Lawan, Gbajabiamila fault SIP implementation
Abia Govt Extends Covid-19 Lockdown
Kidnapped Bauchi gov’s elder brother released from captivity
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Food Relief Package for Indigent, Vulnerable Only – Omotoso
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The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetable oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has cautioned security agencies against using the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown to harass journalists as they go about their lawful duties. The council gave the warning in a statement by its Secretary, Mr Ochiaka Ugwu, on Tuesday in Abuja. It urged...
The Taraba Government says the two patients suspected of been infected with COVID-19 have tested negative to the virus. Dr Innocent Vakkai, the state’s Commissioner for Health and Chairman, state Technical Committee on COVID-19 said this while giving an update on the effort in the fight against the virus...
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), on Tuesday, expressed its willingness to donate its 1,400 offices nationwide to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, as part of its contributions to the fight against the deadly pandemic in the country. Mr Franklin Alao, the General Manager, Corporate Communication,...
reports that the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the aim of the bill was to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians and local businesses. Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued in Abuja, said the proposed bill would help in boosting the economy...
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has warned that the administration would impose tougher measures to achieve health safety precautionary protocols needed to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Abuja. Bello gave the warning in Asokoro District Hospital when he inspected the ongoing work in the hospital,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Sen. Magatakarda Wamakko, over the death of his brother, Alhaji Buba Wamakko. In a condolence message to the former governor of Sokoto State on Tuesday, Tinubu described the late Wamakko, who died at the age of 66, as a “good...
While it may appear to be an arduous task for his peers and even some acclaimed inventors, Mr. Usman Dalhatu, a 200-level student of Mechanical Engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, in Kaduna State, Nigeria, has designed and produced a manual ventilator, to be used in treating coronavirus...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has been urged to make public the daily number of Nigerians being screened for the CoronaVirus. A coalition of civil society groups led by Civic Media Lab (CML) urged the National Center for Disease Control to provide this critical data set, which would help Nigerians...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says no fewer than 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos since the evacuation exercise began about 10 days ago. Mrs Victoria Shin-Aba, the Regional Manager, South-West Airport...
