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About twenty-four point three million poor Nigerians are to get five thousand naira each for a period of six months. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, announced this at the inauguration of the Federal Government’s emergency intervention database for the urban poor. Farouq said the intervention would serve as cushion […]
Federal Government says it hoped to get forty-two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to battle coronavirus in the country. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, who stated this at the press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, said one hundred thousand doses of the vaccines would […]
Lagos State Government will now take over traffic management in and around Apapa from the Presidential Task Force, in order to restore sanity to the seaport area. Consequently, the government will deploy about five hundred officials of its traffic management authority and personnel of Area B Police Command in Apapa. The presidential task force has since last year been battling the perennial traffic […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says Nigerians killed before, during, and after the #EndSARS protests will get justice. According to the Speaker, who sympathized with the residents in the country as a result of the killings, Nigeria’s unity remained non-negotiable. During a visit to condole the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says he would not sign the 2021 Appropriation Bill if provisions are not made for the compensation of families of victims of police brutality in the last decade. Gbajabiamila gave other conditions for signing the budget to include better welfare package provisions for police officers and implementation […]
Following last night’s shooting at the Lekki toll gate, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the incident and called on Lagosians to remain calm. Sanwo-Olu advised security agents not to arrest anyone because of the curfew, which is to last for twenty-four hours. The Governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for […]
Henceforth, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS unit in Lagos Police Command would no longer detain suspects in their cells. Such action has been banned by the State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu. Speaking in a televised porogramme, Odumosu directed SARS officers to only move out on information and notify the Area Commander before carrying out their operations. […]
New emergency aid has been approved by the International Monetary Fund for twenty-eight of the world’s poorest countries to help them cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement, which follows a similar measure passed in April for 25 countries, is intended to help the countries cover their debt repayments to the IMF […]
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has confirmed that Chloroquine can kill the COVID-19 virus at the early stage. Professor Adeyeye also said Remdesivir, produced by Gilead Sciences Incorporated has equally been shown to kill the virus at late stages. Speaking at a virtual news conference […]
House of Representatives has threatened to deduct from source, several billions of Naira from the allocations of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board as a result of improper remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the federation. The House also directed the management of Mobile Telecommunication Nigeria, MTN, to furnish the house evidence of tax […]
