The Abuja division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, refused to revoke the bail it granted the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Okon Abang in his judgment, also rejected an application by Maina for a further variation of the conditions attached to the bail granted him on November 26, 2019. Abang who delivered the two rulings rejected the motion brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the revocation on Maina’s bail on the ground that it was premature for the court to take a definite position on the issue…
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In an effort to quell stress during the coronavirus outbreak, an estimated 58 million Americans have been spending more money than usual, a figure that still represents a minority of the 329 million U.S. population, according to a survey released Tuesday. The survey from the personal finance website Wallethub also showed 43 per cent of Americans were “comfort buying,” or spending more money on items generally considered unnecessary, such as entertainment and booze. Wallethub collected the answers of around 450 people and structured the data by age, gender, and income to approximately reflect national demographics. Overall, a majority of Americans…
Former governor of Borno State and second republic politician, Alhaji Mohammed Goni is dead, family sources said. The news of Goni demise first became known on social media late Wednesday. His brother, Hon Bunu Kareto confirmed and received sympathy message from the reporter in a telephone conversation. Mohammed Goni at 38 became the first elected governor of old Borno State (with current Yobe State) on October 1,1979 on the platform of defunct Great Nigeria People’s Party (GNPP). He lost to the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) the ruling party at the centre in a very controversial election in 1983.…
Afropop singer David Davido Adeleke has announced that the proceeds from his recent music video, Dolce & Gabbana, will go to a coronavirus research program. In a recent interview with CNN, Davido said he will be donating the proceeds from the newly released music video to Dolce & Gabbana and Humanitas Together for Coronavirus Research fund. The video, which was released on Friday, April 24, off his ‘A Good Time’ album featuring Summer Walker, is geared to strengthen efforts toward scientific research benefitting global health. Davido also noted that the effect of the virus on Nigeria prompted his family to…
ABIA State government has said it had traced 262 persons that had contacts with the two COVID-19 index cases in the state. Information Commissioner John Okiyi Kalu announced this on Wednesday in a statement in Umuahia, the state capital. Okiyi said the government was actively following 221 persons. The commissioner explained that the sample of a police officer from Bayelsa State, who died at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital in Aba, among other 31 high-risk samples so far taken and tested from contacts of the index cases, returned negative. He said Governor Okezie Ikpeazu had approved the deployment of…
PATIENTS with advanced COVID-19 who received the experimental drug remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to preliminary trial data, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said on Wednesday. “The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery,” the institute’s director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN. About 1,090 people participated in the trial internationally, Fauci said, calling it “the first truly high-powered randomised placebo-controlled trial.” Preliminary data show remdesivir has improved recovery time for coronavirus patients from 15 to 11 days. “Although a 31% improvement doesn’t seem…
Dear Lagosians, to begin my update on our phased plan for #EasingTheLockdown, I start with some good news. Today, we discharged 49 patients from our isolation facilities after they tested negative twice to #COVID19 bringing the total number of discharged patients in Lagos to 187. For each sector, we have specific guidelines for #EasingTheLockdown while balancing public health and the economy. Public Service workers from Grades 1-12 will continue to work from home while Grades 13 and above will be on a flexible roster managed by the Head of Service. Primary, secondary and tertiary institutions will remain closed. Students are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again appointed a dead person into the board of one the federal government agencies. The dead man is Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru, the member-nominee for Ebonyi State, listed as number 12 in the president’s letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan; he died on February 27, 2020. The president had in compliance with section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), in a communication to the President of the Senate, dated March 18, 2020, requested for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of 38 nominees as chairman and…
The federal government has said there is no date yet for schools to resume despite the announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari relaxing the lockdown on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states. The government also said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) had not cancelled its external exams as students would still take those exams when normalcy has been restored. The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Emeka Nwajiuba, said this while replying to a question during yesterday’s briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic. Also at the press conference, the National Coordinator on PTF COVID-19,…
Chinecherem Ojiako writes that youth restiveness in the Niger Delta is being tackled aggressively by the numerous empowerment schemes by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio Before now, youth restiveness, no doubt, has been on the increase in almost all communities of the Niger Delta region. Violence of all forms and killings were recorded through bomb blasts, kidnapping and abduction in the region. Expectedly, it affected sustainable development in the region. Following the continued restiveness in the region, the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo established the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) just barely a year after the…