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The Federal Government has pressed on the National Youth Service Corps to make preparations for the reopening of its orientation…

Plateau State in Nigeria continues as the new epicenter of COVID-19 with record-highest 59 cases.
Of the 216 new cases of COVID-19 reported across the country by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Akwa Ibom State has registered two new cases.

More than 114 local government areas in the nine states of the Niger Delta region would be affected by floods between September and October, this year, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has predicted.

The National Assembly has resumed another round of rebuttals over allegation of Niger Delta Development Commission giving COVID-19 palliatives to its members.
The Senate said on Tuesday that none of its members received N20 million COVID-19 palliative from NDDC.

Nigerian electricity consumers are in for rough economic times as electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have begun implementation of electricity tariff hike with effect from Tuesday, September 1, 2020.

In what was a major onslaught against bandits terrorising Katsina and other North West states, the Nigeria Army has killed two bandits and rescued 10 kidnapped victims.

The 2019 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has demanded constitution of a panel of inquiry into the recent killings in Emene, Enugu State.
A clash between the Department of States Services (DSS) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a week ago left some persons dead.

The calls became swift and arguments more vociferous. Radio callers from some parts of Akwa Ibom State fumed and analysts in the studio joined in concluding that the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended) is allowed to operate because it is skewed to Northern part of the country. At last, they settled for amendment of the constitution for equity and fairness.

The Supreme Court, Monday, laid to rest legal contention on the election of Mr. Yahaya Bello as Kogi State Governor.
The apex court dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Musa Wada, that challenged the outcome of the governorship election held in the state on November 16, 2019.

Plateau State has continue to record highest in terms of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria for some time now;  the latest breakdown shows Plateau records 55 Cases