The Federal Government says a 14-man team comprising of health experts with different areas of specialisation will leave for Kano State on Saturday morning. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated this on Friday evening during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja monitored by The PUNCH via Channels TV. The minister said…
Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) have congratulated the Board and management for the resilient performance achieved in 2019, despite the challenging environment. They welcomed the diversified earnings provided by the Group, Nigeria’s leading listed conglomerate, the largest power generator in Nigeria, operator of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest hotel and a growing natural resources…
With Nigeria and the rest of the world still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic which has hobbled global economies, the Akwa Ibom State Government is already looking ahead to repositioning its economy for a post COVID-19 world. To this effect, the governor, Udom Emmanuel has put together a crack and astute 20-member committee…
The Federal Government has disbursed N43.416 billion as performance-based grants to 24 eligible states on the basis of the results achieved in 2018. The Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Hassan Dodo, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. Dodo said…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020.The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under the chairmanship of the President.In…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, insisted that the rice distributed to various states were certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, had said on Tuesday stated that her agency did not know the status of the…
No fewer than 50 trucks conveying essentila products from different parts of the federation to the South East and South south states were inpounded in the state, allegedly on the orders of the state revenue authorities.The revenue officials were said to be acting on a law, which prohibits haulage vehicles from passing the state from…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, said that it has placed some members of staff on mandatory leave with full benefits, pending the conclusion and outcome of the on-going forensic audit. A press statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt by the Commission’s Corporate Affairs Manager, Charles Obi Odili said the management action is based…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to account for the N5 billion released by President Muhammadu Buhari, as special intervention fund to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC).The PDP in a statement Wednesday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said its demand is predicated on…
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has given a breakdown of how the easing of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be implemented. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday April 27, approved that as from May 4, the lockdown could be eased in phases to allow the recommencement…
