Month: December 2020
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The Kogi State Governor, YAHAYA BELLO, says Nigeria will be a safe place to live when politicians stop the use of thugs and criminals during elections. Governor BELLO spoke on a televised programme, saying contrary to what is in public space, he won November 16, 2019, Governorship Poll without the use of ‘boys’ or thugs. […]
The Federal Government has announced a three-day public holiday for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The work-free days are Friday, the 25th, and Monday, the 28 of December 2020 as well as Friday, January 1, 2021. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Doctor SHUAIB M.L BELGORE, announced this in a statement on […]
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP JOSEPH MUKAN says the Police Officer who allegedly assaulted a bus driver at Choba/Ada George, Port Harcourt on Monday, December 21, 2020, has been arrested. The Commissioner of Police made the revelation when the State Chairman and Choba branch Chairman of Drivers Welfare Association ISAAC LEKIA and CHILE […]
Federal Government workers on Grade Level (GL) 12 and below have been directed to stay at home for a period of five weeks. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation , Doctor FOLASADE YEMI-ESAN, issued the directive in a statement in Abuja. She asked the workers not to come to work from today, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the military and Katsina State government for the successful operation that led to the release of the Kankara School boys abducted last Friday. Buhari stated that the governor of Katsina State has been up and doing since the attack took place and expressed happiness for the release of the boys. […]
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), UCHE SECONDUS today led a protest demanding the rescue of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. The protest tagged #BringBackOurBoys held at the PDP liaison office in Maitama. SECONDUS said the party like most Nigerians were traumatised by the callous […]
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that Nigerians should expect to receive COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Minister stated that a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria.
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The President on Wednesday also directed other land borders to be opened by December 31, 2020.
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice JOHN TSOHO, has defended the court’s freezing of accounts of alleged promoters of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country in October. He said that contrary to the belief in some quarters that the court intentionally froze the accounts of #EndSARS promoters, it only played its […]
The Association of Boat Drivers plying the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterways has raised alarm over the continued detention of one of their colleagues, ADVENTIOUS RUFUS, who was attacked by sea pirate. One of the drivers simply known as JONATEX told correspondent AYO ODUNGWERU in a telephone interview that his colleague was detained after filing a statement […]
