Africa Press-Nigeria:
1. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged as the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate.
Ize-Iyamu was announced winner of the just concluded primary election by the Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee and Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma.
2. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki, to return to the party.
According to him, Obaseki should “set aside his anger” and return to the ruling party.
3. Nigeria on Monday recorded 675 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control in a tweet via its official Twitter account, said Lagos recorded 288 cases, while Oyo followed with 76.
4. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared that no state in the country is COVID-19 free.
The NCDC’s Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, noted that a state can only talk about being Coronavirus free, when it is testing adequately.
5. A Federal High court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has restrained the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary election.
One of the party’s aspirants, Omoregir Ogbeide-Ihiama had approached the court asking for the Governor, who just joined the PDP from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be stopped from participating in the primaries and Hon. Justice E. A. Obile, granted Ogbeide-Ihama’s prayer.
6. The army yesterday decided to relocate this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration to Katsina State to kick-start a major exercise tagged “Ex Sahel Sanity” with a view to check banditry in the northwest.
