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 ...
Read More »APC National Leader Tinubu canvasses food security, robust economy to contain COVID-19
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has enjoined the Federal Government to ensure food security and enthrone a robust economy for an effective COVID-19 fight. In a statement, the former governor of Lagos State ...
Read More »FG restricts, begins evacuation of trucks in Lagos, IGP discourages night trips as Obi decries pervasive hunger
Following the 14-day extension of the lockdown to check the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Presidential Task Team on Law and Order in Apapa, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has issued fresh guidelines on port operations, saying trucks ...
Read More »Renewed cult violence claims two lives in Edo State
Despite Edo State government’s partial lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), renewed cult violence has claimed two lives in Egor Council of the state. The killings occurred late Monday night in two separate locations along Benin Technical College (BTC) ...
Read More »JDAN, Ishaku differ on efforts to quell Tiv, Jukun crisis as Sule’s mediation suffers setback
Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku and Jukun Development Association of Nigeria (JDAN) are not on the same page over the state’s efforts to control the crisis that have led to loss of lives and property in the southern part of ...
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