The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,584 new infections, as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,584 new infections, as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise.
The president, who is currently in New York for the 76th United Nations general assembly, held a meeting with Maxima Zorreguieta, Queen of the Netherlands, on Wednesday. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari highlighted developmental efforts in the country, adding that his administration’s focus has been on infrastructure.
The teenager alleged that her father started defiling her since the death of her mother, adding that he threw her out of the house when she became pregnant. The pregnant girl has been handed her over to Mrs Patricia Essien Obot, a member of NOTOVOLE Foundation, a Gender Based Violence Committee recently sworn in by Akwa Ibom State Governor.
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According to the governor, the signage of the bill is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors’ Forum at its last meeting in Lagos where September 1 was set as the deadline for Governors in Southern Nigeria to sign the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law.
He disclosed this on Thursday, at the end of a meeting between the FG and the Joint Action Committee of the two unions, convened to examine the level of implementation of the Memorandum of Action it signed with the unions in February, 2021. Ngige commended the unions for their understanding and maturity in cooperating with the government to resolve the issues, emphasising that the government did not take them for granted.
The defender, the cousin of English singer, Lemar - also turned out for Doncaster Rovers, Leyton Orient, Bristol Rovers, and Hereford United during his career. Oji was most recently working as assistant manager at non-league outfit Highgate United which play in the Midland League Premier Division - the ninth tier of English football.
Main opposition party PDP has recently been hit by multiple defections as some embittered members call for the resignation of Uche Secondus as National Chairman. Mr Secondus has been accused of having “no clear road map, blue print or policy programme for the PDP.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in Edo, Bello Kontongs, disclosed this to Channels Television on Saturday in the Edo State capital. “Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime Unit on 26 at about 15:35 hours arrested some suspects for the abduction of children from Lagos down to Benin City,” he said.
According to new reports in Portugal, Ronaldo has spoken with City boss Pep Guardiola, and that the Italian side are now in talks with the Premier League champions about letting him leave three years after he joined. Reports in Italy earlier this week reported that City had offered the former Manchester United star a two-year deal worth £230,000 per week after missing out on Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
The NBS disclosed this in the latest report on the nation’s GDP entitled Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report (Q2 2021) released on Thursday. It explained that the increase in the GDP index marked three consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded in the second and third quarters of 2020.
According to a communique by his special media aide, Femi Adesina, the President’s announcement is in fulfillment of an earlier pledge by the Federal Government to publicly declare the financial position of the NNPC. Adesina’s statement notes that Buhari has disclosed a Net Profit, making it the first time in the 44-year history of the establishment.
The NSA spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during the eighth session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Trans-Border Security Committee.
He stated that members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists (BHTs) have continued to exploit the porous borders to disrupt the livelihoods of innocent citizens in their communities.
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Reports have it that the bandits had killed two military officers and kidnapped Datong when they attacked Nigeria’s foremost military university in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Julius Egbedi and his information counterpart Charles Aniagwu disclosed this during a press conference in Asaba on Wednesday. According to Egbedi, the affected farms are located in Udu, Oshimili South, Ughelli North, Ughelli South, Okpe and Sapele local government areas, with samples from the reported farms sent to the National Veterinary Institute, Jos, and all were confirmed to be the h5n1 strain of avian influenza.
The Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA).
Director of Press and Public Affairs to Governor Simon Lalong, Dr Makut Macham, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. Imposing curfew on the local government follows tensions sparked by the attack on Yelwa Zangam – a village in Zangam District of the state.
The Lion Heart performer, whose real name is Rashad Dowdy, passed away on Monday 23 August. It has not yet been confirmed how the singer died.
Speaking during the interview, Kyari said the allocation for host communities has a low percentage but a bigger value. He stated that the three percent from operating expense is bigger than 30 percent allocation from profit oil and gas.
Charlie Watts, a drummer and member of legendary music group, Rolling Stones, has died, at the age of 80.
The Spokesman for the academy in the state Major Bashir Muhd Jajira confirmed that that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. “The security architecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy was compromised early this morning by unknown gunmen,” Jajira said in a statement.
Reacting to Dorathy's claim, EFCC in a statement released this afternoon, said its operatives broke into the house because they refused to open the door. The statement reads:
Four people have been killed by gunmen who also abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye town in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara. The state police command which confirmed the attack on Monday August 23, said the attackers invaded the town around midnight on Sunday August 22, in large numbers.
A 200-level student of the Taraba State University in the Peace and Conflict Resolution Department has died after a brief illness.
According to an anonymous source, the student identified as Patience Samson was rushed to the school clinic on Saturday after her fellow students discovered she was critically ill.
The minister said the decision to deploy the 5G network followed an outcome of thorough investigations, research and trial absolving it of posing security or health threat. According to him, the work on the national policy on 5G stands at 95 per cent done and will be presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in due course.
Pantami, who said the primary concern of government was to ensure security and welfare of Nigerians in their utilisation of services in the telecommunications sector, blamed the delay in the deployment of the 5G network on conspiracy theories.
According to reports, the sports commentator and footballer was arrested for murder. According to the police, after a thorough search in his house, it was discovered that Richard Gyamfi was keeping three human heads packed in his refrigerator.
