The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reduce the pump price of fuel from what it called “a cosmetic N125 per litre to an appropriate price that should not exceed N90 per litre.” It insisted ...
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IGP alerts Nigerians to emerging crimes over Coronavirus pandemic
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has urged Nigerians to be vigilant and observe precautionary measures against criminal elements who might exploit the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their nefarious activities. The Force Public Relations Officer, ...
Read More »Abia State former director of finance gets post-conviction bail
The Federal High Court, Lagos has granted post-conviction bail to a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment last December. He was convicted of a N7.1 ...
Read More »Terminal donates N75 million for COVID-19 fight
APM Terminals Nigeria has donated $200,000 (N75 million) towards the United Nations in Nigeria basket fund to boost government’s efforts at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The global agency is mobilising funds to procure equipment for testing, quarantine and ...
Read More »Delta shuts borders, imposes two-week restriction on residents
Delta State Governor Ifeamyi Okowa has imposed a two-week restriction on residents of Asaba. He also ordered the closure of the airport to traffic from 6:00pm today, just as all land and sea borders had been pronounced shut effective 6:00am ...
Read More »Labour seeks payment of salaries to sustain stay-at-home order
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the three tiers of governments and employers of labour to ensure prompt payment of salaries to sustain the stay-at-home orders for containment of the COVID-19 pandemic nationwide. It also urged that ...
Read More »Shun illegal fund managers, SEC advises Nigerians
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against patronising unregistered fund managers. The organisation said it had observed lately the proliferation of unlicensed investment schemes with promises of huge returns on investments. SEC Acting Director General, Mary Uduk, ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom govt shuts borders, suspends flights, rests workers
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the closure of all borders and roads leading to the state with immediate effect just as he directed Ibom Air to suspend all flights operations with effect from March 29. The ...
Read More »Cross River enforces compulsory purchase of hand sanitisers by transporters
The Cross River government has read a riot act to commercial transport operators on provision of hand sanitisers in their vehicles for use by passengers in the state. Consequent upon the directive of Governor Ben Ayade, employees of the Ministry ...
Read More »Obaseki, Diri test negative as motorists seek incentives for social distancing
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his Bayelsa counterpart, Douye Diri, have tested negative for Coronavirus but remained in self-isolation. In a statement, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said the result was that of the ...
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