Month: October 2020
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Jema’a LG, USAID sign MoU on security
Jema’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen security in the area. Mr Peter Averik, the chairman of the LGA signed on behalf of the council, while Mr Ugbo Audu, the Community Development Facilitator, North East…
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FG seeks support of lawmakers in tackling fake news
The Federal Government has solicited the support of the National Assembly in formulating a national policy on use of social media to control fake news and misinformation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the request in Abuja while defending the 2021 budget proposal of the Information sector of his ministry. Mohammed,…
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Chinese city wraps up coronavirus testing of 4.7 million people
A city in western China finished testing 4.7 million people for coronavirus in four days after workers at a factory tested positive, state media reported on Wednesday. Kashgar, in the far-western Xinjiang region, had tested its entire population by Tuesday after a coronavirus cluster emerged last week, according to the People’s Daily. A total of…
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Rights advocate urges #EndSARS organisers to dialogue with FG
A U.S.-based Nigerian rights advocate, Dr Emmanuel Orji, has urged organisers of the #EndSARS protest to constitute a team to dialogue with the Federal Government. Orji, a research Fellow at the City University of New York, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York. He said it…
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U.S.2020: Early votes hit 69.6m, half of 2016 total ballots
Early votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election hit 69.6 million on Tuesday, according to the United States Election Project. This represents more than half of the total 137 million ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election. The data came in the “2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics” published on the website of the body,…
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LASEMA commences clean-up of Lagos in support of LAWMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it is supporting the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) in a concerted effort to restore order and a clean environment in the state following the destruction of business and private premises resulting from the looting and other activities by hijackers of the ENDSARS protests. Dr Olufemi…
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#EndSARS protests: Police arrest 25 suspected looters in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 25 suspects for allegedly looting private and public property, as hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday. He said that following the current trend of #EndSARS protests in the…
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Queues: No need for panic buying of PMS — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC) has cautioned motorists not to engage in panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, assuring of normalcy in the supply of petroleum products. Dr Kennie Obateru, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
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NEC urges CACOVID to explain status of palliatives donated to states
The National Economic Council (NEC) has urged the leadership of the Coalition Against COVID-19(CACOVID) to come out with an independent statement on the status of the distribution of palliatives donated to states. The call was part of the communique issued after an emergency virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday.…
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EndSARS: Irate youths vandalise Taraba Radio, loot property
Hundreds of irate youths on Monday defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jalingo, invaded and vandalised the State Radio station. The state Commissioner of information and reorientation,Mr Danjuma Adamu, who visited the Taraba State Broadcasting Corporation (TSBS) premises to inspect the damage done to the station, condemned the action of the youths, saying the destruction…