Amnesty programme not for all Niger Deltans, only for those involved in arms struggle — IYC
THE Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has backed claims by a former IYC President, Alhaji Asari Dokubo that the “Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, is not for all Niger Deltans but for those who took up arms to protest the injustice against the region and voluntarily surrounded their arms and ammunition.”
NCDC declares emergency phase of 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over following successive decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out by NCDC, in collaboration with World Health Organisation, WHO.
States, security agencies must allow movement of essential goods — Presidency
ABUJA—THE Presidency, yesterday, told state governments and law enforcement agencies to ensure easy movement of food trucks at different checkpoints around the country.
Private sector donations hit N27.160bn — CBN
The Nigeria Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 CACOVID, has so far realised about N27.160 billion to help fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Mysterious deaths: Toll rises, as more citizens die in Kano
The strange deaths in Kano continued, yesterday, with the passing of four prominent citizens of the state. They include a cleric, Sheik Tijjani Yola, who wa also the head of Murtala Mohammed Central Mosque in the state; father of Vice Chancellor of National Open University, NOUN, Uba Adamu; former speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Adamu Sarawa; and former chairperson of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria, FOMWAN, Halima Shittu.
COVID-19: Reps call for cut in cost of governance
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said yesterday that COVID-19 has offered the country the best opportunity to reduce cost of governance and diversify her economy.
