Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency says the state government spends N1,500 per meal for COVID-19 patients on admission in the state. Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Sunday. Mohammed, who is also the Chairman, […]
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Edo State Government on Wednesday ordered the return of 108 travellers from the North intercepted at Irrua on Benin-Auchi road and Benin City by the state police command. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, who confirmed the incident, said three of the travellers […]
As Nigeria faces a fiscal crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to contain it, the Buhari administration has conducted a review of the 2020 budget, which, if carried out, may be the first step required along governance reforms to cut waste and direct revenues for development. According to […]
Oyo State Government has commenced airing lessons in English Language and Mathematics for Primary School Pupils on the radio. This, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran said is in fulfilment of the state government’s promise to reduce the negative impact of schools’ closure as […]
Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has admonished Nigerians to come together and defeat the deadly coronavirus pandemic saying the disease has no respect for wealth, status, region or religious affiliations. The former Lagos state governor, in a statement released to mark his 69th […]
The outbreak of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan Province of China late last year has created global tension, with the attendant economic crises and social catastrophes widening on a daily basis. In Nigeria, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the index case of coronavirus disease in Lagos, on […]
When Diseye Tantua, a Nigerian artist, first experimented turning car parts into furniture in 2016, he had no clue that such adventure would catapult him into limelight. Tantua, then, was only driven by the quest to sustain his late father’s legacies. But after his first work fetched him commendations from […]
The Supreme Court will not hear application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and sacked Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha today. The case has now been adjourned till March 2. The PDP and Ihedioha are, by the application, praying the court to, among others, reverse its judgment on January 14 […]
A visibly upset Sir Elton John has been forced to cut short a concert in New Zealand after falling ill with walking pneumonia. The musician, 72, lost his voice midway through his set at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium on Sunday. “I’ve just completely lost my voice. I can’t sing,” Sir […]
According to Daily Trust, the Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday, February 18 for hearing in the fresh application by the erstwhile governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha challenging the judgment earlier delivered on January 14. A message was circulated on Saturday announcing the hearing date. But one of the lawyers […]
