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Over 43,000 poor and vulnerable persons are to benefit from Federal Government’s palliatives under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme aimed at cushioning the effect of coronavirus pandemic in Anambra State. Anambra State Coordinator, State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Bede ...

Following the lockdown to check spread of coronavirus in the country, the South East Regional Group (SERG) has urged governors of the region to take more drastic steps to safeguard the region by closing all state borders. The group said ...

Piqued by the incessant arrests, harassment and intimidation of journalists, the International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the act and demanded immediate release of a reporter presently being held incommunicado by security operatives. Citing the recent harassment of an Ebonyi ...

The Alliance for Aging Research (Alliance) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) have urged elderly people and those with underlying medical conditions to avoid non-essential travels and crowded events to guide against the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups hinted ...

The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has produced mechanical ventilators using locally sourced materials with a view to contributing to the fight against COVID-19. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in ...

AS part of measures to cushion the effects of lockdown occasioned by coronavirus, the Delta State Government has extended palliatives to widows and other vulnerable persons in the state. The distribution of food items, which commenced in local government areas, ...

The Federal Government has extended the shutdown of airports nationwide by another two weeks. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this via his Twitter account, stated that the facilities would no longer open for commercial operations on April ...

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to trigger dollar shortage in the country, the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish a voluntary offshore asset repatriation window for more ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, and other members of the team ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has disagreed with Hauwa Sulaiman, a petitioner from Kogi State, over calls to probe fraud allegations in the state’s Conditional Cash transfer (CCT) scheme. Sulaiman had accused the Kogi ICPC ...