President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday ordered the dispatch of special teams to deliver needed assistance to 12 states most ravaged by the seasonal rains. A statement by the Spokesperson to the President, Garba Shehu said “the states to receive the teams conveying reinforcement of reliefs and other equipment through the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, include Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Edo, Anambra, Delta, Kano, Jigawa, Rivers, Bayelsa and Adamawa. Some of the states that received first support from the Presidency are: Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Sokoto, Jigawa and Kaduna. President Buhari once again expressed the nation’s sympathy to the victims of…
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Saturday said there would be no delay in the release of results of the just-concluded 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE). The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Godswill Obioma, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. The examination, which was initially scheduled to hold on March 28, was postponed following the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The examination eventually held on Saturday, Oct. 17. According to Obioma, a total of 92,591 candidates registered for the examination nationwide this year, to hold in 639 centres. He said that the figure was…
Human and vehicular traffic were grounded on Saturday on major road’s in Nsukka town, in Nsukka local government area of Enugu state, as a result of the #EndSARS protest. The large number of protesters converged at the Union Primary School Nsukka, as early as 10 am, and went through Nsukka Barracks to Achara, Aku, Enugu road among others. Speaking to newsmen, one of the protesters, Mr Chidi Onah a lawyer and human rights activist said youths in the Nsukka senatorial district, also joined their counterparts nationwide to support the #EndSARS campaign, end to police brutality, as well as calling on…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari will be commissioning the Lagos-Ibadan railway in January 2021 to improve movement for cargoes and passengers in the country. Amaechi made this known during an oversight visit from Lagos to Ibadan to inspect the ongoing construction of the standard gauge in Ibadan on Saturday. He said that the contractors had done their best with the project, while attributing weather conditions as one of the challenges being faced by the contractors. “We have cooperation from the various communities along the standard gauge construction; the contractors have done what they could…
Oyo State has reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus new cases in two months, with other 72 persons who tested positive for the virus on Friday The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed, up from 13 new cases the day before. The latest figure has brought the total COVID-19 cases to 3,409 while 814 patients are currently being treated for the coronavirus illness in the state. According to data on NCDC’s microsite, the COVID-19 recovery rate in the state has reached 74.95 per cent, while the fatality rate stands at 1.17 per cent. As of Saturday morning, the total number…