Month: January 2021
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Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU says his administration does not need to vaccinate over 20 million residents of the state against the deadly COVID-19 He disclosed this during an interview on Televised programme, adding that the state government is engaging some companies in the production of COVID-19 vaccines for residents of the state. The governor […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, SADIA UMAR-FAROUK to publish details of the proposed payments of 729-billion-naira to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The non-governmental organisation also wants the minister to provide details about the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, […]
The Rivers State Ministry of Education has denied reports of governor NYESOM WIKE shutting down schools in the state for two weeks with effect from 22 January, 2021 due to the second wave of Coronavirus. In a statement signed by Commissioner for Education Professor KANIYE EBEKU, described the report as false and should be treated […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC says it seized 119 gallons of suspected adulterated petroleum products in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Commandant of the NSCDC in Rivers State, Commandant MUKTAR LAWAL said operatives made the seizure in an illegal dump yard along Rumuomasi community. Speaking during an inspection to […]
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, says Nigerians should look forward to the end of February, for the possibility of accessing any form of vaccination against the coronavirus. This was one of the highlights of a virtual meeting of governors , who said the country was working with the World Bank to ensure the supply of […]
The Minister of Finance, ZAINAB AHMED, has defended the Federal Government’s planned sale of public assets on the that move will boost the economy. In an appearance on a national television programme, AHMED, who is also the Minister of Budget and National Planning, said some government assets were failing and provide little or no value […]
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has told herders in Ondo State to remain in their locations and reject any move to label them as criminals. Spokesman of the forum, HAKEEM BABA-AHMED, in a statement, asked the Ondo State Governor, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, to stop the ultimatum given to herders to vacate forest reserves in the State. […]
The military says it is winning the war against insurgency and banditry as it sustains an onslaught against criminals within the country. Spokesman Major-General JOHN ENENCHE who said this during a press conference in Abuja, referenced recent operations against bandits in Zamfara and Katsina states as evidence of the military’s efforts against insecurity. Recall that […]
A former Nigerian President, GOODLUCK JONATHAN, says restructuring alone cannot solve Nigeria’s problems and cannot be done in isolation. The former President while speaking at a dialogue on restructuring in Abuja, called for the issues of nepotism, ethnic and religious bias to be addressed. He noted that Nigerians must restructure their minds because the issues […]
Former Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress, saying the party was hurriedly formed to hijack power from the Peoples’ Democratic Party in 2015. The Imo West Senator told journalists in Abuja, that he and other progressive-minded politicians were perfecting a plan to form a new political […]
