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THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it has not re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation and will not commence restriction of movement by July. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a statement, described the viral news as the work of mischief makers who were keen on confusing residents. He added that there will be no restriction of movements on the last Saturday of July as erroneously included in the fake news. Wahab said: “The Governor also stated that state government officials will lead from the front every week by going around to join residents in voluntarily…
The Labour Party (LP), has accused the executive arm of the federal government led by President Bola Tinubu of unduly interfering in the activities of the legislature. It also accused the Senate, under the leadership of Goodwill Akpabio, of portraying the dictatorial inclination of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party stated this in its reaction to the removal of Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume as the majority whip of the Senate. Darelasisionline.com gathered that Ndume was on Wednesday replaced with Ali Monguno as the Senate Majority Whip based on the request of the ruling APC. The APC,…
Minister of Works David Umahi has said that the South-East zone of Nigeria would not be part of any protest against President Bola Tinubu. His statement is coming on the heels of the planned nationwide protests against economic harship that is billed to take place in a few days time. Umahi also stated that President Tinubu’s administration is making hard decisions to restore the country’s lost glory. Umahi made this known in Abakaliki on Wednesday during the stakeholders’ engagement meeting on the alignment for the Ebonyi State 101km segment of the 477km Cross River-South East-North Central-Apo Abuja 6-lane superhighway. He…
American President, Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, says the president and CEO of UnidosUS, Janet Murguía. I was just on the phone with President Biden. And he shared his deep disappointment at not being able to join us this afternoon. “The president has been at many events as we all know and he just tested positive for Covid,” Murguía told attendees. CNN reports that Biden was expected to speak at the group’s conference in Las Vegas Wednesday night. Biden, 81, had been scheduled to take the stage an hour and a half prior.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum has taken a definite stand on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his political godfather, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads, leading to the factionalization of the State House of Assembly. There have also been concerns over the silence of the PDP leadership. However, in a communiqué issued after their meeting in Enugu on Wednesday, the governors elected on the PDP platform declared their support for Fubara. In the communiqué signed by the chairman of the Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, the governors…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said Walson-Jack’s appointment takes effect on August 14, 2024. Mrs Walson-Jack was appointed Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several ministries. A statement by Ngelale said: “The new appointee will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024. “President Tinubu, while thanking the outgoing Head of Service for her stewardship, tasks the incoming Head…
The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2024 to 3.1 per cent citing weaker growth recorded in the first quarter of the year, Q1’24. The new forecast was contained in the July 2024 World Economic Outlook of the IMF released, yesterday. The downgrade represents 0.2 percentage points below the earlier forecast of 3.3 per cent. The downgrade followed weaker-than-expected Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and growth recorded by the country in Q1’23. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth dropped, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ to 2.98 per cent…
MR Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson of Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, disclosed that one of the phone numbers of his principal has been hacked. Rasheed, in a statement, urged the public to ignore any calls or messages from +234 803 365 7555 adding that appropriate action has been taken to remedy the situation. He said: “This is to alert the general public that one of the telephone numbers of His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke has been hacked. Please ignore any solicitation from +234 803 365 7555. “Appropriate action is ongoing to remedy the situation.”
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Tuesday, said it has recorded 3,623 suspected Cholera cases and 103 deaths across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of July 15, 2024. The Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, stated that the current outbreak had spread to 187 local government areas, with a cumulative case fatality rate of 2.8 per cent since the beginning of the year. Idris noted that the predominant age affected was five years old, while males account for 52 per cent of cases…
The Federal Government has predicted that 94 towns are at risk of a five-day flooding beginning Tuesday, July 16, and ending on July 20, 2024. The Minister of State of Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Tuesday. Salako said the identified locations and their environs would likely witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flood within the prediction period. He listed the concerned states as Adamawa State (Gbajili, Ganye); Abia State (Eziama, Arochukwu); Anambra State (Onitsha); Akwa Ibom (Uyo, Upenekang, Oron, Edor, Eket, Obianga, Etinan); Bauchi State (Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi); Bayelsa State (Letugbene); Borno State (Maiduguri);…