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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said it will soon release guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. Although the guideline has not been released, an official said the schools will resume in phases with a batch resuming before the other. The government is also considering morning and afternoon classes, the official said. The chairman of …

President Buhari never ceded power to his late chief of staff, Abba Kyari, nor anyone else, the presidency has said. “He has not and will never cede to anyone else, that power and trust given to him by the Nigerian people,” Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said in statement Tuesday. Mr Shehu also denied media reports alleging that President Buhari has cancelled …

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo State, leaders of the party yesterday assured all aspirants of a level playing field. It, however, described the alleged defection of Governor Godwin Obaseki to the PDP as false, stressing however, that it would welcome the incumbent governor if he desires to join the party following unresolved disagreements in …

The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed his indifference to the method of primaries adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in selecting its flag bearer for the 2020 governorship election in the state. Mr Obaseki, who spoke during a phone interview on Channels TV’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, on Wednesday said he’s sure of getting the party’s …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated Nigerian children on the occasion of the 2020 Children’s Day. Mr Lawan noted that the day was set aside to highlight the challenges children face, with a view to promoting their well-being and happiness. The Senate President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, said the surest route to …

After several weeks of horse-trading, negotiations that nearly broke down, six governorship aspirants namely Dr. Pius Odubu, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, Major Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), Hon. Johnson Agbonyima, Saturday Uwulekhue and Prof. Ebegue Amadasun have stepped down for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as their consensus governorship aspirant to contest for the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress …

The thirty- Six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet tomorrow to brainstorm on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the state level. The governors who will be holding their 9th teleconference meeting since the lockdown that resulted from the outbreak of the Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, …

•INEC releases guidelines, adopts online operations No fewer than 28 aspirants are jostling for the jobs of Ondo State Governor, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, and his Edo State counterpart, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in the forthcoming governorship elections in the two states, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday released the elections’ guidelines stipulating the mode of campaign approved …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday released the guidelines for the conduct of the Edo and Ondo States governorship elections and subsequent elections in the country. In a 17-page document signed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Manhood Yakubu, the commission said it shall immediately embark on a review of regulations, guidelines and manuals for elections in the light of …

… as Nigerian Local Content Development, Enforcement Bill scales second reading In what appears like a proactive way of tackling an anticipated harsh economic weather in the post  COVID-19 pandemic era, the House of Representatives has passed for the second reading a bill to enforce the participation of the Nigerian workforce in all the sectors of Nigeria’s economy. The Bill …