Osun relaxes curfew, now takes effect 8pm to 6am

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has relaxed the 24 hours curfew imposed on the state, now scheduled to take effect between 8 pm to 6 am. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji stated that the new curfew takes effect from Thursday, October 29, adding …

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Group seeks end to protein-deficiency anaemia

By Chioma Obinna The Federal Government has been called upon to urgently develop and implement a national protein-led nutrition policy to address the rising incidence of protein deficiency(anaemia) in Nigeria. A professional physician and public health expert, Dr. Adepeju Adeniran, who made the call recently, noted that efforts to effectively tackle protein deficiency must include …

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#EndSARS: Security operatives make curfew defaulters sing praise and worship in Calabar [VIDEO]

https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_4302.mp4 The security operatives who are making sure peace is restored in Cross Rivers State after the massive looting and destruction of public properties by hoodlums under the disguise of #EndSARS protest, were spotted in a viral video singing praise and worship with defaulters of the curfew imposed by the state government. Recall that the state government had on Monday …

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‘FG not building any airport in Anambra’

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka—Following reports that the Federal Government was planning to build 10 new airports across the country, including one in Anambra, the state government said, on Wednesday, that the cargo airport under construction in the state is solely being funded by the current administration in the state. The state government, through the Commissioner …

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Scholarship: Amnesty office moves to ease verification of students

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says students under its scholarship programme must swear to an affidavit to affirm their identities. PAP coordinator, retired Col. Milland Dikio, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the measure is aimed at ending the exercise that had become generally contentious and controversial. The statement was signed by …

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Secondus commends Buhari for backing Okonjo-Iweala for WTO post

PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES DR OKONJO-IWEALA 0A. President Muhammadu Buhari receives the Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance and Top Contender for the WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala during an Audience at the State House.PHOTO; BAYO oMOBORIOWO. OCT 12 2020. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for backing Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in emerging as …

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#EndSARS: ‘4 policemen killed, 11 stations, 20 vehicles burnt in Anambra’

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday took stock of its losses during the #endSARS protest in the state, saying four of it officers were killed, eleven police stations and over twenty vehicles including patrol and exhibit vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), were set ablaze. The State Commissioner …

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PDP, APC in verbal war over N3bn COVID-19 fund, palliatives in Ekiti

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday engaged each other in verbal war over the N3bn Covid-19 fund and palliatives given to the state to cushion the effect of the pandemic. PDP asked the government to explain how it expended the …

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Poor infrastructure, power, internet, reasons Nigeria can’t run 100% e-learning,NUC explains

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- POOR infrastructures, internet access as well as power supply in Nigeria are major reasons the country cannot run 100 percent e-learning programmes,the National Universities Commission,NUC,has explained. The commission, speaking through its Deputy Executive Secretary,(Academics), Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Wednesday, expressed the commission’s concern over integrity …

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Police brutality: Oluwo seeks inclusion of traditional rulers in panels of Inquiry

Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday charged Federal and State Governments to include traditional rulers in the panel of inquiries set up to investigate police brutality across the country. A statement issued by his media aide, Alli Ibrahim disclosed that the monarch said traditional …

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26 inmates flee Warri prisons, female staff injured ― Dep Comptroller

By Emma Amaize Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, Warri, Delta State, Okonkwo Adimobia, has disclosed that 26 inmates escaped, while a female staff was injured when hoodlums, who hijacked the EndSARS protest broke into the facility, last Thursday. Adimobia, who conducted the Deputy Governor of the state, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, on an inspection …

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Babajide Obanikoro sympathises with constituents, urges cooperation with state gGovt

Deputy Chairman House Committee on Steel and the federal lawmaker representing Eti-Osa federal constituency, Honorable Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, has sympathised with his constituents on the recent Lekki shooting and vandalisation that took place during the peaceful #Endsars protest. In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the lawmaker stated that he is heavily burdened …

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NYSC boss says 3-year jail term awaits anyone unlawfully in possession of uniforms

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim says anyone caught unlawfully with NYSC uniforms will face a three-year jail term. Ibrahim said this after hoodlums invaded the NYSC orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Recall  that hoodlums on Tuesday carted away mattresses, food items and other materials meant for corps members. READ ALSO:Lekki …

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How Benue palliatives got to Kano market ― Information Commissioner

File photo: COVID-19 Palliative being distributed By Peter Duru Indications emerged Wednesday on how part of the CACOVID palliatives distributed in Benue state got to Kano market. Benue State Commissioner for Information and Tourism, Mrs. Ngunan Addingi who spoke on the matter at the end of the State Executive Council, EXCO, meeting in Makurdi explained that …

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Eid-el-Maulud: Buhari promises to bring erring police officers, looters to justice 

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged all citizens to use the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens while exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings President Buhari stated this in his message …

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Nigeria now generates 13,000mw of power, says Minister

The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has said that the Nigeria’s installed grid power generation capacity has grown from 8,000mw to 13,000mw under the leadership of  President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamman made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Power in Abuja. He also said that the …

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