To treat one COVID-19 patient costs over N400,000 ― El-Rufai
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state has urged traditional rulers from the North to continue sensitizing their people on the dangers of COVID-19, saying the treatment was expensive and costs about N400,000 to treat a COVID-19 patient in the state. “The amount is as a result of the increasing cost of […]
Retired LG workers, teachers in Delta protest non payment of benefits
By Festus Ahon, Asaba Retired Local Government workers and primary school teachers, stormed the streets of Asaba, Delta State in protest against the non-payment of their retirement benefits. Clad in black attires, the retirees numbering over 1000, marched through the streets of the State capital to the State House of Assembly complex and Government House, […]
I’m ready for reconciliation with Marafa but…, Yari, ex-Zamfara Gov
By Omeiza Ajayi Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has expressed his readiness to reconcile with aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress APC in the state led by Sen. Kabir Marafa but conceded that such efforts could be problematic as many of those against him are currently serving in the Peoples Democratic Party […]
BAYELSA WEST: Over 900 defect to PDP due to violation of zoning agreement
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenegoa The senatorial ambition of former Deputy Governor, Chief Peremobowei Ebebi, has triggered a fresh crisis within the All Progressives Congress, APC In Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Over 900 protesting members of the APC stormed the Toru Orua country home of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial Candidate for […]
4 Nigerians arrested for allegedly hacking, siphoning funds from Philippine bank
The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested 4 Nigerian nationals in Muntinlupa City of the country for alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks and siphons funds from banks. According to the NBI, the fraudsters’ transactions were traced when they hacked a system of one Philippine bank, where at least P100 million […]
Nigerians can’t survive your fuel, electricity price hike, PDP tells Buhari
By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said there is no way Nigerians can cope with the hike in the cost of fuel and electricity, as recently announced by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday, the party described the attempt by the Minister […]
