Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has denied nursing presidential ambition. He stated this while responding to an online poster by a group -United People of Nigeria Initiative (UPNI) endorsing him for presidency in 2023. He ...
Read More »Monthly Archives: April 2020
How to contain spread of coronavirus in communities, by YMLSF, cleric urges health sector development
The Young Medical Laboratory Scientists Forum (YMLSF) has urged Nigerians to obey social distancing order and other advice from health authorities to enable the nation and the rest of the world to defeat the coronavirus. In a statement issued by ...
Read More »Our priority is to save personnel, Nigerians, NPDC boss declares
Management of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in collaboration with ND Western has declared that its priority at the moment is to help its personnel and Nigerian survive the coronavirus pandemic. Manager, Government Relations, Community and Security, NPDC/NDW OML ...
Read More »Ihekweazu seeks sustained screening in Imo to ensure COVID-19-free status
Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has advised Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to create a facility for testing of patients to ensure that the state is free of coronavirus. Ihekweazu gave the ...
Read More »SERAP threatens legal action over FG’s planned cut in health budget
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Federal Government and the National Assembly 14 days to reverse the proposed cut of N26.51b in basic healthcare budget due to COVID-19 pandemic. In separate letters to the presidency and ...
Read More »Crisis looms over mismanagement of FG’s palliatives, Buba Galadima warns
An elder statesman, Buba Galadima, has cautioned that Nigerians will revolt if the Federal Government does not equitably distribute palliatives to the poor and vulnerable during the lockdown. Government officials have been accused of diverting the palliatives from donations of ...
Read More »Transporters want EFCC, police to probe alleged extortion at Lagos port
The Logistics Practitioners Association of Nigeria (LPAN) has appealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Inspector General of Police to investigate the alleged collection of N40,000 from trailer drivers before granting them access to the Mile ...
Read More »Imo State government uncovers 1,000 ghost workers
The Imo State government has fished out 1,000 ghost workers in its public service. Briefing journalists after rising from a meeting between Governor Hope Uzodinma and heads of ministries, departments and agencies at the weekend in Owerri, the Commissioner for ...
Read More »Masari, Zulum, others mourn ex-presidential aide
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has expressed “profound sadness” over the passage of the former presidential aided. In a statement by his Director General, Media, Abdu Labaran, the governor said with Kyari’s demise, the nation had lost a great patriot. ...
Read More »Kyari fostered mutual respect in governance with uncommon dedication, says Lawan
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has described the late Abba Kyari, who passed on at the weekend in Lagos after a battle with the novel coronavirus, as a man who fostered mutual respect and understanding between the legislature and the executive ...
Read More »