Senator Representing Adamawa North district, Elisha Ishaku Abbo, has defected from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator announced his defection today through the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan at the plenary.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has called on the All Progressive Congress (APC) to respect its earlier agreement of the 2015 on zoning ahead of the 2023 general election. Fashola stated these yesterday following insinuations that some APC stalwarts were planning to rescind on the agreement of power zoning formula from North to Southern part of the country after expiration of president Buhari tenure. According to a source in the party, a block within the party wants to grab the power against the earlier arrangement from the mother party. The Minster while speaking to newsmen from his office yesterday urged the leaders of the party to respect the gentleman agreement reached in the 2015 on zoning.

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has on Monday inaugurated a new Executive Committee for Ebonyi State Chapter of the party. This followed the dissolution of the Ebonyi PDP Excos after Governor David Umahi'd defection to the All Progressive Party (APC).

Nigeria has recorded about 155 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of cases to 66,383 confirmed cases, with 62,076 recoveries. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the revelation on its website on Monday November 23. According to the health agency the death toll in the country has risen to 1167.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a global strategy to enhance the elimination of cervical cancer with vaccination, screening, and treatment outlined to eliminate the disease. The organization in a statement said the strategy when implemented could reduce over 40 percent of new cases of the killer disease as well as 5 million related deaths by 2050.

The Safest Travel Score to operate an airline during COVID-19 pandemic is 5.0 while the worst score is 0.1, according to the Safe Travel Barometre, however, no airline has made the best possible score neither has any airline made the worst possible score of 0.1. The Safest Travel Score exercise was conducted across 230 airlines worldwide using 26 health and safety parameters, evaluating safety protocols, service excellence, thermal screening, face masks, health declaration forms etc. The safest airline according to Safest Travel Score is Dubai based Emirates Airlines with the highest score of 4.4. The airline led in traveler convenience and was also the 1st to offer customers free COVID-19 insurance cover to encourage travelling during the pandemic.

The chance for Nigeria’s candidate in the World Trade Organization race, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to become the WTO DG has received a boost as information reveals that South Korea has decided to withdraw its candidate, Myung-hee. Okonjo-Iweala had secured the popular vote by a wide margin on October 28 but was not named DG because the US opposed her candidacy. Myung-hee is South Korea’s Trade Minister and its candidate for the job at the WTO following the resignation of Roberto Azevedo.

The Federal Government on Tuesday said that for the country to experience any form of growth and bounce back speedily from the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, there has to be an increase in productivity. It said this will counteract the effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the age-long challenges of underdevelopment in the country.

President Buhari has disclosed that part of the proposal of the year 2020 finance bill is to exempt the minimum wage earners from paying Personal Income Tax to reduce the impact of inflation on their purchasing power. Buhari stated this in Abuja yesterday through his Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit Group Conference which was titled: ‘Building Partnership for Resilience’.

The Albiceleste superstar was recovering at his home in Tigre after undergoing brain surgery at the start of November Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has passed away at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack. The Gimnasia coach had been hospitalized at the start of November, days after celebrating the landmark birthday, after complaining of low spirits and fatigue. Tests at the La Plata clinic revealed a blood clot on the brain, which doctors later revealed was operated on successfully.

FIFA has ban CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad, for the next five years for over-involvement in corruption. The World Football Governing body disclosed this in a statement today.

Liverpool has surpassed their all-time club record of 63 games unbeaten home league matches after defeating Leicester city 3 - 0 in their 9th game of 2020/21 to extend the unbeaten run at Anfield to 64 games.