The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has begun the distribution of 54 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machines and other medical kits to health facilities in nine Niger Delta states, an official said. The NDDC Managing Director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, flagged-off the distribution in Port Harcourt on Monday, according to a statement by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili. Pondei said that the commission decided to distribute the machines to enable the states to increase the test for COVID-19. “So, we are concluding our COVID-19 intervention with the distribution of PCR machines across the Niger Delta region. “We hope…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The House of Representatives says the increase in subscription by Multichoice/DSTV, is unacceptable, insists on Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO). Rep. Unyime Idem, Chairman, House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee investigating the non implementation of PAYGO Tariff said this on Monday in Abuja. He said that given the current situation as occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic, Multichoice/DSTV should suspend the increase in the monthly subscription. Idem said that the house was of the opinion that MultiChoice, the owners of DSTV was not sensitive to the plight of Nigerians for increasing tariff of their various bouquets and anchoring that on VAT increment from five per cent…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala, who is contesting for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO),has already emerged as one of the final two candidates for the position. Although the agenda between the president and Okonjo-Iweala was unknown to newsmen as at the time of filing this report, it was however learnt that the former minister’s visit to the Villa might not be unconnected with her efforts to clinch the WTO’s…
Police in Katsina State have confirmed the killing of eight persons in an attack by gunmen on Shau village in the Ruwan-godiya community of Faskari Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, Gambo Isah, a police superintendent, told newsmen that the incident occurred on Sunday night. He said that the gunmen attacked Shau village, razed many houses and wrecked the vehicle of the village head. He added that a combined team of security operatives was deployed to the area to engage the criminals who escaped from the counter-attack.
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has recovered and paid into the Federation Account more than N474 million from Guinness Nigeria Plc unremitted excise duty. The Public Relations Officer of RMAFC, Mr Christian Nwachukwu made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, the commission’s Chairman, Mr Elias Mbam, said that the recovery was part of the progress recorded by its verification exercise on selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria. Mbam also said that the exercise was done on companies that paid excise duty into the federation account. The chairman said that excise duty…
A Federal High Court has fixed Oct. 19, for continuation of trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). The registry gave the date, following the absence of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja and Maina on Monday. Also, the trial of a Briton, James Nolan, over his alleged complicity in the 9.6 billion dollars judgment against Nigeria in the Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) scam. The court registrar announced that today (Monday)’s sitting would not be holding because Justice Abang was attending a seminar. Maina had, on Oct. 8, in a viral video…
Alhaji Ibrahim Mallaha, Chairman of Zamfara chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has died on Sunday in Germany. This was confirmed in Gusau on Monday by Yusuf Idris, Director-General to Gov. Bello Matawalle on Media, Communications and Public Enlightenment. Idris said Mallaha died as a result of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Germany where he was on support machine over kidney related ailments. The deceased left behind four wives, many children, grand and great grand children. A major cotton farmer and contractor, Mallaha was the state Deputy Chairman of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) between 2003 and…
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), is set to inaugurate the Nigeria Agriculture Gender Network (NAGN). This is contained in a statement signed by the Knowledge Management and Communications Advisor, IFAD-Nigeria Programmes, Mrs Vera Onyilo on Monday in Abuja. The NAGN is a national network designed to enhance knowledge sharing, promote experience and information exchange among donor funded agriculture/rural development programmes in Nigeria in respect to women, youth and other vulnerable groups. Onyilo said that the aim of the network is to provide peer support structure, learning and experience…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the violent crime on South African farms poses not just a threat to the safety of the rural communities, but also to the nation’s food security. The president refuted the claim that violent crime on farms is part of an orchestrated campaign by blacks to drive white farmers off their land. Ramaphosa said in his weekly presidential newsletter that it’s wrong to think that farm attacks affect just a small part of the country’s population. He reminded South Africans that the farming community produces the food they eat, adding that “the farming community is…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has charged the Legal Aid Council to ensure equal access to justice for all irrespective of means and that Constitutional rights of citizens are respected, protected and defended. A statement from Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice said Malami made the call in Kano on Monday while declaring open a 2-day Legal Aid Governing Board Retreat with the theme: “The Role of the Governing Board in the Corporate Governance: Providing Strategic…