The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has clarified that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq did not divert N2.67 billion for school feeding as alleged by some publications. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Tuesday said that the commission chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, speech was misquoted and urged the public to disregard such publication. Ogugua said that the commission’s chairman at its 2nd National Submit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector was misrepresented, as some reports erroneously implied that the ICPC boss was referring…
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The Minister of state, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora has expressed fear of possible surge in Coronavirus infections following the resumption of schools and business activities in the country. Mamora, who expressed this fear at the 67th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to prevention protocols to avoid surge in cases. The minister said that there was need for the country to scale up surveillance and review its response plan in order to integrate new ways of dealing with the disease. He said that the number of active…
Ahead of the parade to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary on Thursday, measures have been put in place to further enhance security in and around the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the event. A statement issued on Tuesday by Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, said from midnight on Wednesday, all routes leading to the Eagle Square would be blocked. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mohammed is also the Chairman, Branding/Media & Publicity Sub-Committee of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Nigeria@60 Independence Anniversary. It added that the Shehu Shagari Way, Ahmadu Bello Way, outward and inward-bound Airport Roads…
The President, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made the submission on Tuesday at the virtual high-level meeting of Heads of State and Government on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. According to a statement by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, the SDR, currently held by developed countries, is an international reserve asset created by the IMF to supplement its member-countries’ official reserves. The facility was designed to help in stabilising the global economy during financial shocks and IMF member-countries had previously contributed to make up the reserve totaling about $204billion. Since the…
The Zimbabwean government announced on Tuesday that it would charge for COVID-19 tests done at ports of entry on travelers showing symptoms of the disease. The measure is meant to allow government to replenish laboratory commodities, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-cabinet media briefing on Tuesday. Zimbabwe will resume international flights on Thursday this week after a six-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestic flights resumed in the middle of this month. The government has announced that all travelers to Zimbabwe will be required to have PCR COVID-19 clearance certificates issued by a recognised facility within 48 hours…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it no longer uses consultants in dealing with the public, vowing to prosecute impersonators.The agency also urged its prospective customers and Nigerians to be cautious of those who may want to act as the agency’s consultants, warning impostors to desist from such acts or face the wrath of the law. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the NAFDAC Director General, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Tuesday that information about people who posed as the agency’s consultants had reached her.Adeyeye said that if at all the…
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, on Tuesday released a list of the Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) where residents can undertake COVID-19 test across the state. Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said in a statement in Ibadan that list of the centres was ratified on Monday at the state’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting presided over by Gov. Seyi Makinde. Adisa said the task force called on the residents of the state to avail themselves of the opportunities of its decentralised testing system to get themselves tested for the virus. He said contrary to misinformation that the…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday refused to give an order to protect a witness in a rape case involving a student of Lagos State University (LASU), Afeez Ogunbowale Taiwo said she would not give the order because representatives of LASU were not in court to respond to allegations by defence council. The counsel, Mr Bisi Salau, had at the resumed trial of the case, alleged that LASU authorities were intimating student-witnesses in the case. He also alleged that the authorities banned students from giving evidence in the rape case.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with His Royal Majesty, Mike Omeru, Ogurime-Rime Ukori 1, Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, as he clocks 70. The president, in a congratulatory statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, also joined Omeru’s family, friends, the government and people of Delta in celebrating the revered monarch as he attains the milestone. Buhari enjoined the successful businessman and philanthropist to continue with his exemplary commitment towards the development, unity and peace of not only his domain, but also the state and entire country. He wished more divine blessings, good health and longer life for…
The House of Representatives has said that it is not a rubber stamp to the executive arm of government, saying the house is always attentive to the gap created by the executive. Rep Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, said this while briefing newsmen at the resumption of its annual recess on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, many have said that the house is a rubber stamp but we have had to battle with the executive on issues that concern Nigerians. He said that the house would remain on the side of Nigerians, adding that the…