Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 17th May 2020
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Immigration Officers Grumble Over COVID-19 Palliatives
I s the public service still paying overtime allowance? What yardstick did the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) used to share N23 million to 293 officers out of 25,000 personnel? Did the officers apply individually or collectively? These and many probing questions are generating ripples at the NIS as the Comptroller General, Mohammed Babandede is being …
More Trouble Looms For Power Sector Over Sack Of Union President
LAGOS – The nation’s power sector was at the weekend embroiled in another crisis over the Federal Government’s termination of the appointment of Engr. Chris Okonkwo, the President- General of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSEAC), from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). He was TCN’s General Manager, Special Duties, until he …
Buhari Receives Madagascar’s Cure For COVID-19
INNOCENT OWEH/ CHINWENDU NNADOZIE ABUJA/MINNA – President Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID-19 pandemic, reiterating that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau, …
Ondo Assembly May Serve Akeredolu Impeachment Notice
AKURE – Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State may need to urge the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa and the state Accountant-General, Mr. Laolu Akindolire, to provide the state House of Assembly with the proof that N4.3 billion discovered, withdrawn and spent was actually appropriated for or risks being served impeachment notice soon. …
N19.63bn Probe: How Uzodimma Got Involved In Self-inflicted Distractions
OWERRI – The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, assumed office in mid-January 2020 after his Supreme Court victory against Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, who held sway between May 29, 2019 and January 14, 2020. His maiden broadcast on January 22, 2020 was a message of hope, having assured that the state will prosper …
COVID-19: Oyo Records 31 New Cases, Confirmed Cases Hit 107
Ibadan – Oyo State has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed dreaded pandemic into 107 in the state. The Executive Governor of Oyo State and Chairman Oyo State Taskforce on COVID-19 made this known via his official facebook page. Governor Makinde said: “The COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty-one (31) suspected …
Appreciating Yar’Adua’s Presidency
“Really”? Such incredulous exclamations came out from the mouths of some people that commented on my column of last Sunday; “10 Years, Two President’s later, Yar’Adua Remains Hero”. Such people could not just believe that I rated the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as having outperformed both former President Goodluck Jonathan and the incumbent, Muhammadu …
BREAKING COVID-19: 176 New Cases Reported As Nigeria’s Total Hits 5,621
The total number of COVID-19 infections across the country has now reached 5,621 after 176 new confirmed cases were recorded on Saturday according to daily updates by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to NCDC’s latest update via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the agency reported that Lagos has now has 95 new cases, …
COVID-19: HURIDAC Launches Report, Calls For Investigation On Human Rights Abuses In W’Africa
Abuja – The Human Rights Advancement Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) has called for probe of all human rights abuses recorded during the management of COVID-19 in West Africa. The Centre disclosed this during the launching of a report on the human rights perspective of COVID-19 pandemic in West Africa. The Executive Director of the Centre, Ayodele Ameen, said …
Uzodimma Announces Plan To Reposition IMSU
The Imo Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday announced his adminstration’s plan to reposition the Imo State University (IMSU) for academic excellence. Uzodinma who made the announcement while receiving a report from the institution’s visitation panel in Owerri, said that the state was poised to take the university to a competitive and admirable height. “It is either …
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