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*As commanders get 5-year tenure By the recommendations of Lagos State House of Assembly, only indigenes, or residents that have spent 20 years in the area and can speak the native language, will be members of the Amotekun corps. These are some of the recommendations of Lagos State House of Assembly committee the House adopted on Monday. The lawmakers adopted …

Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after one its citizens who had returned from COVID-19 hotspot Iran tested positive. The health ministry said the man, tested after entering the country through Bahrain, had been “isolated in a hospital”. A staff member of the health authorities of the southern federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg demonstrates on a negative …

Italy reported Monday a jump in the death toll from the coronavirus to 52, with more than 2,000 people infected, most in the country’s northern Lombardy region. The civil protection agency said 18 people had died since Sunday, including three in Emilia Romagna, all of whom were either elderly or had serious pre-existing medical conditions. Soldiers wearing protective gear spray …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some security heads met on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Amongst the security chiefs at the meeting were the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.); and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rafa’i-Abubakar. The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, was also at the meeting while …

By Igbotako Nowinta When the Nigerian Supreme Court refused to be a ‘prostitute’ to some attorneys who have sold their souls to the devil; attorneys who have risen to the zenith of their legal profession by submitting to the doctrine of anything goes, and in the process branding themselves unconsciously as legal monsters sucking the unpalatable blood money of desperate …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved the appointment of 40 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and Special Assistants (SAs) on Gender Issues. Special Adviser to the Governor on Gender Issues, Ms. Efosa Uyigue, who confirmed the appointment, hailed the governor on his administration’s gender-inclusive policies. She said the gesture is in fulfillment of Governor Obaseki’s campaign promise to ensure …

Edo State Government is reviving the Urhonigbe oil palm belt with N91.3bn provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and private investors, for the cultivation of oil palm on 51.8 hectares in Urhonigbe, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state under the first phase of the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP). The Special Adviser to the Governor on …

Agency Reporter A forty-five-day old baby and a dog have become the latest confirmed carriers of Coronavirus pandemic. The parents of the baby in South Korea and owner of the pet in Hong Kong had earlier tested positive to the virus. By Sunday, eight countries – United States, China, United Kingdom, Iran, Australia, Thailand, Qatar and Lebanon — recorded more …

A former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Haruna Sanusi, has been invited for questioning over the award of contracts worth N35b for equipping the Nigerian contingents on UN peacekeeping missions. Also under probe is Abba Yusuf, a former Personal Assistant to a former Minister of Defence, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. Yusuf was alleged to have received N100million (in …

Some Nigerians on social media have faulted the Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, for visiting Nigeria’s index case of the novel Coronavirus without using any personal protective equipment. They said this while reacting to a tweet by the commissioner, where he attached pictures of his visit to the patient. The commissioner had in the tweet said, “I visited the COVID19 patient, …