Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has urged residents in the state to continue to adhere strictly to COVID-19 guidelines in other to curb the spread of the dreaded disease from the state. Speaking on Monday, September 7 during an executive committee meeting with traditional rulers in the state, the governor noted that it cost about N400, 000 to treat one COVID-19 patient. According to El-Rufai in the meeting which was chaired by Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, the huge sum is as a result of the increasing cost of drugs, feeding, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors taking…
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BBNaija lockdown housemate, Ozo has resumed the pursuit of his love interest, Nengi as he wrote a lovely letter to her on a toilet paper. Nengi has made it clear that she wants him as a brother but Ozo does not want to be in that zone and thus, he’s relentless in his quest to have her for himself. The letter reads; “With you I want everything. With you I’ll always have a friend & lover. Your smile and laugh gives me joy. I know I love you cause none other has made me feel this way, you are a…
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, are set to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the increment in pump price of fuel and power tariff. Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badru, while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday noted that the nation’s governors are highly disturbed over the uproar that trails the increase. “We are soon going to meet with President Buhari over the pump price of fuel and power tariff rise and God willing, something good is coming out from the meeting.” Badaru said, “I don’t want to preempt our proposed meetings with President Buhari over this issue, but I’m assuring you that we…
Two indigenes of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state, Olona Mathew Eniola and Jerry Okuntade have dragged the Ondo State government and Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC), to court over failure to remit 40 per cent of the 13 per cent oil derivation funds accruable to the commission’s account. The duo has dragged the state governor, govt of Ondo state, the Attorney General and OSOPADEC to court over failure of the defendants to remit the full fund accruable to the commission, describing it as unconstitutional. The claimants stated that the commission, OSOPADEC, which was saddled with…
All students except those in tertiary institutions have been given an automatic promotion to the next class by the Ogun State Government which announced September 21 for the reopening of schools in the state for the first term of 2020/2021 session. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, made the announcement in a statement on Monday. This is in addition to the earlier resumption of students in exit classes. According to Mr Somorin, the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, approved the reopening of schools for all classes in primary and secondary schools, Technical and Vocational Colleges, and Tertiary Institutions.…
Temi Otedola, daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, says she’s excited about her acting debut in an emotional movie,’Citation’. The Newsmen reports that the star-studded movie, which happened to be a teaser of Otedola’s first feature movie, was directed by Kunle Afolayan. Temi played a role in a character as Moremi Oluwa in the movie ‘Citation’ which also featured prominent artistes. Temi, who said she was so excited and overfilled with gratitude over her first debut, took to her Instagram page @temiotedola to make the announcement to her fans. “I can’t believe this day is here. I can officially share…
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Students on Tuesday staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, against the recent increase in pump price and electricity tariff. Some of the protesters put on the orange #RevolutionNow Movement beret. They took off from Freedom Park, Osogbo, and moved through MDS road to Olaiya Junction, chanting anti-government songs. Detail later…
Seven kidnap victims, including two women and five children, have been rescued by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole during a clearance operation in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, the Armed Forces of Nigeria,has said. Five of the insurgents were neutralised while others escaped with gunshot wounds. A statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed troops raided the terrorists’ hideout at Hamdaga Makaranta town, following credible intelligence on the activities of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters. According to the statement: “In continuation of the aggressive clearance operation to…
The Federal Government has said registration for the 774,000 Special Public Works Programme will end on September 21, 2020. The government, which announced the end of registration through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), urged Nigerians willing to participate in the programme to get in touch with the selection committees in their states. The announcement came on Monday via an advertorial by NDE Director General Nasir Ladan. The Special Public Works Programme is a dry season/off season transient jobs and rehabilitation/maintenance of social infrastructure. The programme is designed to employ 1,000 persons in each of the 774 local government areas…
Though the deregulation of petrol is causing hardship across the polity, the initial pain will eventually give way to greater benefits among which include a significant reduction in the price and availability of the product at all times, according to Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari. The President stated this on Monday at the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and top government functionaries in Abuja. Apparently, this was what happened when competition was allowed in the Telecoms sector, the tariffs were initially high, even the cost of SIM cards then was about N50,000, but today due to…