The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, resumed normal legislative duties at the National Assembly complex on Tuesday. The former governor of Abia State arrived at the Senate wing of the nation’s parliament at exactly 9:00 am, YemieFash reports. He exchanged pleasantries with his colleagues and acknowledged greetings from legislative staff and security operatives. Speaking with journalists on arrival at the entrance to the Senate chamber, Kalu described his experience as a good one. He said, “I just want to thank God for everything that has happened. It is the will of God. I want to urge Nigerians…
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AS Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 12,000 and the death toll hit 342 on Sunday, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the epidemic. The PTF lamented that Nigerians were avoiding being tested; a situation he said was responsible for the low testing ratio to the population. This was made known at the House of Representatives on Monday when members of the PTF appeared before a joint committee of the House to account for the funds allocated and donated to the fight against the pandemic. Chairman of the PTF, who is also…
The House of Representatives Monday directed the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide a comprehensive report on the N83bn approved by the Presidency for the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to fight the pandemic. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke, issued the directive while addressing a delegation of the PTF led by the permanent Secretary (General Services) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun Adekunle. Oke urged the PTF to return unspent funds to the Treasury Singe Account domiciled with the CBN. He said the committee…
Parents and teachers have reacted to the poor state of facilities at the Ikaro High School, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. They urged the state government to come to the aid of the school by overhauling its infrastructures to make it conducive for learning. SaharaReporters observed that the Ikaro High School, which was established in 1979, had been taken over by weeds while some of its structures have been weakened and also cracked. Some of the parents, who spoke in an interview on Monday, said the classrooms are already leaking and normally flooded when it rained. A community…
ELEVEN local government areas in Ondo State have been affected by COVID-19 pandemic. The affected councils are Akure South (22), Odigbo (three), Owo (three), Ose (three), Akure North (two), Ondo West (five), Okitipupa (two), Akoko South East (one), Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo (one) and Ifedore (one). Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who gave the figures at a news conference in Akure, said the increasing infection rate called for concern and that worse days are approaching faster than anticipated. He regretted that measures put in place by his administration were not properly complied with. The governor said the curfew imposed in the state remained between 7pm…
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has rejected the application filed to unfreeze the bank accounts of Alfa Babatunde, the founder of the popular Sotitobire Miracle Centre, over the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Eniola Gold Kolawole, in his church. The defence counsel, Barrister Olusola Oke, had filed a motion urging the court to instruct the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to unfreeze the five financial accounts of Prophet Babatunde which was frozen during their investigation. The High Court turned down the request and immediately ruled that the DSS, which froze the account of the prophet, should…
315 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos- 128 FCT-34 Rivers- 32 Edo- 28 Oyo- 22 Kaduna- 20 Gombe- 13 Ogun- 8 Plateau- 5 Delta- 7 Kwara- 7 Kano- 5 Bauchi- 4 Katsina- 2 12801 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 4040 Deaths: 361
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declined an application seeking the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Justice Mohammed Liman held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) provided insufficient and conflicting affidavit evidence in support of its prayer. The judge further held that the EFCC’s documents did not establish any link showing that Kwara State government funds were used to repay Saraki’s loan. Justice Liman noted, however, that the EFCC made “a strong showing of strange transactions” through Saraki’s statement of bank account exhibited in court. He said…
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of Lady Janet Okwaraji, mother of late Nigerian football star, Samuel Okwaraji. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, President Buhari described the late matriarch as an example of patriotism, loyalty and simplicity. “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with family of Lady Janet Okwaraji, a teacher and school proprietress, who passed on at 83, leaving lasting memory of kindness, love and charity as a devout Christian. “The President believes Lady Okwaraji, whose son, Samuel, died in August 1989 while playing for the Super Eagles in a…
Abubakar Tsav, former commissioner of police in Lagos state, has died at the age of 82. Sani Tsav, one of the deceased’s sons, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the Makurdi central mosque on Monday. According to Sani, his father died on Monday while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi, the Benue capital. He said the deceased would be buried on Monday in accordance with Islamic rites at the Makurdi cemetery. “It was his wish to be buried anywhere he answered the call of Allah,” he said. The former federal commissioner of…