The Akwa Ibom Government has cancelled the hosting of this year’s annual Christmas Carol festival to curtail the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The cancellation was made known in statement issued by the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Orman Esin, in Uyo on Thursday. Esin said...
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More than 1 billion people could live in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long-term effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a UN study released on Thursday. That figure could be reached if the recovery is protracted and the economic crisis persists, pushing an additional 207...
The Cross River State Police Command has declared a restriction of movement in Five local government areas of the state following the By-elections holding on the 5 December, being Saturday. In a statement by the Commisioner of police, Abdulkadir Jimoh signed by the PPRO,DSP Irene Ugbo and made available...
Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the students’ future and resume work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for...
The Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) has urged the Federal Government to aggressively intervene in manufacturing sector to boost economy in order to check recession. The President of the association, Alhaji Jamilu Abbas, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
The number of people living in extreme poverty will increase by more than 32 million in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report released on Thursday.COVID-19 has had a catastrophic economic impact on the least developed countries...
The Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government, Chief Nimizuo Urouoaye, on Thursday bemoaned the takeover of the collection of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the council area by the Bayelsa government. Urouoaye spoke at the Yenagoa Local Government Secretariat during the citizen’s input towards the preparation of the council’s 2021...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the Federal Government to immediately restrict international flights, following recent reports indicating a new wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Director of the group, prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. “We recall that the...
Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Kalu yesterday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari ignored the previous invitations of the 8th assembly to speak on the escalating security situation because it habitually withheld the annual budget. Fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on the heels of a resolution...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has disclosed that 19 people have died of Lassa fever in the state from January to November, 2020.The Executive Chairman, of the Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, stated this at a press conference in Bauchi on Wednesday.He said that...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday celebrated the growing cooperation with Nigeria as it marked the country’s 49th anniversary in Abuja. Dr Fahad Al Taffaq, its Ambassador to Nigeria, while addressing guests and friends of the UAE at a ceremony to mark the National Day, said that he was...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health Agency stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with Governor Babagana Zulum and the people of Borno State over the recent gruesome killing of scores of farmers in Zabarmari Community in Jere Local Government of the state by the Boko Haram insurgents. The said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated a reconstituted Team to renegotiate the 2009 agreements between the Federal Government of and University-based unions. The team is to re-negotiate the residual issues in the 2009 Agreements between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the university-based unions, towards...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Federal Government has distributed 24 trucks of food and non-food items to the victims affected by last Saturday’s massacre of 43 rural rice farmers by Boko Haram terrorists. The victims were on their farmlands sweating to harvest their cultivated rice to earn a living...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to honour the invitation of the House of Representatives to answer questions bordering on the nation’s security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House of Representatives had summoned the president over Friday’s killing of 43 farmers in Zabarmari community in Borno....
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has ceded an 18 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy (NN) for the establishment of a Forward Operationing Base (FOB) at the Tarkwa Bay Island. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the issue of the FOB had been on between the...
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) says it has started a programme for rabbit farming, which is expected to engage 17,000 youths, especially in the South. The Executive Secretary of NALDA, Mr Paul Ikonne disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that NALDA would...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says it has trained 25 social media users on using their platforms to highlight the risks, opportunities and consequences of migration.The Officer in Charge, UNESCO Abuja Regional Office, Mr Mamadou Sow, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...