Nigeria Records 1,584 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest In 10 Months

 

 

   The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,584 new infections, as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise.

Border Closure Helped Nigeria Tremendously, Buhari Tells Queen Of Netherlands

 

   President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that the closure of the country’s borders for over one year helped Nigeria “tremendously”.

   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.

Father allegedly impregnates his 17-year-old daughter in Akwa Ibom

 

    A 17-year-old girl has been rescued after she was allegedly defiled, impregnated by her father and then kicked out of the house in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. According to Facebook user, Oga Yenne, the girl was spotted at Plaza area of Uyo, the state capital, on Tuesday September 21, looking for anyone who might be interested in the baby.  

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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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredol signs the anti-grazing bill into law

   

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has signed the anti-grazing bill into law. The governor signed the bill on Tuesday after it was earlier passed by the State House of Assembly. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo.

  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.

Federal Government To Clear Arrears Of Varsity Workers’ Minimum Wage By October —Ngige

 

    Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has announced that the federal government will clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment on minimum wage owed the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions by the end of October.

   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.