The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 34 new cases of COVID-19 in three states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) The centre disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. It stated that the 34 new cases were recorded in Enugu (19), Lagos (13), Kaduna (1) and FCT (1). The NCDC noted that the …
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has indicated its willingness to suspend its planned strike billed to commence on Friday, May 7. NARD dropped this hint after a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday, in Abuja. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, …
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One of the students kidnapped at Greenfield University in Kaduna, Aaron Attahiru, has been reunited with his family after regaining freedom from their abductors. Mr Attahiru and 21 others were kidnapped late April. While five of them have been killed by the bandits and with Mr Attahiru released, 16 of the students remain in captivity. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Attahiru …
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The Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande has stated that the full deployment of 5G technology in the country would have positive impact on the nation’s digital economy. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NCC and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat), on the full …
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Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released, an official told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening. The students are on their way to Kaduna, an official of the state government who does not want to be quoted told this newspaper. The official noted that a press briefing will be held …
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Say President busy addressing the problem Members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Senate have frowned on the statement by the minority National Assembly caucus threatening to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to curb the worsening insecurity in the country. The minority Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers in the National Assembly had on Tuesday made the …
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The 2021 budget of the Federal Government contains 316 duplicated projects valued at N39.5bn, BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation in Nigeria declared on Tuesday. BudgIT said its investigations further revealed that 115 of the duplicated projects were from the Federal Ministry of Health, describing the development as disturbing. The Lagos-based firm disclosed this in a statement issued by its Communications …
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There was jubilation in Enugu State on Wednesday when the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Ejike Mbaka, resurfaced after his whereabouts had caused confusion in the state. When Mbaka returned in a vehicle a few minutes past 2 pm, his supporters were seen shouting ‘Father Mbaka, Oh! you are home!.” The reverend father later came out of the vehicle …
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Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) is set to embark on a name and shame campaign of defaulting tax payers, in its renewed drive to ensure compliance with tax laws. The Executive Chairman of EIRS, ‘Nidu Inneh, in a statement, said the list includes owners of hotels, bars, eateries, restaurants, trade associations, as well as lawyers, architects, medical professionals and …
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is worried that the Federal Government of Nigeria seems not to care about the scandals associated with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Obaseki has therefore, reiterated the call for the restructuring of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to drive development of the South-South region. The governor made the call during a meeting …
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