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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has distributed palliative items to 287 widows in military barracks to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown. Dr Ramatu Aliyu, the FCT Minister of State presented the items, to the beneficiaries at the Mambilla barracks in Asokoro. Mr Austen Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Elemue said the beneficiaries were drawn from 7 Guards Battalion, Lungi Barracks, 102 Guards Battalion, Zuma Barracks, 176 Guards Barracks, Gen. A.O Azazi Barracks Gwagwalada, 177 Guards Battalion, Shitu Alao Barracks Keffi, and Guards Brigade Garrison and Mambilla…
Barely three months after the murder of a kidnapped Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary at Gonin Gora, Kakau in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, Police Operatives have arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible for the death. Recall that, on January 9, 2020, the criminal gang stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four (4) seminarians, murdered one of them in cold blood, and released the remaining three on 31st January, 2020, having obtained a ransom. The remains of the fourth Seminarian were found in a bush where abandoned. The suspects: Tukur Usman ‘m’ aged 37, father of…
Journalists and allied media professionals of Igede origin from Benue State have cried out over the gruesome murder of a 19-year-old girl, Miss Joy Okom Adole, allegedly by a Lagos couple that hired her as a housemaid. The group under the auspices of Association of Igede Media Professionals (AIMPs) described the incident as the height of bestiality and has accordingly, in a petition, charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to step into the matter and bring the perpetrators to book immediately without let or hindrance. The petition signed by its President, Mr Egena Ode, and made available…
The Police Force Headquarters on Sunday announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. The criminal gang had, on Jan. 9, stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four seminarians, murdered one of them, and released the remaining three on Jan. 31 after collecting ransom. The remains of the murdered Seminarian was found in the bush where it was abandoned. Mba said the suspects…
The Ondo State Government said it would distribute a special variety of maize seeds as a palliative to farmers in the state, to help mitigate hunger after the Coronavirus pandemic. This is contained in a statement from the state Ministry of Agriculture, signed by the Ministry’s Information Officer, Mr Bolu Ajijo, on Saturday in Akure. According to the statement, the Maize Seed variety DMR-LSR-Y, is a palliative grant from the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, IAR&T, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State. “The palliative is part of the efforts of the government to ensure food sufficiency and security. ” And…
At a time when global players in the e-commerce sector have seen the peculiarities of their operations come to the fore in helping governments and people in other climes observe social distancing and stay in the supply of essential items without leaving their homes, the Nigerian e-Commerce sector is instead buckling under the weight of heavy restrictions by state actors and law enforcement officials; leading to no end of frustrations for players in the sector. E-commerce giants in other climes such as Amazon and Alibaba, for instance, have played important roles in the fight against COVID-19 in other parts of…
Despite the supply chain constraints involved in simultaneous nationwide delivery and distribution of medical items at this period, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)-led Oil and Gas Industry coalition is determined to extend the Industry intervention to all states of the federation, with Abuja, Rivers, and states in the South West have benefitted from the initiative. Hon. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, a weekend in Kano, disclosed this while presenting medical consumables, equipment, and an ambulance to the Kano State Government, a release today in Abuja by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr.…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it had received 13 Nigerians that arrived from Lome, Togo at Seme-Krake joint border post. The Spokesman, NIS, Mr Sunday James who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said that the returnees were technicians that went to install Industrial Machines in Togo. According to James, the 13 returnees have been handed over to officials of the Ministry of Health in Lagos for a medical tests. “Also for isolation in line with NCDC directives on medical procedures for new arrivals into the country to curtail the spread of Corona Virus,” he said.…
The Bayero University, Kano is to establish a Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing centre to check the spread of the pandemic, its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Yahuza Bello, has said. Bello, who is the Chairman of the COVID-19 Fund Rising Committee in the state, said that the centre would have a capacity to test 180 samples daily. He spoke on Sunday in Kano when the Kano State Taskforce Committee on COVID-19 briefed the press. Bello decried the upsurge in the pandemic, saying that all was being done to stem the tide. Earlier, Dr Tijjani Hussaini, the Coordinator of the Taskforce on COVID-19, had said…
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has declared a dusk to dawn curfew on the state as part of government efforts to check further spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Ikpeazu said this on Saturday in Aba while addressing newsmen on the state government’s efforts toward handling recent developments in the state. He said that an extensive contact tracing exercise had commenced in Ukwa West, Ikwuano, and Umuahia North Local Government Areas, which are the epicentre of the state’s index cases.“Presently, about 207 contacts have been established and we are still counting. Unfortunately, our epidemiologists are experiencing some problems…