FG Reacts To Alleged Maltreatment Of Nigerians In China
The Federal Government has reacted to the alleged maltreatment of Nigerians in Guangzhou, China in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, blamed the maltreatment on poor communication by the Chinese authorities. Onyeama explained that a thorough investigation carried out by the Chinese and Nigerian authorities revealed...
BREAKING: EU Gives Nigeria €50m To Fight Coronavirus
The European Union has given Nigeria a grant of €50 million to fight COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman Femi Adesina said on Tuesday. The grant was announced by the Head of EU delegation in Nigeria, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, at a meeting with President Buhari in Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, also confirmed this...
COVID-19: Katsina Govt Instruct Civil Servants To Report To Work
Katsina State Government has directed civil servants in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to continue to report to work from ten o’clock in the morning to two o’clock in the afternoon on weekdays. In a statement by the Head of the state civil service, Idris Usman Tune, the directive was a sequel to approval from the state governor, Aminu Masari...
“Show Your Charity Now That Nigerians Are HUNGRY”, ABN TV Boss Urges NGOs
The Director of a popular online medium ABN TV, Ifeanyi Okali has called on proprietors of non-governmental organizations, particularly those whose mandates are centered on charity to rise up now that Nigerians are facing the impact of lockdown, a measure put in place by government to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Okali also wondered why little has been heard...
COVID-19: Group Urges FG To Use Phone-linked BVN To Transfer Money To Hungry Nigerians
Coalition for South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) on Monday called on federal government to use the phone number-linked BVN of persons receiving alerts on Covid-19 to transfer money to Nigerians. The group said the alerts sent to the phones of Nigerians from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has conveyed enough on coronavirus hence what people need now is money...
IPOB Expels 4 Members
Four members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been expelled from the organisation. Disclosing this in an audio broadcast on Monday, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu alleged that the expelled IPOB members were involved in fraudulent activities including armed robbery and kidnapping. He listed the persons involved to include one Onwukwe Nwanze, Chukwunye Matthew, Akuwa and Ojukwu. “These persons have been...
BREAKING: Buhari Signs Quarantine Order
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Quarantine Order in State House, Abuja on 13th April 2020 Details shortly.....
BREAKING: Buhari Extends COVID-19 Lockdown By 2 Weeks
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the ongoing lockdown over the COVID-19 by two weeks. In a presidential broadcast on Monday evening, Buhari said: “It has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the FCT for another 14 days effective from 11:59 pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020. I am...
Full Text Of President Buhari’s Address
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to stay at home for...
COVID-19: Governors To Henceforth Share Palliatives – FG
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has succumbed to the demands of state governors for them to be in charge of sharing palliatives to their citizens henceforth. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Umar-Farouk, made this disclosure on Monday at the daily briefing of the Taskforce. Responding to a question on...
