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The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to consider a comprehensive review of the power privatisation policy with a view to reversing the current arrangement. The red chamber said Nigerians would not enjoy stable power supply in the next 10 years if the activities of the distribution companies were not reviewed and restructured. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, stated …

A nongovernment organization, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, Tuesday, organised capacity building for Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, officers on handling violators of Coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown order. This was made known in a statement by the Deputy Director, PRAWA, Ogechi Ogu, which 13 guidelines regarding effective supervision and penalty meted out to violators serving Non-Custodial sentences in the Federal Capital …

…demand written statement on status of essential workers from police The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed doctors in state to proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home order to protest what they described as ‘conflicting directives by the government and incessant police harassment’ on medical doctors and other health workers in the state. In a press …

Residents of Sokoto State now rely on the soldiers of Niger Republic for protection against armed bandits as Nigerian Army has completely abandoned them, Ibrahim Gobir, the senator representing Sokoto East, has said. For this reason, he said, not less than 5,000 people in the affected areas have migrated to Niger Republic for safety. Mr Gobir made this submission during plenary on …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement restriction orders emplaced by the Federal Government as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The IGP gave this directive to the Zonal Assistant-Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of Police during …

Edo State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Technical Committee, Rt Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has said the state government is upgrading the Stella Obasanjo Hospital into an internationally-rated health facility that would boost medical tourism in the state. The deputy governor said this while inspecting the ongoing refurbishment of the main isolation ward at the health …

…hails Obaseki’s response to COVID-19 pandemic Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has donated two motorised modular fumigators to the Edo State Government in support of the government’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. The Elejesi of Ife land, Oba Babatunde Awosunle, who led other members of Ooni COVID-19 team, to the Government House …

*PTF to unveil new guidelines on Coronavirus today  For a better harmony in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari Monday appealed to governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the disease. Following the presidential appeal to both the PTF and governors, Buhari will not address the country in contrast to the impression given by the …

MASSACHUSETTS — The manufacturing and construction industries, as well as houses of worship, are allowed to reopen immediately and will be followed next week by hairdressers and barbers as Massachusetts begins the long road back to reopening an economy that was abruptly shuttered by the coronavirus crisis. The restaurant, hospitality and retail sectors, as well as places like nail salons …

The Federal Government, on Monday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has extended the lockdown in Kano State by two weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force in Abuja. The President had on April 27, announced a “phased and gradual easing” of the …