Residents of Southern Taraba through their umbrella organisation, Jukun Development Association of Nigeria, have accused the state governor, Darius Ishaku, of abandoning them to the mercy of kidnappers and killers that have turned their lives into a living hell. Passing a vote of no confidence on Governor Ishaku for his inability to address the raging crisis between the Jukuns, his kinsmen, and some Tiv militia groups attacking the Southern part of the state, the residents said the worsening and protracted insecurity in the region had led to the deaths of hundreds of persons and kidnap of scores others. In a…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the addition of 1 million households to the National Social Register (NSR) up from 2.6 million households to cushion the effect of the impact of the coronavirus. President Buhari said this in a second nationwide broadcast on Monday. He said the addition should be done in the next two weeks. He said a technical committee will submit a report on the development to him “by the end of this week.” “I have also directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks,” Mr…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on the COVID-19 loan application as claimed in false reports circulated on social media. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Okorafor explained that procedures for accessing the N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) stimulus package for households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises affected by the pandemic were clearly spelled out. “The attention of CBN has again been drawn to false reports on the social media circles, those loan seekers and owners of small…
*ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020* 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to stay at home for an initial period of fourteen days starting from Monday, 30th March 2020. 3. Many State Governments also introduced similar restrictions. 4. As your democratically elected leaders, we made this very difficult decision knowing fully well it will severely…
You see, In the last few days, I have been so bothered, worried, concerned and disheartened by the level of restlessness, violence, crime, chaos and troubles perpetrated by young people all over the country. Worthy of mention are the cases of gangsters crises in Ibadan and the rising cases of armed robbery in Lagos. I saw the some of the pictures of the arrested armed Robbers in Lagos and it’s worrisome. I saw small boys that should be in their late teens, early twenties, mid twenties and late twenties and I asked myself what is happening to us. In Ibadan…
In the wake of recent activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and operational assets of the Force, comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS), to Lagos and Ogun States to strengthen security and bolster public confidence in the affected areas. The Intervention Team is being coordinated by a Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Peter Babatunde Ogunyanwo, fdc,…
A federal lawmaker representing Surulere-Ogoouluwa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Honourable Olusegun Odebunmi, popularly known as (BONVIC) has condemned the poor handling of the Conditional Cash Transfer policy initiated by the Federal Government for the poorest of the poor Nigerians across the thirty-six (36) states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The longest serving Lawmaker from Oyo State, questioned the criteria adopted by the handlers of the policy to arrive at the data generated to identify who the poorest of the poor are in all the communities that formed a Local Government Area. Honourable Odebunmi, while…
Human rights lawyer,Femi Falana has expressed concern over what he calls “tribunalization of the nation’s democracy” saying it endagers the very essence of democracy in itself. The renowned legal luminary said nowhere else around the world is the mandate of the people being determined at the courts than at the polls. Falana who was speaking on Monday in a live interview monitored on Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State,BCOS suggested that retired judges should be engaged in electoral petition thereby allowing regular courts to take care of other vital matters. “I’m strongly opposed to the idea of empowering the Supreme…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT BUHARI ADDRESSES THE NATION President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7pm. Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively for the broadcast. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) April 13, 2020
Workers in Spain ’ s construction and manufacturing sectors cautiously returned to work Monday as the daily death toll resumed its downward trend and new infections fell to the lowest level in three weeks . Spain is one of the worst- hit countries in the world, and saw the daily death rate fall for three consecutive days last week , only to rise again on Sunday . But on Monday it fell again , with 517 deaths in 24 hours, putting the overall death toll at 17 , 489 with the number of cases now standing at 169 , 496…