NDDC under fire over N5.4bn PPE, COVID-19 sensitization campaign contract
…There is no fraud in NDDC – Comm. Dir. By Egufe Yafugborhi & Perez Brisibe THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is currently under fire over the award of a N5.4billion contract for the purchase of Personal Protective Equipments, PPE and COVID-19 sensitization campaign in the nine states of the region. A letter dated April […]
COVID-19: Ogun govt. begins remote learning system for teachers, students
The Ogun Government said it had commenced virtual learning platform in partnership with an accredited Microsoft Education Global training partner in the state. Mrs Ronke Soyombo, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Primary, Secondary and Technical Education, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Soyombo said that the platform was aimed […]
NNN urges FG to immortalize Abba Kyari
The New Nigerian Newspapers,NNN, Ltd, has appealed to the Federal Government to immortalize late Abba Kyari. NNN said Kyari was a patriot and nationalists who had toiled for Nigeria and deserved to be immortalized.
COVID-19 cases rise to 28,000 in Africa — WHO
The World Health Organisation (COVID-19 cases rise to 28,000 in Africa — WHO The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Saturday. “Over 28,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent – with over 8,000 associated recoveries and 1,300 deaths recorded,’’ it said. READ ALSO: WHO urges countries to […]
COVID-19: Extra judicial killing by security agencies worrisome – NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has raised the alarm over the alleged high number of extra judicial killing arising from the enforcement of the lockdown from the security agencies.
Banditry: Security forces wipe out 89 bandits in Zamfara forest, burn down camps
By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja. Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji fighting to rid the North West of armed bandits, on Friday, backed by Helicopter gunships of the Nigerian Airforce and Police Special Forces, stormed the notorious den of bandits in Zurmi forest and after hours of air and Land bombardment, killed 89 of the bandits and […]
