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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, on Friday announced that it would accept all benefit forms and documents with reproduced original signatures, including the Form I-129, Petition for Non-immigrant Worker, for submissions dated March 21, 2020, and beyond. USCIS said in a press statement that such decision was due to the ongoing COVID-19 National Emergency announced by President Trump on …

For the greater part of May 2, 2004, 40-year-old Amina Abubakar endured nine-month-old pregnancy pangs, what some call “false labour”. It is the kind of cramp most pregnant women experience hours or shortly before the actual labour begins. So, counting her time and drawing from her past childbirth experience, Mrs Abubakar knew she could have her second baby that day …

Says members should undergo 30 days Personal Prayer Retreat. The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has announced the closure of all church branches in restricted areas, due to coronavirus pandemic. The decision was contained in a statement after a state-wide broadcast on Thursday in Lagos and Ogun respectively. The Church has shut down all services in the affected …

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has announced the loss of his wife of 41 years after a long battle with cancer. Murray-Bruce made the announcement on Twitter, Friday morning on his verified page. In a short thread, the former Senator Murray-Bruce shared beautiful pictures of himself and his late wife with emotional tweets. “I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. …

Banks in the country have urged their customers to utilise their digital self-service solutions because of the coronavirus affecting different sectors globally. Fidelity Bank said in a mail to its customers that, “Our industry has been drastically impacted by the coronavirus outbreak worldwide and as a result, we have implemented precautionary measures to help safeguard the well-being of our staff, …

Twelve countries in Africa are now experiencing community transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), says the World Health Organisation. But it does not reveal the names of the countries. WHO African Region, in a statement on Thursday, says more than 600 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 34 countries in Africa as of March 19, compared with 147 cases …

By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan There is a Group that is loosely referred to as Obaseki Group. It is a misnomer. Obaseki is too colorless to have a Group. What people call Obaseki’s Group is Oshiomhole’s Group. This was the Group that Oshiomhole used in fighting the Odubu Group when he was foisting Obaseki on the people. Oshiomhole has now had …

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 9,000 people across the globe, according to an AFP tally Thursday based on official sources. A total of 9,020 deaths were recorded as of 1100 GMT, with 4,134 in Europe and 3,416 in Asia, where the outbreak first emerged in China in December. With 712 more deaths reported in the past 24 hours …

Private fuel marketers have yet to reduce the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), while retail stations belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have started selling at N125 per litre. The PUNCH correspondent, who visited several filling stations including Oando, Mobil and Capital Oil and Gas on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as well as Total at Ikosi-Ketu, on Thursday morning, …

The computation of the new retail pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, announced by the federal government on Wednesday was based on the pricing modulating template approved by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), an official has said. On Wednesday, the federal government announced a 13.8 per cent, or N20 reduction in the retail pump …