• Gov. Lalong tests positive • NEC calls for compliance to guidelines Nigeria has officially entered a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 at a media briefing in Abuja, as the Chairman, BOSS MUSTAPHA, goes into isolation. This comes as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI interrupted his holiday at his home town in Daura, Katsina State, to join the meeting of the Federal Executive Council. President BUHARI joined the FEC meeting through a video link from Daura to the Executive Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. However; the main FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa was presided…
The Federal Government has flagged off commercial service on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line. This comes three years and eight months since Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the construction on March 7, 2017. The Presidency confirmed the development in a message share on its Twitter handle. The Special Assistant to President on…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has held an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in response to the outbreak of violence in different parts of the country. Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO was present at the meeting, together with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor IBRAHIM…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has warned against using the military to stop EndSARS protesters. SERAP is of the opinion that sending the armed forces against peaceful protesters who are pushing to end police brutality will amount to a crime against humanity. The rights group said if the armed forces attack the protesters, it would…