The House of Representatives has vowed to investigate the activities being carried out by the Chinese team working on the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the country.The call followed a motion on Matters of Urgent Public Importance moved by Dachung Musa Bagos (PDP, Plateau) calling for investigation into the whereabouts and activities of the 18…
– The Senate has commenced amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, to boost local content and strengthen the nation’s economy. This followed the consideration of a bill sponsored by Senator Teslim Folarin (APC–Oyo Central) seeking to amend the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill 2020, which scaled…
From Vincent Egunyanga The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the construction of the Edo Specialist Hospital and supply of equipment for the hospital has indicted the administration of the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for breach of the state’s Public Procurement Law.Presenting the report to Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Commission’s Chairman, Justice…
Hammawa, who flagged off the distribution at the Pastoral centre in Jalingo, noted The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, His Lordship Charles Hammawa on Wednesday distributed food items, hand sanitizers and face masks to the poor members of the Church, security agencies, Nurses and the Muslim community in the state. Hammawa, who flagged off the…
Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the APC to rein in Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from destabilising the party and prevent a repeat of the Bayelsa catastrophe that made APC lose the state to the PDP due to the draconian…
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha in attendance. Also in attendance are security and service chiefs as well as some cabinet members, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama….
GOVERNORS of the thirty- states have expressed fears over the increasing Cases of Coronavirus, COVID- 19 across the country, just as they stressed the urgent need for additional measures by State Governors to ramp up capacity for testing, increase the availability of isolation beds to at least 300 per State, accelerate the procurement of additional…
A former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed the new Chief of Staff to the President. Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister of External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. A professor of repute and a global citizen, the 75 year old replaces former Chief of Staff, late…
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the banks in the country have agreed to shelve the planned sack of workers in the banking sector as a result of the pandemic. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the apex bank’s Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor. The PUNCH reports that the Presidential Task Force Team…
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19. 30th April, 2020.Further to the pronouncement of Mr. President in the broadcast of Monday, 27th April, 2020, in which he directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to provide implementation guidelines on the new measures to control COVID-19 pandemic, the following are hereby issued for:- General Information to the…
