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The Federal Government has sacked the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Usman Gur Mohammed. Minister of Power, Mohammed Sale approved his sack. He appointed Sule Abdulaziz in his stead in an acting capacity. Spokesman of the minister, Aaron Artimas, disclosed to this in a statement on …

Muhammadu Buhari and the former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa Abuja. General Danjuma was the Minister of Defence during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. General Danjuma has become one of the critics against the administration of President Buhari on the …

Boss Mustapha Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks across the nation. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on Monday during the daily briefing …

•Lagos unemployment rate may hit 45 per cent THE Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says a significant fraction of businesses, precisely 81per cent, has been ‘severely’ affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos. It noted that only 17 per cent indicate moderate impact on their business. “Additionally, the …

Wike The Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, is dead. The cause of his death is still unknown, but sources at Government House Port Harcourt said Simeon may have died of cardiac arrest. Governor, Nyesom Wike in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and …

Lagos State is considering the full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Sunday. But the move will not be pushed in a hurry. In the coming days, Sanwo-Olu said the State Government would be rolling out Register-to-Open initiative as part of the plans …

Boss Mustapha, chairman, PTF The federal government yesterday pleaded with COVID-19 survivors to stop giving details of the drugs used for their treatment to discourage self-medication. The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, made the plea at a press briefing in Abuja, following recent video testimonies of …

Raymond Dokpesi and son at the Daar Communications headquarters in Abuja on Friday. High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who recovered from Coronavirus (COVID-19) 12 days after contracting the deadly virus, said all the drugs administered to him in isolation were malaria drugs. Dokpesi, who is the founder of Daar Communications Plc, …

People on queue to use an ATM machine in Lagos, recently. THE Environmental Health Officers Association (EHOAN), Lagos Chapter, has said that the surge in a number of people struggling to patronise banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) was a source of community transmission of COVID-19. Mr Taiwo Awonuga, its President, …

Raymond Dokpesi and son at the Daar Communications headquarters in Abuja on Friday. The chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi jnr, has finally tested negative for COVID-19 almost three weeks after he was confirmed positive for the dreaded disease. The Junior Dopkesi has also been discharged hours after Raymond …