Politics

… Reps ask Buhari to declare state of emergency on agriculture

The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

…as Axiom set to launch challenge

Buhari’s new directives will be announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, according to the presidency.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Thursday said that Canada denied Nigerian carrier landing rights for a scheduled evacuation of Nigerians.

Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has disclosed that all the 12 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state flouted Presidential order on restriction of inter-state movement.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons ( NAPTIP), Lagos Zonal command, on Wednesday said that it had arrested one Ojo Ademehintoye for allegedly trafficking one Miss Oluwatosin Adetula to Oman.