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Lalong slashes recurrent expenditure by 40% as revenue falls by 51% Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said he has had no close contact with Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, Abba Kyari, before or after he (Kyari) tested ...
Read More »NAS, NEMA, stakeholders canvass nationwide lockdown, strategic plan
The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has called for a national lockdown of the country for four weeks owing to the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. President of the academy, Professor Mosto Onuoha, in a statement, said ...
Read More »Closures, cancellations, delays, empty shelves dog Britain’s attempt to stop Covid-19
In spite of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s prediction that Coronavirus will end within 12 weeks, life has been characterised by cancellations, delays, empty shelves and long queues in most high street stores for Britons. In an attempt to end the ...
Read More »How air passenger was prevented from importing COVID-19 into Rivers, by Governor Wike •NEMA decries absence of virus test centres in N’Delta
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that a woman infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been prevented from boarding a Port Harcourt-bound flight in Abuja. Consequently, he announced that as from 6:00pm today, the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would ...
Read More »Lawan, Gbajabiamila meet ministers over review of 2020 budget as FG reduces revenue targets for customs, others
The National Assembly leadership has met with some ministers and heads of agencies over the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the Nigerian economy. The meeting concentrated on the planned review of the 2020 budget and the Medium Term Expenditure ...
Read More »NIMC shuts centres in Lagos, Katsina, others as MAN seeks FG’s support for local drug production
As part of the measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has ordered the immediate closure of all its enrollment centres in Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Katsina and Anambra states. A statement from ...
Read More »Enugu, Anambra states direct closure of schools
Enugu State government has given primary and secondary schools in the state, both public and private, up to March 27, 2020 to round off their activities and shut down. The government said the decision was part of the measures to ...
Read More »Insurgency denies 820,000 IDPs healthcare in N’East, says WHO
The North East Emergency Manager for World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Collins Owill, has said that insecurity and hard-to-reach areas denied 820,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) access to healthcare in North East. Owill disclosed this yesterday in WHO’s 2016-2019 Report ...
Read More »APC slams Ganduje, others over el-Rufai’s alleged role in Sanusi’s removal
Kaduna and Kano states chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are at loggerheads over the controversial dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano. APC chieftain in Kaduna, Yusuf Ali (Rabagardama) described the Kano chapter of the party as ...
Read More »SOKAPU condemns fresh attack by herdsmen on Kaduna communities
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned a fresh attack by gunmen in Gbagyi communities of Southern Kaduna. Armed herdsmen were said to have invaded Kugosi and Kajari villages in Chikun Local Council, killing three persons. The gunmen also ...
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