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  • NGO wants FG to compel DSTV, telecoms to cut charges

    NGO wants FG to compel DSTV, telecoms to cut charges

    A Kaduna-based NGO, Carelink Resource Foundation, has called on the Federal Government to compel DSTV and other digital pay television and telecom companies to reduce their subscription charges. The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr Silas Ideva, made the appeal in an interview with Nigerian Pilot in Kaduna on Tuesday. Ideva said that the…

  • COVID-19: Ondo records 3rd confirmed case

    COVID-19: Ondo records 3rd confirmed case

    The Ondo government has revealed that another positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) was recorded in the state on Monday. Mr Donald Ojogo, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure on Tuesday. He said the third confirmed victim of the virus in the state is a National…

  • Full text Speech of President Buhari On The Extension Of Covid- 19 Pandemic Lockdown

    ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal…

  • COVID-19: Kogi lifts ban on religious gatherings

    COVID-19: Kogi lifts ban on religious gatherings

    Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has lifted the social distancing order imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 on religious congregations in mosques and churches across the state. Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday, said that lifting of the ban was to enable religious bodies to resume their normal worship…

  • [BREAKING] COVID-19: FG order release of 2,600 prisoners

    [BREAKING] COVID-19: FG order release of 2,600 prisoners

    The Federal Government on Thursday granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja. He said at least…

  • Osun Govt debunks report on missing 6 Covid-19 patients

    Osun Govt debunks report on missing 6 Covid-19 patients

    Osun Government has denied report that six patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have escaped from the Ejigbo isolation centre in the state. Mr Ismail Omipidan, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola , in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday debunked the story, describing it as a mere…

  • BREAKING: Gov. El Rufai tests positive for coronavirus

    BREAKING: Gov. El Rufai tests positive for coronavirus

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has tested positive for coronavirus. He is in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. He said, “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test. The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it…

  • BREAKING: Nigeria records five new cases of coronavirus

    The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight. ALSO READ:France locks down as global virus panic spreads All the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States Details later…

  • Breaking: Governors’ disagreement force APC to postpone NEC meeting

    Breaking: Governors’ disagreement force APC to postpone NEC meeting

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the postponement of its National Executive Committee NEC meeting earlier scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, and Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this after the government met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at Presidential Villa, Abuja. According…

  • BREAKING: Buhari, APC govs postpone NEC meeting

    BREAKING: Buhari, APC govs postpone NEC meeting

    The President, Muhammadu Buhari and Governors of the All Progressives Congress have postponed the National Executive Council meeting of the party. They took the decision a few minutes ago at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a brief meeting. The postponement is indefinite, Our Correspondent reports.