Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said yesterday that Nigeria doesn’t need more than N150 billion to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said in December 2020 that the federal government needs about N400 billion for COVID-19 vaccines. According to Ehanire, N400 billion would be required to vaccinate 70 percent of Nigeria’s […]
The inter-ministerial committee on the disposal of assets forfeited to the federal government, has commenced the process of selling final forfeited assets in 25 locations across the country. Dayo Apata, chairman of the committee, made this known on Tuesday at a press conference. President Muhammadu Buhari had on November 9, inaugurated the committee following a […]
Tunde Bakare, overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, says President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed Nigerians. Bakare stated this while speaking with Dele Momodu, a journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine, in a virtual interview on Instagram, held on Tuesday. The pastor said the drum of disintegration “is louder […]
A Delta State High Court judge , Anthony Okorodas, says he recently discovered that the three children he had with his first wife are not his. Okorodas said in a statement that he made the discovery after he had sponsored two of them to university while the third one was already 17 years old . […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday hailed governors of the South – East region, under the auspices of South – East Governors’ Forum , for banning open grazing and other related activities of Fulani herdsmen in the region. Recall that the Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of the forum, Dave Umahi, had on Monday […]
Against online reports of the appointment of his successor, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, was among government officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari from Daura on Tuesday. He was joined by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello to receive the president […]
An elder statesman, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the extrajudicial killing of Fulani in South West to save Nigeria from disintegration. Tofa spoke on Tuesday, hours after a fresh attack on a Fulani community in Ogun State that led to the killing of a herdsman and the burning of […]
A former governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip , Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from prosecuting him on the same offence of allegedly laundering N 7. 1 billion . According to him , having been tried once by […]
The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigeria Identity Management Commission. According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension […]
Six gunmen wearing masks and dressed in black uniforms invaded Warsa Piti , in Mariri District of the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed two persons on Monday . The gunmen were said to have shot indiscriminately , killing the two villagers before escaping into the forest when military personnel arrived at […]
