Wike Relaxes Lockdown In Port Harcourt And Obio/Akpor
Rivers State Government has suspended the total lockdown exercise in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for six days, with effect from Thursday, 21st May 2020. ABN TV reports that Governor Nyesom Wike stated this on Wednesday in a State-wide broadcast. “Residents and visitors of Port Harcourt And Obio/Akpor local government areas can, therefore, go out of their homes for...
Buhari Fires NECO Registrar, Four Other Management Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, (NECO). Similarly, he has dismissed four other Management Staff of the Council for various offences. In a letter dated 11th May 2020 and signed by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono on behalf of the Education...
Electricity Workers Protest In Abuja Over Sack Of MD
Electricity workers are protesting at Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. The electricity workers are protesting against the sack of the Managing Director of TCN, Gur Mohammed. They are also calling for the immediate resignation of the Power Minister. The FG had yesterday sacked the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Mohammed, and...
APC Guber Aspirants To Pay N22.5 Million Each For Forms In Edo, Ondo
......Female, physically-challenged aspirants to pay 50% The All Progressives Congress (APC) says all governorship aspirants in Edo and Ondo state will pay N22.5 million each as part of the requirements for contesting in the states’ governorship elections on September 19 and October 10. In a timetable released in Abuja on Wednesday, APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, said that the party...
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...
Rivers Govt Uncover Plot To Impose State Of Emergency – Commissioner
The Rivers state government says it uncovered plans by some politicians to impose an emergency rule on the state. Paulinus Nsirim, the state commissioner for information and communications, made the claim in a statement on Wednesday. He said the plot was attempted but foiled during the 2019 governorship election in the state. Nsirim said similar an attempt is being made by some...
“Oga Corona Forcing Stubborn Husbands To Respect Their Wives”- Senator Umar
The Vice-Chairman, Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, Senator Sadiq Umar, has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has made some stubborn husbands behave properly with their wives. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 34th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He was speaking on a question on the outdated Mental Health And Illness...
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...
“Chinese Medical Team Still In Nigeria Despite Expired Visas” – Aregbesola
Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says the Chinese medical team who arrived in Nigeria on April 8, are still within the country despite the expiration of their visas. Speaking on Tuesday during the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Aregbesola said the Chinese medical team members were issued a 30-day visa in Beijing, China. The minister, however, explained that...
FG Targets Five Million Jobs From €995m Agric Programme
The Federal Government says it is targeting about five million jobs for farmers through the €995m agricultural mechanisation programme. The initiative was aimed at boosting food security for the country. ABN TV reports that under the initiative, it added that facilities comprising tractors and other agricultural machinery were expected to be leased out to Nigerian farmers. It stated that this was coming...
