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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is ready to commence the retrial of former Governor Orji Kalu immediately. The EFCC said this in a statement by its Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, on Friday, while reacting to a judgment by the Supreme Court. The apex court had upturned Kalu’s conviction and ordered a fresh trial, adding that the trial judge, Justice …

Orji Kalu, a Nigerian senator who was jailed for allegedly stealing public funds, has been released from custody. Mr Kalu, a former Abia State governor, was freed from the Nigerian correctional facility in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday morning, two sources familiar with the development said. He has now moved to his residence off Queen Amina Street within the perimeter of …

A former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, Mu’azu Magaji, has tested positive for coronavirus. He was recently sacked by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for making “indecent comments” over the death of the former Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. Magaji made the disclosure on Thursday morning via his official Facebook account. According to the post, …

Sixteen almajiris(Islamic school pupils) recently sent to Jigawa from Kano State, have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Jigawa State government has announced. The state commissioner of health, Abba Zakari, said on Thursday via a Facebook press conference that 45 samples were returned, of which 16 were positive. Mr Zakari, who is the chairman of the Jigawa Taskforce on COVID-19, said the …

A professor at the Bayero University Kano (BUK), Monsuru Lasun-Emiola, is dead. Mr Lasun-Emiola, a professor of Physical Health Education, died on Wednesday at the university clinic after a brief illness. Mr Lasun-Emiola, an indigene of Oyo State, until his death was a senior lecturer with the Department of Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Education of the university. Announcing the …

BOSTON — The number of Massachusetts residents applying for first-time unemployment benefits during the week that ended May 2 was 55,488, according to Thursday’s U.S. Department of Labor report. It was the seventh weekly labor report since companies began laying off and furloughing workers in response to the economic downturn caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. Since the report for …

…intensifies screening, testing in 18 LGAs, 192 wards As part of efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVD-19) pandemic in Edo State, the government has intensified Active Case Search (ACS) activities in 400 rural and urban communities across the state, contact tracing over 655 persons and screening over 75, 000 others. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in the new Head of Service (HOS), Anthony Okungbowa Esq., urging him to contribute his quota to ongoing reforms in the state’s civil service. The governor, who swore-in the HOS at Government House, Benin City, noted that as the state battles coronavirus (COVID-19), the civil service is needed more than ever to action …

Sixty patients have been discharged from Lagos State isolation facilities following their full recovery from coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The patients tested negative to COVID-19 twice and have been discharged to reunite with the society. The discharged patients comprises 40 males and 20 females. This brings the total recoveries in Lagos to 321. “60 more …

The Senate has called for the decentralisation of the Nigeria Police Force into 13 zonal commands, each with “operational and budgetary powers.” The lawmakers also urged state assemblies to make necessary laws to legalise community policing to be established at the local government level while state governors should fund the community policing from grants appropriated to each local government. These were part …