Month: April 2020

Gov Sani Bello inaugurates 7-Man committee to check activities of private hospitals

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has constituted a Seven-man Committee to investigate the reported cases of frequent loss of lives in private hospitals practising in the State. Governor Sani Bello inaugurated the Committee at the Government House, Minna,Niger state capital. He mandated the Committee to check the activities of government Doctors who are also engaged in private practice as it came with its own challenge which was generating a lot of outcry from the public. “Some of the Doctors operate in little clinics for their own financial benefits and…

COVID-19: Northern Governors ban Alimajiri

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Northern Governors have unanimously agreed to ban the almajiri system as part of efforts to tackle the spread of the Coronavirus Disease. The Governors reached the agreement at a meeting held via teleconference and coordinated by the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, who is the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum. The Director of Press and Public Affairs to Lalong, Simon Macham, disclosed details of the meeting in a press statement issued at the end of the meeting on Tuesday. The statement reads: On border control and lockdown measures,…

FG reacts to lamentation of Nigerians in Tanzania prisons

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Federal Government of Nigeria has reacted to reports circulating in the media on Nigerians in Tanzania prisons. Reacting on behalf on Federal Government,NiDCOM said it was expedient to clarify the issues at stake for the generality of the public . NiDCOM in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Public Relations Unit ,Abdur-Rahman Balogun said: ” Ever before Covid-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Mission had been working on repatriation of Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania. The Ambassador, Dr Sahobi Isa Gada OFR, mni was actually in Nigeria in January 2020,…

Stop impunity against Journalists ,NUJ warns Gov Umahi

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ National Secretariat has condemned continuous desperate action of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to destroy Journalists and Journalism in his state. In a statement signed by NUJ National Secretary, Shuaibu Usman Leman on Wednesday stated that most recent development in which Governor Umahi was instigating attacks against Journalists in the State is frightening to the Union as it signaled clearly that such attacks on the media were not going to abate any soon. NUJ said : “We regret to note that Governor Umahi is…

COVID 19: Etsu Nupe begins distribution of food items, cash to residents ….urges wealthy individuals to assist the less privileged

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The Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger state Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar has begun the distribution of food items and an undisclosed amount of cash to indigent persons across the Bida Emirate Council as palliatives. The traditional ruler at a brief event in his Wadata palace, Bida said that the gesture was part of efforts to alleviate the suffering of the people of the Emirate during the shut-down of the state and nation. According to the Royal Father, the items and cash were donated by philanthropic individuals within…

30 YEARS AFTER ORKAR COUP: I apologised to IBB because of one coup plotter — Onabule …Says 1990 overthrow bid vindicated trial of 1986 plotters …‘I begged Babangida to spare Buhari, Idiagbon’ BY CHARLES KUMOLU

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On Wednesday, April 22, it will be 30 years since some middle-ranking army officers, led by the late Major Gideon Orkar, attempted to overthrow the regime of then-military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, fondly called IBB. In this exclusive interview, Babangida’s former Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Chief Duro Onabule, provides fresh insight into how the atmosphere was at Dodan Barracks on that day. Onabule, a former Editor of defunct Concord Newspapers, also shares some personal experiences with his ex-principal that provide a glimpse of the former military President’s heart. It is…

Oil Price: Fayemi Says States May Get Zero FAAC Allocations In June

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On tuesday, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state claimed that states may get zero statutory allocations from Federation Accounts Allocation and Fiscal Commission (FAAC) in June this year owing the drastic fall in the price of crude oil. Fayemi, who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) also said the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed had disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the withdrawal of 150 million dollars from the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Stabilization Fund to support the June 2020…

Abba Kyari was A patriotic Nigerian, says defence minister, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi

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Minister of Defence ,Maj.General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd) has described death of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari as a monumental loss to the nation. Magashi said Kyari’s death has no doubt deprived Nigeria, of his service loyalty, honesty, dedicated especially at this crucial time in the drive toward the total transformation of Nigeria. Magashi said “Since joining the administration as a member of the Federal Executive Council, I had very cordial working relationships with the late Abba Kyari and our discussions always focused on…

Step up sensitization to stem community infection — NYSC DG urges corps members

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The FCT NYSC Coordinator, Hajia Walida Sidiqque,Federal Capital Territory, Abuja led staff and Corps Members to present hand sanitisers and disinfectant soaps, produced by the FCT Corps Members to the Director — General of the Scheme, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim in his office in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.   The Corps Members had earlier donated similar items to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory in order to give veritable boost to the fight against the scourge…

Let’s starve lecturers to death! By Alade Fawole

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Let me state it very plainly: I subscribe to President Muhammadu Buhari’s government’s policy that Nigerian university scholars need to be starved to death! I am so strongly persuaded, and I urge you to be patient as I explain. First of all, and unambiguously, this nation does not need universities! What does a rent-collecting state that depends wholly on proceeds of oil and gas being exploited by fraudulent and thieving foreign oil corporations need universities for? What functions will they perform in a nation that does not desire development? Frankly,…