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Ikpeazu Assures Abians Of Quality Reconstruction Of Roads In Aba
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has assured the people of Aba and the entire State that his administration will do an excellent job in the total reconstruction Ngwa, Uratta, Port Harcourt, Ohanku and Obohia roads. Speaking for the very first time on the impending reconstruction works on the roads today on a live radio programme on Magic FM...
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,...
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...
Senate Orders Suspension Of Planned Electricity Tariff Hike
The Senate on Tuesday told the Federal Government to suspend the planned electricity tariff increase, expected to take effect in July, citing hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, the upper legislative chamber lauded the Federal Government for its initiative to establish the N1.7 trillion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund. It also called on government, through the Federal Ministry of Finance, to...
Curfew: IGP Flouts Buhari’s Directive, Arrests Journalists, Doctors, Others
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, contrary to a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered police commands not to exempt anybody, including workers on essential duties, when enforcing the ban on interstate movements and the nationwide curfew. The IG gave the directive to the zonal assistant-inspectors general of police and state commissioners of police during a virtual...
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...
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...
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...
FAAN Fumigates Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt Airports Ahead Of Reopening
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN says it has commenced fumigation of International Airports in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt ahead of reopening of flight operations in Nigeria. General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, made this known on Tuesday in a statement in Lagos. Yakubu explained that the fumigation exercise was in line with the efforts to...
Perm Sec Speaks On Paying N7bn For Uncompleted Building, Says “Agric Minister Approved It”
Mohammed Bello, permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology, has denied the allegation of financial misconduct made against him. The federal government had issued a query to Bello over alleged financial misconduct while he was the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development. He was accused of purchasing an uncompleted building for N7 billion without following due...
