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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...
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...
Police Impound 269 Vehicles Over Violations In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it has so far impounded about 269 vehicles for violating the lockdown order. The President, Muhammadu Buhari, had on Sunday last week ordered a two-week lockdown of Lagos and Ogun states as well as the FCT, as part of measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus. The FCT police spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah,...
Edo Sets Up Mobile Courts To Try COVID-19 Regulations Offenders
The Edo State Government has set up mobile courts to try violators of the Edo State Dangerous Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020, signed into law by Governor Godwin Obaseki, to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. A statement by the Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, Edo State, Idemudia Aziegbemhin, said the state’s judiciary constituted the mobile courts to...
COVID-19: Spain Death Toll Drop As Some Sectors Resume Work
Workers in Spain’s construction and manufacturing sectors cautiously returned to work Monday as the daily death toll resumed its downward trend and new infections fell to the lowest level in three weeks. Spain is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, and saw the daily death rate fall for three consecutive days last week, only to rise again on...
70-Year-Old Widow Burst Into Tears After Touching N20,000 Cash For First Time
What does it mean to be poor? The story of 70-old widow Mariam Isibu, who lives in Aujara, in the Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State will melt your heart. Madam Isibu could not hold back her emotions – she busted into tears, as her name was called out as a recipient of the N20,000 cash from the Federal...
‘Gang Rape’ Tweet: Oby Ezekwesili Cautions El-Rufai’s Son, Asks Him To Enroll For Anger Management Programme
Former Education Minister under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Obiageli Ezekwesili has urged one of the sons of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai whose name is Bello to get into an anger management programme. Her advice was contained in tweets on Sunday (yesterday) after an online spat between Bello el-Rufai and a Twitter troll. Trouble started when the governor’s...
COVID-19: Abia Commence Fumigation Of Public Places
Abia State Government has commenced the fumigation of key public places in the state as part of efforts to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus in the state. Governor Ikpeazu who was represented during the flag off of the exercise in Umuahia by the state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Solomon Ogunji, in his remarks, said: “We thank God that...
COVID-19: Nigerian Air Force Commence Distribution Of Oxygen To Isolation Centres
The Nigerian Air Force has commenced the distribution of oxygen produced at its Liquid Oxygen Plant to coronavirus isolation centres in the country. NAF also said it has started sharing the oxygen at selected hospitals as part of the response to end the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. “I’m glad to note that the Nigerian Air Force has started distributing the oxygen...
