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The President,Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this during the second edition of State House weekly briefing held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said Nigeria would begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its citizens ...
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March, 2021
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5 March
Fake Chevron worker arraigned for defrauding APC gov aspirant of N4.5m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Office, on Wednesday arraigned a fake Chevron worker, Uguru Justus, before Justice Phoebe Ayua of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Justus was arraigned on one count of obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N4,500,000. A statement by the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, indicated ...
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5 March
Again, Bandits kidnap 60 women, children in Zamfara
Bandits have kidnapped over 60 women and children at Gidan Baushe village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. They, however, released eight men, who were abducted along with the women. An eyewitness, Malam Rikwanu Abubakar, said the bandits also set many shops and foodstuffs on fire. Abubakar said, “The bandits who were moving with their animals came ...
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5 March
Akeredolu says recitation of Oodua anthem in schools is compulsory
The Ondo State Government has made it compulsory for all pupils and students in the state to recite the Oodua Anthem in their schools . The order reportedly affects all the private and public institutions from primary to tertiary level in the state. This was contained in a circular sent to all stakeholders from the state Ministry of Education, Science ...
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5 March
If coup plotters are pardoned, why not bandits – Gumi
Popular northern Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said if government could pardon coup plotters that committed treasonable felony, there was nothing wrong extending the same gesture to bandits. The Islamic cleric, while responding to the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna on Thursday, said there was need to forgive bandits for the country to have peace. Gumi added, “Even those ...
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5 March
Oil soars above $ 67, Nigeria earns additional N318bn/month
Nigeria may have earned over N318bn additionally in February as a result of the increase in crude oil price in the past one month. At the virtual presentation of the 2021 Federal Government approved budget in January, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had stated that Nigeria’s benchmark for crude oil price was retained at $40/barrel. ...
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5 March
Bauchi may decamp to APC soon, as North-East Govs meet
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, will join the All Progressives Congress soon, the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has stated. Zulum spoke when he led the North-East Governors to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction and upgrading of the Bauchi State Government House on Thursday. He, however, did not give further details on his statement about Mohammed joining ...
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5 March
FG to pay N4.75BN as compensation during foodstuffs blockade
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello begged us on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, we agreed to call off the nationwide strike today,” Mr. Tahir said. The federal government has agreed to pay the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria (AUFCDN) N4.75billion as the union suspends its North-South food blockade. AUFCDN President Muhammad Tahir made the ...
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5 March
Five arrested with fake COVID-19 certificate in Lagos airport
The Nigeria Police, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos Command has arrested and paraded five COVID-19 certificate suspects at the airport, while two others are still at large. The suspects, Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewala, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim, the police said deal in selling fake COVID-19 negative certificates to unsuspecting travellers within the international wing of the airport. ...
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5 March
Governor, ACF back Buhari’s order to shoot bandits with AK-47 at sight, Lawyers say No
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have given full backing to the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that bandits bearing AK-47 should be shot on sight. The governor said the measure will reduce banditry, clashes between herders and farmers and other forms of criminality. But, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) urged caution. Senior lawyers also ...
