FG Spends N5bn Monthly On IDPs — Senate Committee
The senate committee on special duties says the federal government spends N5 billion monthly on internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east. The IDP camps were established in the region following the activities of Boko Haram insurgents. Many lives have been lost and property destroyed owing to the attacks by the insurgents. Speaking with journalists at the weekend, Yusuf Yusuf, chairman of the...
Resident Doctors Have No Reason To Strike – Ngige
The Federal Government, appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to suspend its ongoing industrial action, as the government has already addressed six out of the eight demands listed by the Association. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, stated this in his office in Abuja. Senator Ngige asked NARD to respect the country’s laws and suspend...
Bribery Is Normal In Nigeria — Aljazeera Journalist, Haru Mutasa
Zimbabwean-born Aljazeera journalist, Haru Mutasa has shared some of her experience while working in Nigeria. Mutasa who stated that bribery is important in Nigeria, said the first time she was given a brown envelope filled with dollars was in Nigeria and it was after she interviewed someone important in Kano. She tweeted; Working in Nigeria. In Kano. We interviewed someone very important....
Borrowing To Subsidise Electricity Grossly Irresponsible – FG
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, says it will be “grossly irresponsible” to borrow to subsidise electricity tariff amid the economic crunch caused by the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said no provision was made for fuel subsidy in the Revised 2020 Budget, noting that about N1.7trn has been spent on tariff shortfalls to support the electricity sector since...
Health Workers Threaten Nationwide Strike Sept 13
Health Workers on Monday threatened to commence a warning strike on September 13 if the Federal Government failed to address their demands. This is coming against the backdrop of the nationwide strike by resident doctors. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, said that their commitment to resolve issues through dialogue has been...
We’ve Spent N31 Billion To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria — FG
The federal government has disclosed that it has already spent N31 billion in four months to fight Coronavirus in the country. According to the Accountant-General of the Federation Ahmed Idris, the amount spent so far represents 84% of the N36.3 billion public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April 2020 and 31st July 2020. In the statement released...
2 Dead As IPOB Attacks Hausa Residents In Rivers State
No fewer than two Hausa indigenes resident at Oyigbo in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State are feared dead when suspected members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked their base in Oyigbo. Eye witness account had it that suspected irate IPOB members had on Saturday and Sunday launched coordinated attacks on Hausa residents in Oyigbo. The eye witness said...
Finally, AGC Lifts Rev Okoroafor’s Suspension
The suspended former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Rev Dr Chidi Okoroafor has finally got a reprieve as the Church announces the lifting of his suspension. The former clergy was on the 3rd of March 2020 Suspended following the outcome of an investigative Panel, that indicted him. The was the decision of the Executive Committee of the Church...
Two Nigerians Arrested By INTERPOL For N6.6 Billion COVID-19 Scam (Photos)
Two Nigerian suspects have been arrested for alledgedly defrauding a Germany company of €14.7 million in a COVID-19-related scale, Nigerian police said on Sunday. 50-year-old Babatunde Adesanya and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, who is 41years old, were accused of cloning the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn, a representative of the German State...
Daddy Freeze Is A Bastard For Insulting My Father, Oyedepo – David Ibiyeomie
The founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie calls Daddy Freeze a bastard who doesn't know his father and he threatened to arrest him next time he hurls insult on Bishop David Oyedepo. Daddy Freeze was born in a ship by a Somali and he has no money he says: https://youtu.be/i0dU_X8U8NY Read Daddy Freeze's post below: Dear Bishop Oyedepo, submission goes both...
