The Imo State House of Assembly has been shut down for two weeks after one of the lawmakers tested positive for Coronavirus. Announcing this to newsmen, the chairman of the state’s task force on COVID-19, Professor Maurice Iwu, said samples of all other lawmakers and their aides have been taken to the laboratory for testing to ascertain if anyone of them has been infected with the virus. ”The House of Assembly will be shut for two weeks to enable …
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Edo state’s Deputy Governor Philip Shuaibu has removed the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag in his office, just after Governor Godwin Obaseki resigned from the party. One of those present during the removal of the party flag was heard saying “goodbye APC from Edo government house” as the Deputy Governor declared for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Here is the video below; He also announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shuaibu told journalists; …
The Akwa Ibom state police has arrested a village head and a Pastor for raping underage girls in the state. Okon Uyoe, the 60-year-old village head of Ikot Inyang, Ibesikpo-Asutan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, allegedly defiled the 11-year-old girl he bought akara (beans cake) from after he lured her into his room on pretence of giving her the money there. Akwa Ibom Police Spokesperson, N-nudam Fredrick said; “On reaching the room, the suspect grabbed the victim and forcefully …
U.S. airlines could ban passengers who refuse to wear face masks when traveling during the Coronavirus pandemic, Airlines for America, the US Aviation industry’s main lobby group has announced. According to the group, masks will be provided to passengers who do not have any. The group added that passengers could have their flying privileges revoked under tougher enforcement policies if they are caught flying without masks. Carriers with stricter policies that could see travel privileges of erring customers revoked include …
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomole as member and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC. Oshiomole had approached the court after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja suspended him from office following a suit filed by some members of his party from Edo state. Recall that on March 4, Justice Danlami Senchi of an Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi, suspended Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the All …
The White House has asked a federal judge to order former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming book on his White House tenure, arguing that Bolton will be breaching a contract he signed with the Trump administration and was risking the exposure of classified information if he released the book. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday evening in Washington, DC, federal court, alleges that Bolton’s 500-plus page manuscript was “rife with classified information,” and that Bolton …