The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit has gotten a order from Court authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles impounded by the Agency for contravening the One-Way Traffic Law and forfeited to the Government by an order of a Lagos State Mobile Court. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the […]
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The Nigerian Federal Government has disclosed that it was not in support of the resumption of schools on Monday, January 18, 2021. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, on Monday.Adamu, said the government did not agree with the states on the […]
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The Senate Public Account Committee has described as unacceptable the payment of N98.4m by the Petroleum Resources Ministry for the printing of flyers. The flyers, according to the 2015 Auditor-General for the Federation’s report, was meant to create awareness campaign for the Petroleum Industrial Bill. The report, currently being scrutinised by the National Assembly, also […]
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The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says Nigeria does not have enough freezers to store thousands of doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine when they are delivered to the country. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), had said the country would receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the national identity number (NIN) is mandatory for diplomats who will be resident in the country for more than two years. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, said an enrollment centre will be set up at the […]
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Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, has ordered the redeployment of 21 Commissioners of Police to new commands and formations. This was revealed in a statement by Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, on Tuesday. It added that the redeployments are with immediate effect. Those affected include CP Adeleke Bode who was posted to […]
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The Federal Ministry of Interior has spoken on the fire incident that took place at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday, 10 January, 2021. According to a statement by Muhammed Mangal, Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry on Monday, 11 January, 2021, there was no life lost in the incident while no […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says COVID-19 in the country is now reaching a critical level where hospitals will no longer be able to cope with serious cases. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, on Monday, said while Nigerians may be tired of dealing with the pandemic, the virus is taking advantage of […]
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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria hopes to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon to cover one fifth of its population. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, on Tuesday in Abuja. Shuaib said that the vaccine would be […]
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The Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Adamu Nuru has proceeded on leave following the ongoing investigations by the bank’s Board of Directors over the infidelity and paternity allegations levelled against him. The bank announced Nuru’s leave in a statement issued on Tuesday. According to the bank, the development would guarantee the sanctity […]
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