THE Presidency is following the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the National Assembly with keen interest, and will act decisively on the resolution of the legislative arm on the matter at the appropriate time, The Nation learnt on Friday. Presidency sources said the executive arm was also not unaware of public apprehension over the issues already laid before the National Assembly and the Thursday resolution by the Senate, calling in which it asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC. But the Presidency vowed that under no circumstances would…
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Isa Ali Pantami, the minister of communications and digital economy, has denied giving approval to the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to increase licence fees for courier companies. NIPOST recently announced a review of the licence fees to be paid by courier companies saying the ministry of communications and digital economy, its supervisory ministry, approved the new guidelines. In a tweet on Saturday, Pantami said the increased licence fees were not included in the guidelines it approved. “Our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier approved for you. Your…
The Federal Government has rejected the proposed increment of license fee for courier services by the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST. The minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Pantami, in a tweet Saturday morning, insisted that the increase was not part of the regulation he approved for the agency on Friday, July 24. “Our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier approved for you,” he stated. He added that NIPOST chairman and Post Master General “were yesterday (Friday) contacted to put the implementation on hold and send a…
Al Sadd manager Xavi confirms he has tested positive for COVID19 and will be in self-isolation. The Spain’s World Cup winner will miss his side’s return to competitive action against Al Khor tonight. He tweeted: A few days ago, following the @qsl protocol, I tested positive in the last COVID19 test. “Fortunately, I’m feeling ok, but I will be isolated until I am given the all clear. When the health services allow it, I will be very eager to return to my daily routine and to work.”
Troops of the Nigerian Army in different theatres of operation across Northeast, Northwest and Northcentral have eliminated several terrorists and bandits in the last one week. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche disclosed this at a news conference on the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria from July 17 to July 23 on Friday in Abuja. In the North-west zone, Enenche said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and Sahel Sanity have continued with the aggressive clearance operation against the armed bandits. He said that troops of Operation Sahel Sanity in Shimfida village of Jibia LGA…
THE Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Friday said that Nigerians must learn to live with the Covid-19 pandemic for at least one year. Speaking at the media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 in Abuja, Iheakweazu said it is a reality our hospitals must live with instead of sending patients away. “This message is for hospitals in the country. We have to live with this disease for at least one year at its very best, so we can’t turn our patients away,” he said. Iheakweazu added: “Most hospitals have set…
THE Lagos State Government has clarified what it spends on the treatment of Coronavirus patients in various isolation centres in the state. The clarification followed the misgivings that have trailed a disclosure made by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on the amount the state government spends on the treatment of Covid-19 patients in critical conditions, which a section of the media sensationally put at N1million per day. A statement released by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, on Friday said that factual account of what Prof. Abayomi said was sacrificed for sensational reporting…
Abdulganiyu Abdulrasaq, the father of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State, is dead. Born in 1927, Abdulganiyu died on Saturday morning in Abuja at the age of 93, according to a family member, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, who announced his passage. Arrangement for his interment will be announced by the family shortly, said the family announcer in a statement. The deceased was former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire and reputed as the first Kwara Commissioner of Finance upon the creation of the state in 1967. The late Mutawali of Ilorin and Tafida of Zazzau in Zaria, Kaduna State, was also the…
Some N-Power batches A and B beneficiaries on Friday protested their disengagement from the scheme in a rally at the National Assembly which later proceeded to the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja. They requested the federal government to employ all 500,000 beneficiaries and pay them a grant of N600,000 each. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a statement by the Deputy Director, Mrs. Rhoda Ishaku Iliya, however said the demand was not part of the agreement of engagement they signed with the government, which clearly stipulated that they would be disengaged after two years. “Furthermore,…
Pensioners, under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent release of N7.45 billion for the part payment of the outstanding accrued pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The N7.45 billion is meant for the payment of outstanding pensions of workers who retired from the civil service till May 2019. In a statement signed by the NUP National President, Dr Abel Afolayan, the union called on the Federal Government to release the remaining funds needed to clear the backlog of the accrued pensions from June 2019 to date. The NUP also commended the…