Confirming the news on a Sunyani-based Sky FM, the father of one of the deceased children, Thomas Agyei told the host that the footballer lured his 13-year-old child Louis Agyemang Junior from the football park ar Sunyani Abesim into his room and murdered him.
NARD President, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, declined his assent owing to an undisclosed clause. According to Okhuaihesuyi, NARD’s leadership has to consult with members of the association before he appends his signature.
Governor Samuel Ortom on Sunday, tasked security operatives to arrest those responsible for the killing of two pastors in Ochoro community in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State.
The two pastors identified as Moses Ijoko and Emmanuel Aleje, with the Methodist Church, Ochoro, were shot dead by assailants while on their way to the hospital on Tuesday, August 17. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase, in a statement on Sunday, August 22, said that Ortom condemned the murder of the pastors and described the incident as unacceptable.
He urged the Chairman of Konshisha Local Government and other stakeholders in the area to ensure that the killers and their sponsors are apprehended to face justice.
Although the government or security agencies are yet to confirm the development, a source in the school told Channels Television that the 15 students were released on Sunday after a ransom was paid to the bandits. Bandits suspected to be kidnappers had on July 5 attacked the school and took away 121 students from their hostels.
The agency accused Prof. Bassey, who is the Dean and Director of the Pre-Degree Programme of the university of allegedly holding private interests in multiple contracts awarded by the school to four companies directly owned by her. According to ICPC in the 10 counts filed before Justice Elias O. Abua on Wednesday August 18, the alleged crime happened between 2013 and 2017 and violated Section 12 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, according to a statement by its Director (Press and Public Relations), Adenike Adeyemi, issued the threat when he hosted the Registrar/CEO of Health Records Officials Registration Board of Nigeria, Alhaji Babagana Mustapha who paid a courtesy visit to him in his office in Abuja, on Wednesday.
The resumption date is for Junior Secondary School (JSS) III students only, and they were directed to come to school in mufti. Kaduna state’s Commissioner for Education, Shehu Usman Muhammad said in a statement on Wednesday August 18.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday signed the bill, thus providing a legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host communities, and related matters. Although there were fears in some quarters over the fate of workers in the petroleum sector, the minister says the move will instead create more jobs.
Obasanjo made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp, held in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Wednesday August 18.
The former President who reiterated that diabetes is not a killer disease, told children to abstain from consuming sugar, foods with carbohydrates and always take their insulin injection in order to manage the disease well.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria lost an estimated $50billion worth of investments in 10 years. This, according to him, was a result of the uncertainty of the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry.
In his remarks at a ceremony on passage of the PIA, which preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the President said the stagnation affected growth of the economy, citing lack of political will on the part of past administrations to actualize the needed transformation.
In its Consumer Price Index, CPI, report for July released yesterday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the decline in food index was due to increases in prices of milk, cheese and eggs, coffee, tea and cocoa, vegetables, bread and cereals, Soft drinks, and meatCPI measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services.
Lalong made the announcement at emergency meeting on peace and security, centered on killing of 14 worshippers returning from an Islamic event in Bauchi and other attacks in Bassa, Jos south, Barkin Ladi and Riyom LGAs.
The agency in a statement released gave the names of the suspects as Ezenwa Peter, Fahad Ahmad, Alyassau Mohammed, Nehemia Joel, Enoch Simon, Kabson Ziryi Beloved, Japheth Audu, Olatunji Abimbola, Innocent Arzuka and David Samuel.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Governor Abubakar Bello who described the Retired General as a man of the people, said he has achieved so much in his years on earth. The governor wished him more wisdom in life.
Mr Sylva, who was speaking at a press conference in Abuja, said a transitional committee is already in place to incorporate NNPC Limited. All shares in NNPC Limited are expected to be vested in the government at incorporation and held by the Ministry of Finance.
“THE COUNTRY HAS LOST A STRONG, RESILIENT WOMAN, AN EXEMPLARY MOTHER AND, ABOVE ALL, AN ENGINE OF OUR DREAMS,” SIMELA’S LONGTIME FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE ALVIM COSSA TOLD THE BBC.
Prof Osinbajo reportedly made the comment on Thursday at the Presidential Villa when he received a brief on the Federal Civil Service Strategy & Implementation Plan 2021-2025, presented by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan.
The meeting is a Presidential Level Briefing of the reform process of the Federal Civil Service which has been on since 2017. The reform is being led by Steering and Implementation Committees with membership drawn from the public and private sectors with the engagement of development partners.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government's response to insecurity witnessed in the country has been “strong, determined and robust”.
The President who was represented by Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi at the graduation of Course 29 participants of the National Defence College in Abuja on Friday August 13, commended the personnel of the Nigeria police, intelligence and security agencies as well as local vigilante and community groups for their efforts, adding that his government is making continuous efforts at consolidating the progress made in improving the enabling security environment for peace and development.
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Ngige who asked these doctors to carry themselves with humility, also wondered why doctors tend to go on strike more often when someone from the medical profession holds a political position. He said;
“At no time in the history of NMA (Nigerian Medical Association) and the medical association, was I seeing our association and our profession ever being in danger as I am seeing them now.
Prof. Osinbajo who was represented at the event by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Edobor Iyamu, stated this on Tuesday at the 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards Organised by Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper, which held in Lagos.