UPDATE: We’ve Put Out Fire At AGF’s Office – FFS [VIDEO]
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) said it has successfully extinguished the fire outbreak at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation. https://youtu.be/XKdZxf3xiUo The FFS Public Relation’s office in a post on its official Facebook page showed the building and its officials as well as their fire fighting trucks in current pictures. Details shortly…
Kaduna Youths Protest Over Alleged Killing Of Five People By Police Officers
Youths in Kaduna State on Tuesday took to the streets to protest over the killing of five persons allegedly by police officers in Trikania community of Kaduna South Local Government Area. The five persons were killed in violence that broke out in the area on Monday after the police and some members of the local vigilante group popularly known as...
Customs Deliver 247 Truckloads Of Relief Items Worth N3.2 Billion
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has approved the release of 247 truckloads of relief items with a market value of N3.250 billion and a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N2billion from its warehouses. A statement by Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, said the approval was in compliance with the Presidential directive...
COVID-19: WHO Donates Three Ambulances To Lagos Govt
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated three ambulances to the Lagos State government. In a tweet on Tuesday, the United Nations health agency explained that this was to support the government’s effort in curbing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. It added that the donation of the ambulances would boost the fight against COVID-19 in the state, following...
U.S. Pledge Over $7 Million In Health, Humanitarian Funding In Nigeria
The U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, says more than $7 million in health and humanitarian funding will go toward risk communication, water and sanitation activities, infection prevention, and coordination in Nigeria. This is as the U.S. provides nearly $274 million to help dozens of countries to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a statement by the consulate said on Tuesday in...
BREAKING: Lagos Govt, Naira Marley, Gbadamosi Settle Out Of Court
The Lagos State Government, musician, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, and a politician, Babatunde Gbadamosi are to settle out of court. Naira Marley, Gbadamosi and his wife were charged before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba for attending a crowded birthday party in violation of the government’s social distancing directive to check the spread of coronavirus. Details shortly…
COVID-19: Ogun Develop Mobile App For Self-Assessment
The Ogun State government has deployed a mobile application for residents to undergo assessment on an individual basis in the event of being infected with COVID-19. This comes a month after the state launched an updated mobile application for health workers which has been deployed to all government and private health facilities across its 20 local government areas to aid...
COVID-19: Churches, Markets Closed During 1918 Pandemic, Stop Misinterpreting Pandemic – Pastor Sam Adeyemi [VIDEO]
Sam Adeyemi, the senior pastor of the Daystar Christian Centre, has warned leaders to stop giving extreme interpretations to the Coronavirus epidemic ravaging the world. Adeyemi said this following debates and conspiracy theories about 5G, the anti-Christ and coronavirus. He debunked Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s claim of the government shutting down churches to install the 5G network. Oyakhilome is a viral video linked...
FG To Set Up Panel To Monitor COVID-19 Fund Usage
The Federal Government will soon constitute a special committee to monitor the disbursement of donations made by individuals, corporate organisations and public sector players towards addressing the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, confirmed the development during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. She said members of the committee would be made...
Man Slumps, Dies While Buying Foodstuffs In Warri
A yet-to-be-identified man reportedly slumped and died at the popular Igbudu Market in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday. It was learnt that the man had gone to the market to buy foodstuffs when he slumped and died. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 9 am. A source at the scene said, “The man was at...
