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Edo State Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of Lagos Street, an epicentre of trade and commerce in Benin City metropolis, to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. In a statement on Friday, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the decision to shut down trading activities on Lagos Street, …

Electricity market in Edo State has gotten a major boost with the completion of the installation of high-tension cables and a sub-station on the Sapele Road axis, linking the city centre to the 55MW CCETC-Ossiomo Power Plant in Ologbo, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State. The project is critical to Governor Godwin Obaseki’s drive for industrialisation and …

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said his five months in jail afforded him the opportunity of learning “invaluable lessons” about Nigeria and the citizenry. Kalu, who is representing Abia North Senatorial District at the red chamber, stated this while reacting to a Supreme Court judgment delivered in his favour on Friday. The apex court, in a …

…As 25 passengers on flight from Kano to Beirut test positive As the spike in deaths continues in Kano, three more persons, including a senior lecturer with Bayero University Kano, BUK, Professor Monsuru Lasun Emiola, have been confirmed dead. This came as Muazu Magaji, former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, who mocked the late Chief of Staff …

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 …