Educate Your Members Over Ban On Interstate Travels, FG Begs Transport Unions
Educate Your Members Over Ban On Interstate Travels, FG Begs Transport Unions The PTF chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha has urged transport unions to educate their members on the ban imposed on interstate travels. He said, “In view of the fact that public transportation is a major clustering area through which the virus can easily be transmitted, we call on the...
Buhari Appoints Former IGP Suleiman Abba, Chairman Police Trust Fund
Pursuant to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Establishment Act 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of retired Inspector-General of Police, Barrister Suleiman Abba, CFR, Mni, as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The President also approved the appointments of the following as Executive Secretary and members of the Board respectively: Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto – Executive...
COVID-19: Convert Stolen Assets Into Isolation Centres – SERAP Tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for President Muhammadu Buhari to convert stolen assets which have been seized into facilities to isolate COVID-19 cases in the country. It made the call in an ‘urgent appeal’ to the President, dated May 2 and signed by SERAP deputy director in Nigeria, Kolawole Oluwadare. The group urged President Muhammadu Buhari to...
Oyedepo Under Fire For Criticising Reopening Of Markets While Churches Remain Closed
Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel has come under fire for criticising the reopening of markets while churches remained closed in Nigeria. As part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Nigerian government banned religious gatherings until further notice. However, Oyedepo speaking on Wednesday morning during the Covenant Hour of Prayer programme of the Church, said the continuous closure...
Infectious Diseases Control Bill Is Illegal, Unconstitutional- Falana
A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has described the proposed Infectious Diseases Control Bill as superfluous, illegal and unconstitutional. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said that the efforts to replace the Quarantine Act was a waste of time, adding that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and Prevention Act of 2018 has taken care of what the...
BREAKING: Fears As Another Professor Dies In Kano
Another Professor at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Prof. Monsuru Emiola has died on Wednesday. ABN TV learnt He died at the university clinic after a brief illness. It was gathered that Prof. Emiola, a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, was an indigene of Oyo State. The source said the late lecturer was a devoted...
COVID19: I’m worried, I See Danger Ahead – SGF, Boss Mustapha [VIDEO]
Boss Mustapha, chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha, says he is worried and sees danger ahead as the ease of the lockdown entered day two today. At the press briefing of the taskforce in Abuja today, Mustapha says the outright disregard for all COVID19 prevention guidelines only potent...
BREAKING: 265 Nigerians Evacuated From UAE Arrive At Lagos Airport [VIDEO]
Two hundred and sixty-five Nigerians on Wednesday night arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, via an Emirate Airline. The aircraft that brought them touched down at the airport at 7.40 p.m. They had earlier been scheduled to arrive the airport at 3.00 p.m. but due to one of the passengers who went into labour, the plane had to make...
Petrol Depot Price Reduced To N108, Diesel N164/litre
Following removal of fuel subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price for petrol and automotive gas oil (AGO), otherwise called diesel. The new ex-depot price for petrol is now N108 per litre for the month of May while ex-depot price for diesel is now...
Oyedepo Questions Closure Of Churches Over COVID-19 [VIDEO]
The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide alias Winners’ Chapel International, David Oyedepo, has questioned the continuous closure of churches over the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he suspects ulterior motives. Oyedepo, who spoke during the Covenant Hour of Prayer Programme on Wednesday, said if markets could be opened for six hours, there was no reason for the closure of churches...
