The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), on Monday urged Nigerians to disregard ongoing reports of an explosion in Kainji Dam, describing it as ‘fake news’. NIHSA Director General, Mr Clement Nze in a statement, noted that the dam is safe, saying no explosion whatsoever occurred in the dam. The dam is located in New Bussa town, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger. According to him, the Nigeria hydrological services agency works in synergy with operators of all major dams across the country, and have not reported any occurrence. “Nothing happened to the dam, nothing of such, although the dam is…
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Healthcare workers at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Monday, joined the nationwide strike called by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU).The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many essential places in the hospital, including the pharmacy, the medical records section and two of the main gates into the hospital were locked.The JOHESU Chairman, UCH Chapter, Mr Adeolu Alli, said the strike became imperative after “a long period” — three years of waiting on the Federal Government.He said that the government has seemingly taken the patience of the striking workers for granted.“We are on strike at the moment…
The South-east caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly on Monday, passed a vote of confidence on the interim leadership of the party led by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe. Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu who is the leader of the caucus, made the declaration when he led other lawmakers from the party to the APC secretariat. Kalu extolled the leadership qualities of the Buni-led committee , saying “his leadership will bring about required unity among the various members and chapters of the party.” According to him, peace has been restored…
The Federal Government has appealed to the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to suspend the one-week warning strike nationwide. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire made the appeal on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF)on COVID-19 in Abuja. “I use this opportunity to appeal to JOHESU to suspend their strike and go into negotiation. “The position of the Ministry of Health is that strikes by healthcare workers jeopardise the lives of citizens, especially at such times of global health emergencies as now. “Nigeria needs the service of all our health workers to control the spread…
The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) on Monday said that in spite of the marginal losses of the Naira to the dollar at the FX market, the naira would gradually come to remain stable. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, ABCON, gave the assurance on Monday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. ”Naira stability will definitely happen in the market gradually as the BDCs liquidity continue to hit the market,” Gwadabe said. The ABCON chief said that the CBN had enough reserve to defend the naira against volatility or spikes. Gwadabe, however, noted…
Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)/Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, says Nigeria’s national response on COVID-19 is achieving impressive results. The PTF chairman, who stated this at the daily briefing of the task force on Monday in Abuja, said “Nigeria continues to progressively witness declining confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a record low number of 79 cases on Sunday, Sept. 13. “While this suggests that we are winning this war, the reality is that we need to improve on our commitment to eliminate the virus completely by abiding with the…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened trading on Monday with a marginal growth of 0.05 per cent following buying interest in Dangote Cement and 16 other equities. Speficially, the NSE All-Share Index grew by 13.64 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 25,605.59 from 25,591.95 recorded on Friday. Also, the market capitalisation which opened the week at N13.350 trillion improved by N8 billion to close at N13.358 trillion. The upturn was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Chemical and Allied Products, Dangote Cement, Lafarge Africa, Neimeth and Guaranty Trust Bank. The market…
The Police Command in Ogun said it had arrested four men in connection with the death of a policeman, Agada Akoh, who was beaten to death at Dalemo area of Sango Ota on Sept. 13.Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday.The PPRO explained that the policeman was beating into coma by some hoodlums at Dalemo bus stop in Sango OtaHe added that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Godwin Idehai, quickly led his men to the scene where he met the policeman in a pool of blood.“The officer…
Some 5.6 million pupils were back in class on Monday as schools re-opened in most of Italy after more than six months of a Coronavirus-related shutdown. “Today is an important day for the entire national community,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, adding that the government was “not hiding the difficulties.” Some regions have postponed the re-opening date to next week, while German-speaking South Tyrol did it earlier on Sept. 7. In total, there are more than 8 million school children in Italy. Re-opening schools is proving to be a major logistical and organisational challenge, amid fears it may lead to…
The Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa on Monday, said the State Government had spent over N4.27 billion on security from June 2015 to August 2020. Inuwa made the disclosure while briefing members of the state Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Katsina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a businessman, Mahdi Shehu had in July accused the state government of alleged misappropriation of over N52.4 billion on security and other matters in the last five years. Inuwa explained that the government spent the N4.27 billion through his office, on the…