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Kayode Oyero As the nation

Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has sacked his Senior Special Assistant on Security in charge of Kabba Bunu Local Government Area, Ayo Ariyo. He also approved …

Read moreKogi gov, Bello fires security aide

Olushola Odeyinde The late Ondo State health commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, was on Friday laid to rest according to Muslim rites. The social distancing protocol was ignored as families and…

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named senior French civil servant Jean Castex, who drew up the policy for easing the coronavirus lockdown, as his new prime minister as part of …

Read moreMacron names Castex new prime minister

Patrick Odey, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, says his government will not rush to reopen schools because other states are doing the same. He also lifted the ban …

Read moreCOVID-19: Akwa Ibom won’t rush to reopen schools, says gov

James Abraham, Jos The Chief of Staff to the Plateau State Governor, Noel Donjur,  has tested positive for COVID-19. The Commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang, confirmed the development i…

The French government led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe submitted its resignation Friday ahead of a cabinet reshuffle to be announced “in the coming hours,” the presidency said. No reason …

Read moreFrench PM, Philippe, resigns

Management Committee Chairman, Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Ezekiel Mandyau, is dead. Dan Mandyau, brother of the deceased, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency o…

The All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee led by Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, visited APC stalwart, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday. The committee, which was inaugurated last week follow…

Kayode Oyero Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his principal chose to ignore the “combative, truculent, if n…