Cluster heads with Lois Auta at the strategic planning meeting Cluster heads of people with disabilities (PWDs) which consist of the representation of each categories of disabilities met on Tuesday…
Politics
The Federal Government has disowned a social media post, which stated that primary and secondary schools nationwide would be resuming by November 2020 as a result of the spread of…
Government at all levels have been urged to extend palliatives to media professionals in the country to help cushion the effects of the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says its ongoing strike would continue despite the order of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that February and March 2020 withheld salaries…
Governors have agreed to ban movement between states for two weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. They took the decision at the sixth teleconference meeting…
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has relaxed the lockdown in the state from 6am to 12pm for Thursday alone. Nasiru Gawuna, the deputy governor, announced this at a press conference…
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced that it received EUR 1.2 million from the European Union for the provision of lifesaving preparedness and response activities for COVID-19 in Nigeria.…
Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has announced the indefinite closure of a private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention before their…
The federal government has announced the indefinite postponement of the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), waec and Neco for 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Emeka Nwajubu,…
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COVID-19: President Buhari writes CJN, wants speedy trial of cases at federal, state courts to decongest prisons
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday advocated urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases and decongestion of custodial centres in the country because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to…
President Muhammadu has lost another close aide, the second in five days. Lawal Mato, a warrant officer and one of the presidential bodyguards, died on Tuesday after a three-year battle…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday tasked the federal government on the need to make provision for the needs of the people, with a view to cushioning their…
The Cross River State Government on Monday began the monthly payment of 30,000 stipends to beneficiaries of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) as a way to cushion…
Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi, the Alapomu of Apomuland, has kick-started the distribution of food materials in Apomu, headquarters of Isokan local government, State of Osun. The relief packages were donated…
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Obiano’s Aide Clarifies Quantity Of Palliatives Received, Target Interventions For 1500 Persons With Disabilities In Anambra
Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Barr. Chuks Ezewuzie has clarified malicious reports published on social media by a disgruntled element that he received palliatives meant for…