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BY BIDEMI NELSON Using face masks for children is obviously with good intentions as children are also susceptible to being infected with Covid-19 virus and can infect many more people than adults due to their boisterous and uninhibited social nature coupled with the reported cases of them being more asymptomatic. However, such practice has a grey area which many health …

The Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) has condemned the rise in number of rape cases across the country and the recent murder of a 100-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, in Benin City, after she was allegedly raped. Minority Leader of the Parliament, Hon. Daniel Didi Uwadia, during a press briefing in Benin City, said …

Edo State Government has said it will not relent in bringing to justice any individual or group of persons, who violates the regulations contained in the gazette on political gatherings aimed at curtailing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the state …

…Cautions parents and guardians to keep a close watch on their children and wards Ahead of gubernatorial primaries, Edo State Government said on Thursday, that it has received intelligence reports that some unscrupulous politicians are mobilizing hoodlums from neighboring states to come into Edo through the riverine communities and other land borders to cause mayhem in the state. The Government therefore warned that …

It is no longer news that Nigeria was late in responding to the outbreak of COVID-19. The window of opportunity, those few but precious days during which we should have slammed the doors of our borders closed to the outside world while carefully scrutinising both Nigerian and foreign arrivals from abroad, were allowed to go to waste. With our eyes …

Police in Rivers State asked residents to ignore the 8 pm to 6 am COVID-19 containment curfew imposed by Governor Nyesom Wike and instead honour the 10 pm to 4 am protocol stipulated by Federal Government. The Police Command in Rivers in response to residents’ complaints said Wednesday that it was lawful it works with the federal curfew in the …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has released the document it submitted to the United States Department that triggered panic in the Presidency; which  accused  the IPOB  of engaging in international propaganda, accusing the Federal Government of prosecuting Christians. POB’s submission  entitled, “Nigeria: A history of serial genocide and the urgent need for US Intervention”,  presented by IPOB leader, Mazi …

*Six Petitions filed against Gov *C’ttee screens him, five others Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State departed the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial screening room in Abuja around 10 pm on Wednesday, expressing misgivings at the operations of the committee, saying with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole dictating affairs of the party, he cannot get justice. The APC screened its six aspirants …

The almajiris in Northern Nigeria have been “sinned against” and denied opportunities for social progress by the region’s Muslim elite, Catholic cleric, Hassan Kukah, has said. “The Almajiri has become a scapegoat for the multiple sins of the Nigerian state in general and the Muslim Umma in particular,” Mr Kukah said in a paper shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. “As usual, …

…Want abducted health worker, daughter released …Demand halt to unabated killings, kidnapping in parts of Katsina …Zamfara asks IDPs to return to their villages, as govt deploys military Angry youths yesterday shut Katsina-Kankara highway and other adjoining roads at Yantumaki in Danmusa Local Governmant Area of Katsina State, following the spate of kidnapping and killing by bandits in the area. …