American singer and songwriter Keyshia Cole has expressed excitement over her divorce finalisation with her husband Daniel Gibson after three years. The renowned singer, who took to her Instagram page @keyshiacole to the announce the new development, said that she was so happy that the long awaited divorce approval had finally come to an end, adding that weight have been lifted from both heads “I’m so damn happy my divorce is FINALLY, FINAL!!! This is not a SHADE POST PROMISE! Just a genuinely happy post, that that weight is lifted from over both our heads💜💜#PARTY IN #MALIBU,” she wrote. According…
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The Kebbi Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Jafar Mohammad, says the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will accredit 86 primary and 12 secondary healthcare facilities in the state for the contributory healthcare scheme. Muhammad made this known on Friday in Birnin Kebbi, at a maiden planning meeting on accreditation between the NHIS, Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KECHEMA) and other stakeholders in the state. “A 20-man team of expert from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) led by their Deputy General Manager, Dr Okoh Christopher, came to the state to accredit 86 primary healthcare and 12 secondary health facilities. “The…
The Federal Government has secured a landmark victory in its pursuit to overturn a 10 billion dollar judgment awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the court has granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions due to the exceptional circumstances where the government has uncovered evidence of massive fraud in procuring the award. Malami said the Court heard evidence from the government and the offshore shell company P&ID in relation to the gas supply…
The Federal Government says that successful applicants for the 774,000 jobs slot, under the Extended Special Public Works Programme, will be paid through bank accounts, using Bank Verification Numbers (BVN). Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said at a news conference he jointly addressed with Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mr Nasir Ladan, on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Extended Special Public Works Programme is designed to employ 1,000 unskilled workers in each of the 774 Local Government Areas for road rehabilitation, construction, sanitation, among others. Keyamo said…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has adjusted the curfew from 12 midnight through 4a.m. as it continued the gradual easing of lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The National Coordinator, PTF on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu,disclosed this during the PTF briefing on COVID-19 at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday. Aliyu, however, explained that people on essential service and travellers returning from abroad were exempted from the curfew. “I will first of all start with general movement. We are modifying the curfew to commence from 12 midnight to 4a.m. nationwide…
The Federal Government said on Thursday that the country “is not ready for full-scale re-opening of the economy.” The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said this at the 63rd joint national briefing of the taskforce held at the International wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The SGF expressed the PTF’s belief that while Nigeria is not ready for a full re-opening of the economy, there has been sufficient progress to warrant further relaxation of restrictions put in place to contain the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a female suspect alleged to have defrauded a job seeker of N3 million on the pretext of assisting him secure employment in the commission.In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the spokesman of the Commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, said that the suspect was arrested through her son who she sent to a branch of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to make a transaction for her.Oyewale said that, unaware to the suspect that the commission had placed a Post No Debit (PND) on all her accounts, the suspect sent her son who…
Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resource, says two regulatory bodies in the oil and gas sector will be merged as one regulator in the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Sylva disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. The two agencies are Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). He said that the two would be merged under the name: “The Authority” as regulator in the industry. He said that the agencies would still be relevant to serve as regulators in the industry, noting that without PPPRA and PEF, it would…
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina, has urged the Federal Government to reduce cost of Hajj operations, to enable more Muslims in the country perform the religious obligation. Masari made the call on Thursday, when the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alh. Zikirullah Kunle-Hassan, paid him a courtesy visit in Katsina.Masari, represented by his Deputy, Alh. Mannir Yakubu, said that the call was in view of the fact that the cost for Hajj kept increasing every year due to fluctuation in exchange rate of the nation’s currency, Naira.He also urged NAHCON to review its decision which made…
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched pretty much every person in America – and it shows in the state of our mental health. The prevalence of sleep troubles, lethargy, feelings of hopelessness and other depression symptoms in adults across the country has more than tripled since the pandemic began, according to a new study. In the weeks after the outbreak prompted quarantines and stay-at-home orders, 27.8 per cent of those surveyed had at least one symptom of depression. That compares to just 8.5 per cent of people in 2017 and 2018. And it’s not just that the proportion of people experiencing…