JUST IN: COURT REFUSES TO STOP REPS FROM PASSING NCDC BILL

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected a request to restrain the House of Representatives from continuing the consideration of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020,…

Video: Motion BY RT. HON. OKECHUKWU on the need to investigate the status of our Medical and pharmaceutical research in the fight against COVID-19

Motion on the urgent need to investigate the status of our Medical and pharmaceutical research in the fight against COVID-19 and other deadly diseases in Nigeria by Rt. Hon. Okechukwu,…

PDP TELLS FG TO APOLOGISE TO NIGERIANS OVER CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Federal Government of betrayal and cover-up in the activities of a 15-man Chinese medical team that arrived in the country on April 8.…

JUST IN: PDP REJECTS CURFEW EXTENSION

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said it had noted the alleged assumption of Presidential powers by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha who announced…

Buhari asks Senate to confirm Lamido Yuguda as SEC DG

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written the Senate to confirm Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant on…

It was approved by the Minister of Agriuculture – Permanent Secretary speaks on paying N7bn for uncompleted building

Mohammed Bello, the permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology has defended himself after being issued a query over alleged financial misconduct as the permanent secretary of the federal ministry…

UNEASE IN PDP AS ONDO GUBER POLLS BECKONS

The political theatrics ahead of Ondo State governorship election, slated for October 10, 2020, have become intense within the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as it shops for…

WE DIDN’T SNEAK INTO ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TO BEG – IHEDIOHA

The immediate past deputy speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okey Onyekanma, has debunked the speculation that he led the former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, to…

DILEMMA IN APC EDO/ONDO POLLS OVER MODE OF PRIMARIES

The governing All Progressives Congress is in a dilemma over which mode of primaries to adopt for the forth coming governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states, The PUNCH has learnt. Findings…

TROUBLE IN ONDO APC AS FACTION ENDORSES EX-DEPUTY CLERK

A former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Chief Olayide Adelami, has been endorsed to run for the position of governor by the Akoko Progressives Forum, a group within the…