Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take urgent steps to reduce the price of petrol and ease the cost of living before the end of his administration, saying millions of Nigerians can no longer cope with rising fuel, transport and electricity costs....
Palliatives
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distributed 10,000 bags of rice, hundreds of cows and scores of rams as palliatives to the people of Delta. The Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister, Mr Tunde Moshood, disclosed...
Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said that the Nigerian Police Force is to be blamed for the deaths of 115 Nigerians during the recent food stampedes in Ibadan, Abuja and Anambra States. Falana stated this in Akure, Ondo state capital while delivering a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has called for proper crowd management during distribution of charity to prevent stampedes and avoidable loss of lives. Her appeal follows recent incidents of stampedes across the country, notably at Ibadan, Oyo...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos today, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. President...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has raised serious concerns about the unorganized distribution of palliatives and relief items in the country during this festive period. The IGP, who stated this in a statement issued on Saturday by the Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa...
A 91-year-old man, Pa Adesanoye Eghaegbemi has appealed to the Federal Government to assist the masses by taking steps to alleviate the current economic hardship in the country. Eghaegbemi made the appeal on Saturday shortly after casting his vote at the Unit 5, Ward 6, Ikoya Igbinsin-Oloto in Okitipupa...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Government has flagged off the distribution of the second phase of the Federal Government palliatives secured to cushion the hardship of people in Benue State. Performing the ceremony on Thursday at IBB square Makurdi, Governor Hyacinth Alia appreciated the President Tinubu...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has handed over a truck load of palliatives he confiscated, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), for investigation. This is contained in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, which...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has accused member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Terseer Ugbor of diverting a full truck of palliatives meant for distribution to IDPs and the vulnerable community in his constituency. The governor was reacting to media...
By BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improving the lives of all citizens in the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the distribution of palliatives to needy Nigerians at the Government House, the governor assured that his policies...
Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Maiduguri on Tuesday to sympathise with the people of Borno over the Alau Dam flood disaster that displaced thousands of people. Kashim, who led a Federal Government delegation to the beleaguered city, was received on arrival by Gov. Babagana Zulum, who took him to...
Vice President Kashim Shettima says, despite preparations, the severity of the floods in Maiduguri is most catastrophic in over three decades in the state capital Shettima stated this on Tuesday during an on-the-spot assessment of the ravaging floods, in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said the impacts of the floods...
Some residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States say they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal Government to them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had doled out 20 trucks of rice to the 36 states...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has supervised the distribution of the federal government’s donated food relief to over 10,000 families in Mafa local government area. The distribution took place on Tuesday in four centres at Mafa town, the headquarters of the local government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The House of Representatives Member representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, Hon. Ahmed Satomi has again distributed 2,500 bags of wheat to vulnerable ones in the constituency irrespective of political or religious affiliation. Just few days ago, the lawmaker who is the...
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has confirmed that the state received trucks of rice from the Federal Government after its initial denial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nehikhare had in a national television denied that the State Government received...
Lagos State Governor , Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to the state residents to toe the path of peace by not engaging in the planned nationwide protest. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal in a statement signed by himself and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. The...
JBy PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, has urged the Federal Government to shift its focus from palliatives to agriculture ahead of the planned August 1st protest by Nigerian youths over hunger and the high cost of goods and services. This...
The operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) in Katsina State Command, have recovered 2,000 bags of rice out of the 20 trucks donated to the state by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recovered rice was allegedly diverted by...