The US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and developed mild symptoms, the White House said on Tuesday, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for a second time. The 71-year-old wife of the president tested negative Monday but developed “cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. Alexander said a subsequent rapid antigen test was negative, but a more detailed PCR test was positive. The first lady has been prescribed a course of the oral antiviral pill Paxlovid and will isolate for at least five days.…
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Latest data on the amount spent in subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, seen in Abuja on Monday showed that the government subsidised the commodity with N1.593tn between January and June 2022. It was also gathered that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited pumped N54.66bn into refinery rehabilitation during the six months period. Figures obtained from the NNPCL’s presentation to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting for July 2022 showed that subsidies on petrol were implemented in June. The company transited from a public oil firm to a commercial entity last month. It also made it clear in July…
Festus Keyamo, the APC presidential campaign spokesman for the 2023 general elections, has given his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, a pat on the back and absolved him of failing to tackle official corruption in his regime. “Did you hear of the corruption in the oil sector with Deziani and her allies? No. It was the next government that brought them out. This is a government purging itself, purging its officials of corruption. That is kudos to the government,” argued Mr Keyamo on Trust TV Monday night while responding to Daniel Bwala, spokesman for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign organisation. Mr Bwala highlighted Mr…
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is set to offer courses that will lead to the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, it was learnt yesterday. NILDS Director General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, announced this at the ninth matriculation of the institute yesterday in Abuja. The planned academic programme, according to the NILDS boss, will be done in collaboration with the Federal University, Lokoja. “Recently, a delegation from Federal University, Lokoja, visited the institute for academic collaborations, especially at the level of PhD. Talks are ongoing between the two institutions in order to seal the pact,” Sulaiman said. The…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, accused some elders of the state of ganging up against him because they did not scale through the primary to be the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The governor explained that some of them, who indicated interest to fly the party’s flag but failed, went to mobilise in Abuja to ensure that he did not emerge the running mate of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Wike spoke during the 74th birthday reception organised to honour a former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, at…
The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union will have a meeting with the Federal Government to address its ongoing strike action, today. It was reported that since the end of the renegotiation meeting led by Prof. Nimi Briggs, the government had not made effort to discuss their decision with the union’s executives. Likewise, after the submission of the ASUU report by the Briggs committee, the president gave the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu a two-week ultimatum to address the demands of ASUU. However, the two weeks elapsed three weeks…
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, on Monday trained recruits in the state. Part of the training involved an endurance trek which took place in Owo, in the Owo Local Government Area of the state. The recruits turned up for the exercise putting on white vests and shorts. Present during the exercise were the Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on Security Matters, Jimoh Dojumo; and the Ondo State Amotekun Commander and Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Adetunji Adeleye, among others. Meanwhile, a coalition of self-determination groups led by a…
Convener of Concerned Nigeria Deji Adeyanju has placed a bet of $10k with supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi. Adeyanju called on Obi’s supporters in Nigeria and the diaspora to make a bet with him that their candidate will emerge “distant 3rd” in the 2023 elections. In his post on Monday with evidence of payment, he said: “$10k credited to Egbon Dele Momodu’s account…” Adeyanju challenged one of the numerous supporters of Obi to honour his words by placing his own bet too. He said: “Now waiting for Ben the Obidient to do his part.…
Lagos State Government has said it has given more body cameras to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) personnel for more transparency in traffic management and enforcement. The event was held at the weekend during the visit of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, to LASTMA’s Oshodi headquarters. LASTMA personnel were given more body cameras with a pledge to keep them working for increased credibility and confidence in the delivering of effective traffic management and enforcement. Explaining the reason for the redeployment of the gadgets, the special adviser said the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration had…
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum’s government has denied receiving N1.2 billion from President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, contradicting a statement by Nigeria’s minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed. Ms Ahmed had confirmed that Mr Buhari’s regime disbursed N1.2 billion to the Niger Republic on August 3. The Nigerien government insisted that was not true though its troops continue to protect Nigerians from armed bandits. Nigerien Minister of Defence, Alkassoum Indatou, rebutting Mr Buhari regime’s claim, revealed that Zamfara residents rely on the neighbouring nation’s soldiers for protection against bandits. Mr Indatou pointed out that Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara gifted the Maradi region Hilux vans,…