Warehouse Looting: Reps call for caution in drug purchase, consumption
The House of Representatives has warned Nigerians to exercise caution in drug purchases, as medicines purchased and consumed at the moment, maybe either fake or expired ones, looted by hoodlums from the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) warehouse in Kaduna state.
Oyetola to Looters: No extension of amnesty, enforcement commences Thursday
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that there will be no extension of amnesty for those that looted both public and private property under the guise of protest last Saturday.
FG begins payment of N30,000 grants to 333,000 artisans
ABUJA—THE Federal Government yesterday announced that it has commenced implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP, with the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 333,000 artisans across the country.
Blackout in Port Harcourt Correctional Center over N82M PHED debt
By Egufe Yafugborhi AUTHORITIES of the Nigerian Correctional Center Harcourt are said to be working to resolve prolong power blackout at the Port Harcourt Correctional Center in Rivers state due to accumulated electricity debt owed the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED). Both PHED and the Port Harcourt Correctional Center Center evaded comments on the […]
Breaking: Buhari reappoints Prof Yakubu as INEC Chairman
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday. ALSO READ: INEC Nomination: Ignore […]
FG disburses N6bn to poor households in Zamfara – Minister
The Federal Government has disbursed over N6 billion to poor households in six out of the 14 local government areas of Zamfara under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in 2020. This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouk during the flag off of Grant for […]
Fagba crisis: LASG promises to compensate victims, warns miscreants
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday promised to compensate residents who lost their property to the Fagba crisis, in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the promise while on assessment of the level of destruction of property over the ethnic clash in the area. Sanwo-Olu assured residents […]
Zamfara pleads for release of N10bn promised by FG for bandits, flood victims
By Ifeanyichukwu Nwannah – Gusau Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has appealed to the federal government to release the N10 billion naira special intervention funds it promised earlier as support for victims of armed banditry and flood disasters in the State. Governor Bello Matawalle made the appeal on Monday during a special town […]
Just in: World 100 metres champion suspended for two years
World champion sprinter Christian Coleman has been banned from athletics for two years for anti-doping violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced on Tuesday. The American, who won the men’s 100 metres at last year’s world championships in Doha, was provisionally suspended for three ‘whereabouts failures’ in June. READ ALSO: WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’ […]
Fagba crisis: LASG promises to compensate victims, warns miscreants
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday promised to compensate residents who lost their property to the Fagba crisis, in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state.
Court orders Atiku’s son to hand over custody of children to divorced wife
An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over custody of his three sons to his divorced wife, Maryam Sherif.
