By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 497 COVID-19 cases, adding to a recent surge in infections that is driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official website handle on Sunday morning. The new infections indicated a decrease from the 590 cases announced on Friday. The COVID-19 cases have continued to rise across Africa, including Nigeria, signaling the third wave as the country confirmed the deadly Delta variants. The NCDC said there were no additional COVID-19 related death on Saturday, keeping the death…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the report of the four-man investigative panel constituted to probe him. A statement by the spokesperson of the Force, CP Frank MBA on Saturday, the IGP in his letter to the Police Service Commission, PSC, dated 31st July, 2021, noted that the recommendation is in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. According to the IGP, the suspension would also create an enabling environment for the NPF Special Investigation Panel, to carry out…
Nigeria’s Police Service Commission, PSC, on Saturday posited that it is strange for US court to order arrest of a Nigerian resident in Nigeria as a sovereign country. The commission’s position is coming in the wake of the US court’s order granted the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, to arrest Nigerian Police Officer, DCP Abba Kyari in connection with a $1.1 million fraud by Abbass Ramon aka Hushpuppi. According to a Commissioner of the Police Service Commission, Mr Austin Braimoh, neither a report of allegations not that of indictment against DCP Abba Kyari, had formally been forwarded to it from…
The Junior Chamber International, JCI, says it has dewormed at least 100 children at the New Kuchigoro Internally Displaced Persons Camp in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The President of JCI, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Abuja Unit, Mr Desmond Umukoro said this in an interview on Saturday. Umukoro further said the organisation also provided over 150 treated mosquito nets for women in the camp. He said the gesture was part of the group’s humanitarian services to society. He also spoke on other JCI programmes, saying the NGO had provided opportunities for youths to develop themselves. “One of such opportunities…
The Minister of State, Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu on Saturday, disclosed that the federal government had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads. He made the disclosure during a visit to Kebbi governor, Atiku Bagudu at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. The Minister was in Kebbi to ascertain the level of work executed by the state government on the construction of some federal roads in the state. “Out of the total distance of roads we have across the country, ove 34,000kms are under the jurisdiction of the federal government out of which we are currently working on…
The Economic and Funancial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest and detention of the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren said Saraki was invited for questioning over allegations of corruption and money laundering. According to him, the former senate president was currently in the custody of the commission for continuation of interrogation. However Saraki, reacting through a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu on Saturday, said his visit to the office of the anti-graft agency, was on his own volition but ‘never arrested’. “The Media Office of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, detained former president of the senate, Bukola Saraki over allegations of theft and money laundering, reports in Abuja has revealed. Sources familiar with the ace politician’s arrest confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES. Saraki, who has faced series of allegations relating to corruption and false declaration of assets, was set free by Nigeria’s Supreme Court in June 2018. However, the anti-graft agency this time around, detained Saraki on allegations of theft and money laundering, by use of a network of cronies and proxy companies. PT reports that the suspected proxies, after…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members across the country to embark on a total strike from Monday, August 2. This directive was issued on Saturday at the end of the executive meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union held in Umuahia, the Abia state capital. Briefing reporters at the end of the meeting, NARD National President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, disclosed that members have been asked to proceed on a nationwide indefinite industrial action. “We are embarking on a total and indefinite strike on August 2, 2021. You can recall we had a…
In a bid to arrest the theft of clips on rail tracks around the country, the federal government has commenced massive installations of anti-theft clips to check acts of vandalism, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said. The minister, who revealed this while briefing State House correspondents on Friday, in Abuja, on the measure adopted by his ministry to guard against the thefts, stated that the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) lost no fewer than 15,000 clips along the Abuja-Kaduna rail line in the last five years. As a result, he revealed that his ministry had resolved to henceforth…
The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, has commended park rangers in the Presidential Villa for their role in protecting wild animals and plants in the official seat of government. Umar made the commendation when he received a delegation of rangers in the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The delegation was led by Mrs Kehinde Abidemi, Assistant Conservator of Parks and Wildlife Curator, State House, and Dr Haruna Tanko, the Head of the State House Veterinary Unit. The permanent secretary paid tribute to rangers in the country who had lost their lives in the line of duty, since the…