breaking News: Nigeria Records 245 New Cases Of Corona Virus

     

    By Elijah Ugain – Calabar

    The National Center for Disease Control NCDC, has stated that Nigeria has recorded 245 new cases of corona virus.

    NCDC made this known on it’s website on month 4th May, 2020.

    The statement reads in part “On the 4th of May 2020, 245 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a cases in the last 24 hours.

    “Till date, 2, 802 cases have been confirmed, 417 cases have been discharged and 93 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    “The 245 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (76), Katsina (37), Jigawa (32), Kano (23), FCT (19), Borno (18), Edo (10), Bauchi (9), Adamawa (6), Oyo (5), Ogun (5), Ekiti (1), Osun (1), Benue (1), Niger (1), Zamfara (1)”

  • BREAKING: Abba Kyari buried in Abuja

    Source: The Punch News

    The remains of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have been laid to rest in Abuja.

    The body of Kyari, who died on Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus, was interred at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja.

    The remains arrived at the cemetery about 11.10 am in a white casket.

    The remains were lowered into the grave at about 11.20 am.

    His interment took place shortly after an Islamic prayer was made for him at the Defence House, Maitama, Abuja.

    Top government officials participated in the burial rites which were conducted under the supervision of the officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

  • BREAKING: Missing Osun coronavirus patient found

    By Damaris Onyendi – Calabar

    The missing COVID-19 patient from Osun State Isolation Centre in Ejigbo has been apprehended and returned to the centre.

     

    The patient, a woman, was apprehended in Ejigbo town and returned to the facility by the police on Saturday afternoon.

     

    Chief Press Secretary to Osun State Governor, Ismail Omipidan, confirmed the development to The PUNCH.

     

    He said that the patient had been apprehended and returned to the facility.

     

    Prior to this, the Osun State government debunked the information of 6 missing coronavirus patient, saying that a headcount was carried out as just 1 patient was found to be missing from the isolation centre.

  • Breaking News: ASUU commences indefinite strike

    The Academic Union of Universities ASUU, on Monday 23th of March declared an indefinite strike over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementatipn of the 2009 agreement.

     

    The National President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi announced the indefinite strike at a press briefing held at the its National Secretariat, Abuja.

     

    Ogunyemi noted that the federal government failed to address the issues raised by ASUU and so, the Union has no option than to proceed on the strike action.

     

    The indefinite strike comes on the heels of the expiration of the two weeks ultimatum issued on Monday, March 9, 2020.

    By Damaris Onyendi – Calabar