Lagos, Borno, Delta states have been excluded from the National Cash Transfer for COVID-19, while the North-West zone gets the biggest share. The National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) infographic created on April 11, 2020, and made public by the International ...
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NMA laments lack of equipped isolation centre in Cross River
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State has lamented that the state has only 33 doctors as it bemoaned lack of equipped isolation centre to fight coronavirus. NMA expressed disappointment over the manner in which the state government ...
Read More »Biafra group accuses President Buhari of dividing Nigeria along ethnic lines
The Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of dividing Nigeria along ethnic lines amid the coronavirus disease. Leader of BZF, Benjamin Onwuka, said at a time when countries of the world were united in seeking ...
Read More »MURIC alleges corruption in sharing of relief materials by government officials
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the federal, state and local government authorities to create feeding centres urgently in order to cushion the effect of the extension of COVID-19 lockdown. It said this followed its discontent with the handling ...
Read More »LEDAP urges attorney generals, commissioners of justice stop indiscriminate arrests, detentions
The Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has charged attorney generals and commissioners of justice to end indiscriminate arrests and detention of citizens, as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus. In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Chino ...
Read More »Taskforce orders deployment of NASENI’s disinfectants to Asokoro hospital
FCT to enforce lockdown during distribution of palliatives The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Task Force on COVID-19 has ordered the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to deploy its newly developed made-in-Nigeria disinfectant safety sprayers to the Asokoro ...
Read More »Military denies alleged killing of civillians in Borno
The Nigerian military has refuted alleged killing of civilians in airstrikes by Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) at Shokotoko village in Damboa council area of Borno State. Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement in Abuja, said: ...
Read More »Fire guts CAC headquarters in Abuja
A section of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) headquarters in Maitama, Abuja has been razed by a mysterious fire. The blaze, according to an investigation, resulted from a power surge on the sixth floor of the building. The inferno was, ...
Read More »Customs seizes N3.9m petrol in Adamawa, Taraba
The Adamawa/Taraba command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 31,125 litres of petrol in two weeks. The 1,245.25kg gallons, valued at N3.9 million, were confiscated along the Nigeria-Cameroun border. The smugglers often ferry product through Mubi and Mahia ...
Read More »Buhari felicitates with UK premier on discharge over coronavirus, greets Ambassador Akporode Clark at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, following his discharge from hospital over the COVID-19 pandemic. In a message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, yesterday in Abuja, the president said he received ...
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