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Fed Govt threatens second lockdown over low compliance with COVID-19 protocols
The federal government yesterday warned of another lockdown if Nigerians continue to disregard non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) introduced to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Read More »FG to resume school feeding programme February
The Federal Government has said it would resume the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) across the country by February.
Read More »Nigeria releases N10bn for domestic vaccine production
The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Read More »Akeredolu orders herdsmen to vacate Ondo forests
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state.
Read More »Gunmen rain bullets on police team, kill Inspector, steal weapons in Rivers
A Police Inspector has been killed while his colleagues are battling to survive as a result of an attack inflicted on them by yet to be identified gunmen on Sunday at Captain Amangala street, in the Borokiri axis of Port Harcourt,
Read More »Bandits kidnap prof, kill son, three others in fresh Kaduna attacks
Some gunmen in separate attacks invaded three Local Government Areas in Kaduna State, on Sunday, killing four persons, including a Professor’s son, two vigilante members, and one other.
Read More »Nigeria posts 14 deaths, 1,617 new COVID-19 cases
Nigeria posted 1,617 new cases of COVID-19, more than the 1,444 posted on Sunday, jacking its cumulative cases to 112,004.
Read More »School resumption: Teachers to meet Thursday over COVID-19 rules
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Monday, amid concern about the rising coronavirus cases, said it would on Thursday hold a meeting on the pandemic and compliance with COVID-19 protocols in schools across the country.
Read More »CAN issues fresh guidelines for church operations
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has issued fresh guidelines for church services and other religious programmes, due to the emergencies of second wave of COVID-19 across the country.
Read More »COVID-19: Edo records 72 new cases in 72 hours, 143 health worker infections
Edo State has recorded 72 new cases of coronavirus in the last 72 hours, even as the number of health workers infected with the virus has risen to 143 in the state, in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic.
Read More »Edo guber saga: Obaseki presented different varsity certificates to INEC in 2016, 2020 – Forensic expert
The University of Ibadan (UI) Bachelor’s Degree certificate forgery and perjury case against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday resurfaced at the state’s election petitions tribunal in Benin.
Read More »Religious fanatics twisting Kukah’s statement to divert attention – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has faulted critics of the Christmas speech of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, saying they are religionists diverting attention from the cleric’s central theme.
Read More »Pres. Buhari ignores Senate, approves acting DG for NDE
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of Abubakar Fikpo as the acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) pending the appointment of a substantive DG.
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