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Buhari Planning To Steal ₦13.5Bn Through School Feeding Programme — PDP
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has accused the Nigerian Government of planning to steal ₦13.5bn while disguising the plan as feeding school children during COVID-19 pandemic. Kola Olognondiyan, PDP spokesperson, in a statement, questioned the rationale behind feeding school children with ₦13.5bn while schools were indefinitely shut due to Coronavirus outbreak. The statement reads in part, “While it is clear that...
Clear The Refuse In 72 Hours Or Forfeit Your Property, Ikpeazu Orders Aba Land Owner
The Abia state Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has given a 72 hour ultimatum to the owners of the portion of land along Umuocham Road Aba, which has been converted into an illegal refuse dump to completely clear the place of refuse or risk losing the place to the Abia State Government, ABN TV reports. The Governor gave this ultimatum on...
Stop Sabotaging My Efforts Or Lose The Premises, Ikpeazu Warns School Road Market Traders
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has warned traders who do business along School Road Aba that his administration will shut down the market permanently if they do not improve the sanitary conditions of the area. The Governor made this known on Sunday when he received a report of the ongoing desilting of the major drainage channel that passes through the area. In a...
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,...
Man Seals Wife’s Private Part With Super Glue
A manhunt has been launched for a man who sexually assaulted his wife after accusing her of infidelity on Saturday, May 16. The police in Tharaka South Sub-County in Kenya said the suspect first persuaded his wife to move from their Marimanti township home, fearing that he would be arrested after having travelled from Nairobi where there is a lockdown. On...
Reps Urge FG To Set Up N15bn COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Tertiary Institutions
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal government, FG to set up a strategic N15billion COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Nigerian Universities and Tertiary Institutions as part of its response to the impact of the pandemic on academic, research and administrative operations. The House made the call as part of its resolutions at plenary on Tuesday and in response...
Igbo Groups Reject Almajiri Relocation To South-East
Igbo Groups have lamented the increasing relocation of the Almajiri to the Southeast despite the interstate travel ban by the Federal Government and they have vowed to resist this relocation. The highest Igbo groups, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo National Council (INC) and the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) on Tuesday called for a halt to the influx...
Madagascar Herbal Drugs Didn’t Come With Invoice – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic, Boss Mustapha has denied knowledge of Madagascar demanding 170,000 Euros from the Federal Government for herbal drugs which arrived the country days ago. SGF, Mustapha who reacted to claim of the Nigerian government being asked to pay €170,000 for the Madagascar herbal...
Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-At-Home Strike To Protest Police Harassment
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed members to embark on a Sit-at-Home strike to protest alleged harassment of its member at the frontline of Covid-19 by security operatives. The group accused the Police in Lagos of Harassment of its members through conflicting directives on the status of essential workers. In a press statement, the association...
Nothing Like Niger-Delta Or South-South – Nnamdi Kanu
The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has faulted the establishment of Niger-Delta and South-South in Nigeria. In a statement Nnamdi Kanu sent to Vanguard, through Emma Powerful, the group’s publicity secretary, Kanu argued that Abia, Cross River, Akwa Ibom are the same people. Nnamdi Kanu said there is nothing like Niger-Delta or South-South,...
