• Cracks down on fake COVID-19 test results, vaccination cards• Unveils plan for containing the fourth wave of pandemic Lagos State government, yesterday, issued guidelines for social events and gatherings within the state during the festive season. Making the disclosure in a statement, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said all social events must be duly registered to obtain Event Safety Clearance from the …
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• Senate urges British counterparts to intervene• Reps says visa ban would lead to huge revenue loss• Nigeria confirms three more cases of Omicron• Uganda detects first Omicron cases with five travellers from Nigeria• Travel ban to be reviewed Dec. 20, says UK High Commissioner The African Union (AU), yesterday, called for an urgent end to travel restrictions imposed on some …
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The Finance Bill 2021 has made it mandatory for commercial banks to demand the Tax Identification Numbers from anyone who wishes to open an account with them. It also empowers banks to demand TIN from existing customers if they wish to continue to operate their accounts. The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, stated this on Wednesday in his lead …
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has said judges would no longer tolerate harassment and embarrassment from anyone or agency of government. In a terse speech on Wednesday at the special session marking the official commencement of the Supreme Court’s 2021/2022 legal year, the CJN recalled events in the outgone year. “Unfortunate occurrences blighted our joy and presented …
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*Says only way to prevent expiration of vaccines is for Nigeria to produce its own The federal government has confirmed that some vaccines donated by foreign nations, health and other international organizations to Nigeria have expired in its shelves. But government said the long term measure to prevent such incident is for Nigeria to produce its own vaccines, so that …
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*LPG now designated fuel of choice in Nigeria as 20-million Cylinder Injection Scheme set-up *Nigeria presents a unique LPG investment destination, VP adds “The world should not have to choose between energy poverty and climate change as this can be addressed with both natural gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas as transition fuels alongside other renewable sources.” This was the kernel …
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…Assesses level of destruction …Describes incident as very disturbing Edo State Government has decried the recent invasion and destruction of facilities of Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state by some students and unknown hoodlums, numbering 49. A delegation of the Edo State Government led by the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, visited the school …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, swore in five Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 40 Special Assistants (SAs) in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Obaseki, who performed the ceremony at Idogbo, the administrative headquarters of Ikpoba-Okha, hailed the LGA for being politically organized and united. According to him, “Ikpoba-Okha is an LGA with a very …
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By Okhide Em’ya David Officials of the Edo State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) have arrested an alleged fake military officer Mr. Sunday James who was said to have engaged in the intimidation of residents and traders in Benin City. PUWOV State Commander, Mr. Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, while parading the Suspect, said luck ran out of him at Oba Ovonramwen Square popularly …
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Eyewitnesses have said 17 students of Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School, died in Tuesday’s tragedy, debunking claims by the Police that “only two males died on the spot”. Meanwhile, Lagos State government has shut down the school until January next year. The Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, made the announcement when she visited the school on …
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