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Pay Workers, No COVID-19 Case In Kogi – PDP Leader Warn Gov Bello
The National Youth Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Usman Okai Austin, has urged the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to pay workers their remunerations without delay. Austin, who is the spokesperson of Wada/Aro Campaign Council, said the fasting period was not a time to slash or withhold workers’ salaries because that will be “tantamount to wickedness and inhumane.” Addressing...
Bill Gates Offered House Of Reps $10m Bribe For Speedy Passage Of Compulsory Vaccine Bill – CUPP Alleges
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Monday, alleged that it has intercepted a human intelligence report that the Nigeria House of Representatives leadership was poised to forcefully pass the compulsory vaccine bill without subjecting it to the traditions of legislative proceedings. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo...
Coronavirus: FG To Commence Disinfection Of Schools Nationwide
The Federal Government (FG) on Monday announced that it would soon commence the decontamination and disinfection of schools across the country, over Coronavirus. Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said the Federal Ministry of Environment would get the data of schools nationwide from the Federal Ministry of Education. Read Also:...
Lockdown Relaxation: Nigerians Level Of Compliance Is Unsatisfactory – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has lamented over the failure of many Nigerians to adhere strictly to advisories regarding the lockdown relaxation. ABN TV reports During its briefing on Monday, the PTF through its Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, stated that close monitoring of activities since morning reveals that the level of compliance to the lockdown relaxation is unsatisfactory...
Bishop Kukah Donates 30-Room Hotel As Isolation Centre In Sokoto
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has handed over a 30-room hotel to the Sokoto State Government as an isolation centre for suspected coronavirus patients in the state. Announcing via Twitter on Monday afternoon, the Sokoto State Ministry of Health, said Kukah acted on behalf of the Catholic Diocese in the state. The ministry also confirmed that he handed over a...
Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Jigawa
Jigawa State has recorded its second death from the COVID-19 pandemic as a pregnant woman kicked the bucket in Miga LGA. The patient who is a pregnant woman from Zareka ward in the Miga Local Government Area of the state died as a result of a miscarriage at her isolation centre. The member of the State Task Force who confirmed the...
COVID-19: Reduce Interest Rates Now – Tinubu Tells Buhari
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how he can reduce the suffering of Nigerians and save the economy currently being threatened by the outbreak of coronavirus. Tinubu, in a lengthy statement he signed and made available to DAILY POST on Sunday afternoon, noted that high-interest rates are a fundamental drag...
84m Barrels Of Unsold Nigerian Crude Oil Stranded At Sea
An estimated 84 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil is currently stranded at sea, a report by Wall Street Journal has said. In an April 27 report, the newspaper said cargo ships filled with Nigerian crude had nowhere to go and Nigerian oil companies were competing to fill the “last few empty tankers still left at sea”. The tankers are reported...
82.9 Million Nigerians Living In Poverty – NBS
The 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS on Monday says 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty. This figure represents 40.09% of the total population. According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%. The last poverty data released by the...
Nine Pastors Arrested For Holding Church Services
Nine pastors have been arrested for holding church services in Bayelsa State despite the lockdown order to curb Coronavirus pandemic. ABN TV reports that the Pastors were arrested on Sunday, May 3, by the Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 They included P. B. Barima of the Methodist Church, Obogoro, Timi Aaron of Believers Love World, Akenfa, Adaba Glory of Saint...
