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The Special Public Works programme of the federal government is targeting 1, 000 youths across the 774 local government areas of the country who would be paid N20,000 monthly for three months to be engaged in drainage digging and clearance, irrigation, canal clearance, and rural feeder maintenance. This was disclosed by the Minister of State,…
Prof Ango Abdullahi Professor Ango Abdullahi is a former minister and former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He is now the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). In this interview with Daily Trust Saturday, he has, among others, blamed what he called incompetent and selfish appointees/associates for the “failure” of…
Following the dwadling economic world wide occasioned by the rampaging Covid -19 pandemic,the Olosegun Obasajo Presidential Library,Abeokuta,Ogun state has disengaged many of it’s staff. The disengagement letter sighted by journalists was signed by Mr Olanika Ogunleye,Head of Human Resources, Administration and Procurement,stated that sacked was due to the overwhelming adverse impacts of coronavirus on the…
… Challenges Bello to show evidence that Kogi is free of coronavirus *We stand by our results, announcement thereof — NCDC boss The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to call Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to order over his claims that there were no cases of COVID-19 in the…
The death has been announced of the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engineer Maikanti Baru This was disclosed by the GMD of NNPC Engineer Male Kyari in a statement made available to no journalists. According to the statement the deceased who have only two months away from his 61st…
A non governmental organization, Nigeria Integrity Movement, has called for transparency in the constitution of membership of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Appeal Panel. The group made the appealed in a letter to the Acting President of Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Monica B. Dongban-Mensem, asked for transparency and sense of justice in constituting…
Former Governor of Osun state and Minister of interior,Rauf Ogbeni Aregbesolahas appealed to governors in the country to embrace the innovative Tablet of Knowledge called Opon Imo, to develop the education sector of their various states. He described the gadget as a tool that universalises education in the contemporary world. The minister made the appeal during a virtual…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 182 new cases of Coronavirus, COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections to 8,915 in the country. Releasing the update via its Twitter handle, the NCDC listed the states and the figures as follows; Lagos -111; FCT – 16; Akwa Ibom – 10; Oyo…
The World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said that the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to over 128,500 in the past 24 hours.  The UN health agency also disclosed that COVID-19 had killed 3,700 people in the continent, while 53,000 people have recovered from the…
President of the African Development Bank, AFDB, Akinwumi Adesina is most likely to be re-elected despite growing allegations of corruption stacked against him. recalls that recently there has been an avalanche of controversy impeaching the integrity of Adesina on weighty allegations of corruption. Some of the allegations leveled against the embattled AFDB president by whistleblowers…
