PFN, while recognising the right of the Central Bank of Nigeria to monitor the movement of funds within the banking system, said they should not create the impression that they are acting in furtherance of a different agenda. The National President of the body, Rev. Felix Omobude, urged the Federal Gove...
The protest had, last month, degenerated into violence after hoodlums hijacked it. In the aftermath of the protest, various accounts emerged on what happened when Nigerian soldiers opened fire at the scene of the protest. The recent account is the feature currently on CNN, where the news station says it...
TO contain the spread of yellow fever in Enugu State, the government, on Thursday announced that it had commenced vaccination of 922,463 residents in the three council areas, where outbreak had been confirmed. Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), Dr George...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of a newspaper vendor in Abuja by one of the security details as horrible, saying he is distraught by the incident. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he personally signed and issued in the early hours of Friday, said he...
The Federal Government announced the completion of the first phase in the rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos and a planned 18 hours total closure of the bridge. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, announced this during the inspection of the bridge. He said...
No fewer than eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Wailo orientation camp in the Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi have tested positive for coronavirus. Also, two more persons have died of suspected yellow fever, raising the number of deaths so far recorded at 10 sin...