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The Abia State government has accused herders of kidnapping citizens of the state. John Okiyi Kalu, the state commissioner for information, made the allegation in a statement on Monday. He said the state government also condemned the destruction of farmlands by cows grazing openly. This came as the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, […]
Sani Aliyu, national coordinator, presidential taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF), has warned Nigerians to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. Speaking when he featured on Television program Aliyu said the virus cannot be compared to malaria or typhoid in terms of survival rate because of its severity. Aliyu said the disease has claimed the live of someone […]
The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this, said the extension was conveyed by the Minister of Communications […]
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has given a directive to all Assistant Inspector Generals and Police Commissioners to ensure strict compliance with the use of face masks and other COVID-19 precautionary measures. The IGP gave the directive in a statement by the police spokesperson, Frank Mba, on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently […]
Reddington Hospital has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters that it treated an overwhelming number of persons with gunshots or other wounds from the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of last October 20. It said the number of persons brought to […]
President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick says he is only aware of exciting Reading midfielder Ovie Ejaria’s clearance by FIFA to switch allegiance to Nigeria, amid reports in some local media that eight overseas-born players, including Ejaria, were granted permission by the world body to play for the Super Eagles. The other […]
The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Garba Shehu has said that the Buhari administration deserves credit for diminishing corruption in the public service. Garba Shehu stated this in a tweet on Thursday via his official twitter handle @GarShehu stating that the federal government under President Buhari will continue to vigorously […]
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed his excitement over the President’s choice of Gen. Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff. This was revealed in a statement issued by the Yomi Odunuga, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the Deputy Senate President on Wednesday. It reads: “The Deputy President of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme ASP. At the inauguration which took place at the Presidential Villa January 26, 2021, President Buhari charged the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to coordinate and lead the deployment of a National Plan which will address […]
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