The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti Corruption, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Monday flagged off the second phase of the disbursement of multimillion naira bursaries to 346, orphans in the State. The bursaries were provided by the Saudi Arabia based, International Islamic Relief Organization, IIRO, to assist the orphans to pursue both western and Islamic education, at all levels . The beneficiaries of the second phase of the invaluable gesture were drawn from seven local governments which include Dange/Shuni, Binji, Wamakko, Bodinga, Sokoto South, Sokoto North and Yabo. Each of the beneficiaries…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) on Tuesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic affected collection efficiency and remittance by the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the first quarter of 2020. In the First Quarter Report 2020 posted on its website, the commission said out of the combined invoices of N185.08 billion for energy and administrative services received from Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) and Market Operators, only a total of N60.20 billion (representing 32.53 per cent) of the invoice was settled. It said this created a total deficit of N124.88 billion (including tariff shortfall). ”The commission notes with concern…
By Ahmed Attahiru, Gusau The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Faruk has disclosed that the Federal government will expand cash transfer to one million additional households in the country. The Minister made the disclosure Monday during a town hall meeting with stakeholders at Taula event center in Gusau, Zamfara state capital said Federal government has reiterated its commitment to support the state government in addressing the challenges of economic vulnerability. “The Ministry will continue its partnership with the State Government to implement humanitarian, social inclusion and protection measures,” she said. According to the Minister,…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba on Monday denied media reports which said he quit the France national team over comments made by the country’s President Emmanuel Macron. The comments were perceived to be against Islam. The French leader this month had declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communities in France. A newspaper report alleged that Pogba, a practising Muslim, reacted to Macron’s comments by quitting the national team. “Unacceptable,” the 27-year-old wrote on a Twitter post along with a “fake news” sticker on a screenshot of the headline. “So …….. (the newspaper) did…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has cautioned motorists not to engage in panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, assuring of normalcy in the supply of petroleum products. Dr Kennie Obateru, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday added that the long queues currently being experienced were due to the curfew imposed in some states over the EndSARS protests. Obateru said that the curfew affected the free movement of vehicles for the supply of products, but assured of normalcy in a couple of days. “The disruptions and…
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 25 suspects for allegedly looting private and public property, as hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday. He said that following the current trend of #EndSARS protests in the country and the subsequent hijacking of the protests by hoodlums, the state witnessed the looting and destruction of property. He said consequently the state government imposed a 24-hour curfew to curb criminal activities of the miscreants. Jalige said that with the responsibility of enforcing law…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos state, on Monday faulted Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s alleged claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP disagreed with Sanwo-Olu and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in a statement in Lagos by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani. Gani accused the Sanwo-Olu-led APC government of “dishonesty and extortionate tendency”. According to him, the act of inflating and over costing governance in the state has now become spread in the Lagos State Government’s…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has disclosed that there is no case of hoarded relief materials meant for COVID-19 palliative in the state. The governor disclosed this Monday at a stakeholders meeting on the fallout of the nationwide ‘EndSARS#’ protests, which eventually snowballed into ransacking of many warehouses suspected to be hoarding the COVID-19 palliative across some states in the country. “Sokoto state never recorded both the protest and the attendant mayhem. “The state received two categories of COVID-19 palliative since the pandemic broke out. “There was one by Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), which was a donation by an ensemble…
By Ahmed Attahiru, Gusau Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity of the Nigeria army, operating in the north west, have killed 38 bandits, rescued 108 kidnap victims and destroyed 10 bandits camps in Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko at a press conference which held at Faskari Army Super Camp on Monday, said the troops had intensified operational activities in the theatre of operation. “Nigerian Army’s mandate is to completely rid the North West zone of the country of armed bandits, cattle rustlers, kidnappers and incessant killings of innocent citizens. “The gallant troops …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Lagos state the nation’s epicentre of the COVID-19, on Sunday recorded zero infection. The NCDC, on uts verified Website said it recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said with the 62 new infections, the country now have 61,992 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The NCDC also said that 180 COVID-19 patients were is charged across the country in the last 24 hours. It announced that one new COVID-19 death was reported in the last 24 hours with the national death toll at 1,130. The centre said that 10 states and FCT recorded new…