The Lagos State government is considering the full reopening of the critical sectors of its economy, following the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who revealed this on Sunday, however, stated that the move would not be pushed in a hurry. He spoke to reporters at the end of the State’s Security Council meeting which held at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The governor disclosed that the government would launch an initiative soon, as part of the plans to enable it assess the level of readiness of the players in the identified sectors for supervised operations.…
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A former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Retired Colonel Dangiwar Umar, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged nepotism. Colonel Umar also accused the President of making lopsided appointments that favour a particular section of the country over others. In an open letter to the President entitled ‘Mr President; Please Belong to All of Us’, he warned that such actions, including the appointment of the service chiefs, could slide the country into crisis. The former governor also alleged that the country has already become “dangerously polarised” under the present administration. According to him, the lopsidedness in the President’s appointments is…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered for an investigation into the murder a 100-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Benin (UNIBEN), Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. The 22-year-old student was reported to have been raped inside a church where she went to read at the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City, the Edo State Capital. The men were reported to have struck her in the head with a fire extinguisher after raping her and left her for dead. She was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where she later died. Governor Obaseki in his tweet vowed…
Some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have met with the party’s National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. This comes as part of efforts to douse the crisis in the Edo State chapter of the party ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The APC in Edo had been split since the disagreement arising from the absence of some lawmakers at the inauguration of the State House of Assembly, with a group loyal to the APC National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, and the other led by the incumbent governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki. In a…
President Muhammadu Buhari will take decision on reopening schools, businesses and places of worship, according to the Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha. The federal government is looking at opening up more sectors of the economy, as the second phase of the eased lockdown ended on Monday, June 1. Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Sunday confirmed that they have submitted its report to Buhari. He also said the PTF has made recommendations on businesses, reopening places of worship and schools across the country. “But you know that Mr President is…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recorded another massive victory in the local government council elections in Cross River state held across 18 councils and 196 electoral wards. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the party won in all the 18 councils of the state in the election held on Saturday, May 30. The results were declared by Mike Ushie, the chairman, Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), at a press briefing on Sunday, May 31, in Calabar, Benue LG elections: PDP wins all 23 chairmanship seats, 276 councillorship positions Ushie said the PDP won in the following…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, yesterday, met to consider the request by some section of the country to reopen worship centers. This is as indications emerged that President Buhari may authorize further easing of the lockdown imposed on the country to contain the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, led the delegation of the committee to meet with the President, as the first phase of two weeks of easing of the lockdown ends today. Speaking to State House correspondents after…
Ajayi Crowther University is establishing a campus in the historic town of Osoogun, where Bishop Ajayi Crowther, the first African Bishop was born. In addition to the St. Andrews Campus Oyo, two new campuses (College of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering), as well as Faculty of Agriculture at Awe Campus were opened within the past six months. The University’s Vice-Chancellor, the Rt. Rev. Prof. Dapo Asaju, with the Bishop of Ajayi Crowther Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Kemi Oduntan, dedicated 40 hectares of land for the take-off of the University campus. The campus will host the ‘Centre for Anglican Communion studies,’…
The Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos Mainland, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Rt. Rev’d Akinpelu Johnson has described as unfortunate the fact that it took the occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic for people to realise that life is transient. In his sermon at a church service on Rogation Sunday, Johnson, who observed that over the years, people had focused on earthly things rather than on spiritual things, noted that even Christians are not exempted, as they have chosen earthly glory, which has no eternal value. He said many believers have chosen to please man rather than God, adding that…
The activities of the Holy Spirit did not start on the Pentecost Day. Right in the beginning, he hovered over the formless void of creation (Gen 1:2), and was involved in the Creation (Gen. 1:26; Job 33:4). The Holy Spirit, though most times, called the Spirit of God, also featured actively during the exodus from Egypt, the time of the kings, and most notably during the ministry of the prophets. However, the operations of the Holy Spirit prior to the Pentecost Day (of the year of the Lord’s Ascension) were different and served as prelude to the Pentecost event, thus:…