Jubilation As Uche Ogah Foundation Commences Distribution Of Food Palliatives, PPEs To Abians [Photos, Video]
A non-governmental organization, Uche Ogah Foundation has commenced the distribution of food palliatives as well as personal protective equipment to Abians to help them mitigate the challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. Speaking with ABN TV on Saturday, the founder and chairman of the Foundation, Dr. Uche Sampson Ogah said he and friends of the foundation came...
Three Of Five New COVID-19 Cases In Abia Came From Lagos — Ikpeazu
Despite the interstate travel ban in Abia State, three out of the five new cases of COVID-19 came from Lagos, says the state governor, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu. Announcing this on Monday, Governor Ikpeazu said the other two cases are asymptomatic, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to six. "Abia has five new confirmed cases of COVID-19,...
Over N11 billion #EndSARS Claims Paid So Far – NIA
The Nigerian Insurers Association has said insurers had paid over N11 billion as claims for losses suffered during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The chairman of the Nigerian Insurers Association, Ganiyu Musa, disclosed this during a news briefing in Lagos on Tuesday. Musa said: “As of January, insurers have paid over N11 billion as claims that arose from the #EndSARS protest of...
‘This Is Not 1967’, IPOB Denies Planning To Attack Lagos
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has denied a claim by the police that it was planning to attack Lagos state. Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, said in a statement on Monday that the claim was made to fuel division between the Yoruba and the Igbo. https://twitter.com/MaziNnamdiKanu/status/1392071155335372801?s=20 At a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos commissioner of police, had said the command is investigating...
COVID-19: We’ve Started Immediate Cash Transfer To Poorest Households – FG
The minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouk says the ministry has commenced cash transfer to the poorest households in the country to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The minister said this during a press briefing by the presidential task force on the disease in Abuja, on Monday. Nigeria has recorded 111 coronavirus cases spread...
Kalu Demonstrates Confidence In Nigerian Hospitals, Visits Abuja Medical Facility (Photos)
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday visited Nizamiye Hospital situated in Abuja, the nation's capital. This is believed to be in confirmation of his firm belief in the nation's health system over foreign medical tourism. The former Abia governor was said to have come for a routine medical checkup. A top aide of the governor anonymously told our...
Umuahia Sex Workers Device New Measures To Survive Cash Crunch
As Nigerians continue to battle a cash crunch, prostitutes operating in Umuahia have devised new strategies. They now take lower payments for services they render to their customers. The new service offers a 60% and 70% slash from their old prices. Findings conducted around some red light areas in the capital city and some adjoining regions like Umudike, the host community of...
Ganduje Bans Opposite Sexes From Plying Same Tricycles In Kano
The Kano State Government has banned persons of opposite genders from plying same commercial tricycles across the state from January, 2020, an official has announced. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje revealed this on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of 77th annual Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) organised by Zone A of Muslim Society of Nigeria (MSSN) held at Bayero University, Kano. Mr Ganduje, who...
Ex-NBA VP, Ubani Offers Free Legal Services For Nigerians Arrested For Looting COVID-19 Palliatives
Former Second Vice President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Monday Ubani has offered free legal services to any Nigerian arrested for taking Covid-19 palliatives from warehouses in various states across the country. In the last one week, there have been reported cases of residents breaking into warehouses where Covid-19 Palliatives were stored and helping themselves out with food items. The...
Journalists Take Protest To Force Headquarters Over Missing Colleague Tordue Salem
Journalists on Monday stormed the police headquarters in Abuja to protest over the continued disappearance of their colleague Tordue Salem, a journalist with Vanguard Newspapers. Mr. Salem, who is a native of Tiv, Benue State, covers the House of Representatives. He was last seen on October 13, 2021. The NUJ chapter in Abuja had earlier raised an alarm over his sudden disappearance. They...
