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Nigeria’s diplomatic missions in Washington, New York and Atlanta, United States, have suspended passport interviews and biometric data capture over the coronavirus crisis. The suspension, which takes effect from Monday, is until further notice, the missions said in separate statements made available to newsmen on Sunday. According to the statements, the decision is part of precautionary measures to protect the …

•Appeal Court halts execution of suspension order •High court approves Giadom as acting chairman •Why APC postponed NEC meeting •Govs at loggerheads over legal requirements •Anger in anti-Oshiomhole’s camp; lawyers divided •Giadom unfit to sit in NWC, say Omo-Agege, others Abuja Appeal Court, on Monday, gave the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, a life …

The South-East Governors’ Forum has concluded plans to launch its own security outfit for the region in April, chairman of the forum, Governor David Umahi, has disclosed. This is coming as the former governor of the old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, charged the governors to set up without further delay a regional security outfit that would be completely under …

Ghana moved swiftly to ban mass cluster gatherings, including prayer sessions in mosques and churches, as the country’s number of infected cases of the COVID-19 pandemic climbed from two to six Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo, in an address on Sunday evening, ordered the suspension of public gatherings, including religious services for the next four weeks. “I have decided in the …

Sokoto State Governor, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has advised leaders and stakeholders in Nigeria not to politicise the triple issues of the monarchy, religion and security. Tambuwal gave the advice when the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, paid him a courtesy visit along with the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar III, in Government House in …

•Suspends attendance at tomorrow’s NEC meeting•Tinubu backs national chairman Embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, gets a lifeline today as President Muhammadu Buhari meets with the party’s governors in Abuja. Oshiomhole, who has been battling to retain his position following his suspension by an Abuja High Court, also got a hefty relief yesterday as …

•Malami denies involvement in former emir’s travails The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission will soon invite the deposed Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, to defend himself against charges of impropriety in an alleged N2.2 billion land scam. The scam was said to have involved the sale of some hectares of land in Darmanawa Phase I and …

No fewer than 17 persons have been confirmed dead and 25 others injured after a gas explosion rocked the Abule-Ado area, near the International Trade Fair Complex, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Sunday. More than 50 buildings in the area were impacted by the explosion, as hundreds of residents were rendered homeless. Several vehicles parked in …

By Igbotako Nowinta Some people have been allegedly creating and sponsoring the nefarious activities of Boko Haram, like the Ahmadu Sheriff Modu of this world (former Governor of Borno State).What is the Federal Government doing about such weighty allegations? It is pathetic that countless Nigerian soldiers have died in combats; many have been court-martialed and sent home empty for alleged …

Dubs proposed APC NEC meeting illegal Says Oshiomhole’s traducers infected by ‘2023 virus’ National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has broken his silence on moves to oust National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Faulting the moves, Tinubu said those behind them are infected by “the 2023 virus”. In a statement he personally signed …