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  Muslim-Muslim ticket: Ex-APC aspirant endorses Obi for president A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress at the 2019 elections, Charles Udeogaranya, has thrown his weight behind the presidential ambition of Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi. Udeogaranya, who affirmed his position in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Muslim-Muslim ticket posture of his ex-party was a clear sign of an Islamisation agenda and despotic government. This is even as he declared Obi as the most credible candidate to lead Nigeria out of the woods. The politician’s public endorsement came barely three months after another erstwhile APC presidential aspirant, Dr. S.K.C. Ogbonnia, withdrew his support for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to publicly endorse Obi. Ogbonnia had attributed the reason for his action for dumping Tinubu to his frailty and “shady background.” Udeogaranya on Tuesday also chose to tread the same path when he threw his wei...

Senate Asks Buhari To Present 2021 Budget Before End Of September President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, urged the Executive arm of Government to work on the estimates for the 2021 budget to ensure its timely presentation to the National Assembly by the end of September this year. Lawan stated this in his remarks after referring President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2021 – 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper request to the Senate Committees on Finance; and National Planning for further legislative work. The Senate President while charging both Committees to engage the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning on the MTEF/FSP request, stressed the need for the panel to lend its support where necessary to Revenue Generating Agencies towards meeting expected revenue targets. READ ALSO:  Senate Asks Service Chiefs To Step Aside The Committees were given four weeks to report back to the Senate. “The request of Mr. President C-in-C i...

Commission seals 10 clubs, religious centres in Lagos over non-compliance of COVID-19 protocols The Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed over 10 social and religious centres over non-compliance with the directive on social distancing and ban on the social and religious gathering. ADVERTISING The enforcement team, led by the Director-General of the commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, disclosed that the commission sealed the Harvest Lagos, Bay Lounge, The Heavens Suites, Angle Villa Bar,  Ehi Guest House and Gardens Egbeda,  Mountain Top Hotels and Suites Ojodu. Also read: Inaugurate NDDC board now to avoid further plundering of the common wealth of the Niger Deltans The Technical Adviser to the Commission, Mr Seun Awojobi, explained that while carrying out the enforcement on Friday night, the team was allegedly attacked and shot at Osigold Hotels and Bar in Baruwa Ipaja, Lagos.  He said the hotel had over 100 people clubbing and dancing within its premises, flouting the s...

COVID-19: Increasing evidence virus now airborne, says Virlogist Dr Solomon Chollom, a Jos based Virologist, says that there is increasing evidence to the fact that Coronavirus is also airborne, not just droplet infection as claimed by over 230 scientists across the world. ADVERTISING Chollom told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja, that the World Health Organisation(WHO) is considering the veracity of several research claims and was beginning to consider making pronouncement in this regard.  Also read: WHO announces independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response NAN reports that WHO formally recognised that coronavirus can be transmitted indoors by droplets in the air, marking a reversal for the United Nations agency. The WHO said in a scientific brief that people, who spend time in crowded settings with poor ventilation, run the risk of being infected by the coronavirus as the droplets circulate throughout the air in indoor gatherings...

Relax, don’t be anxious about COVID-19 – LASG advises citizens The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has advised citizens against anxiety, saying COVID-19 will eventually be contained in the state and Nigeria. Abayomi, through his Twitter account on Wednesday, expressed optimism that everyone would survive and enjoy a healthy Lagos together. Also read: Spike in COVID-19 cases in Kwara stalls continuation of Offa bank robbery trial “Relax, do not be anxious, COVID-19 will eventually be contained. We will all survive and enjoy a healthy Lagos together. “COVID-19 will pass #ForAGreaterLagos, we can #BeatCOVID-19,” he tweeted.  He advised those having challenges coping with COVID-19 to speak out, and seek attention with the state healthcare professionals. “We are ready to support you through your healing process. “Don’t give up! The #ForAGreaterLagos spirit is the spirit of resilience and hope. Keep calm, Lagos loves you,” he said. The commissioner urged them...

South African anti-apartheid icon, Andrew Mlangeni, dies at 95 South African anti-apartheid figure, Andrew Mlangeni, who stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela in the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial, has died at the age of 95, the presidency announced on Wednesday. Mlangeni, 95, was the last surviving Rivonia trialist, spending more than quarter of a century imprisoned on Cape Town’s notorious Robben island before his release in 1989. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has learnt with deep sadness of the passing away overnight of the last remaining Rivonia Trialist,” the presidency said in a tweet. His death “signifies the end of a generational history and places our future squarely in our hands,” he declared.  Mlangeni was admitted to a military hospital in the capital Pretoria on Tuesday with an abdominal complaint, the presidency said. Born in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, he joined the youth wing of the National African Congress (ANC) in the early 1950s. In the early 1960s, he was ...

COVID-19: FG repatriates 6,317 Nigerians from 19 countries – Abike By Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele ABUJA: The federal government yesterday disclosed that it has repatriated over 6,317 Nigerians from 19 countries respectively. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Chairman and Chief executive officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said with the support of Air Peace Nigeria Ltd, there has been multiple evacuations from some countries.  According to her, majority of the evacuees, comprising 1,405 Nigerians were evacuated from Dubai; followed by the United Kingdom, with 831 Nigerians; while 806 Nigerians were evacuated from the United States.  READ ALSO:COVID-19: Increasing evidence virus now airborne, says Virlogist In addition, she stated that from India, Egypt and Sudan, 540 Nigerians, 372 and 365 Nigerians were evacuated respectively. The remaining are France, 70;  Saudi Arabia, 117; Turkey, 324; Uganda and Kenya, 172; Senegal, 1...