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NIS query Female Officers for partaking in #Bopdaddychallenge (Video)
Nigerian Immigration service(NIS) has written a query to its female officers who took part in the recent #bopdaddychallenge. According to a letter dated April 15 shared by Oluwaseun Owosobi, founder of Stand to End Rape Initiative, the female officers were accused of indecent flaunting of their bodies and desecration of the NIS uniform in the video which as written in the query has caused a lot of embarrassment to the NIS.
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Covid-19: Ondo State discharges Index Case
Ondo State government has announced the discharge of its index case, a military officer who returned from Indian and showed some symptoms during isolation before he was taken in for treatment. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who stated this at a media briefing said the first case was successfully treated due to high quality care. He also added that 22 contacts traced to the first case have tested negative and two other persons undergoing treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital have tested negative and the result of the second test is being awaited.
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Covid-19: Chinese Billionaire, Jack Ma donates Third Set of relief Materials to Africa
Chinese Billionaire, Jack Ma has announced that the third donation of relief materials to Africa will immediately be given to the African union and Africa CDC. He made this known via his twitter handle on Monday 29th of April. He wrote: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC. “This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 clothing sets, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 thermal guns, 100 body temperature scanners and 500,000 pairs of gloves.”
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Ganduje signs Law to deport non-indigenous Alamjiris
Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has signed the Infectious Diseases Regulation Law 2020, to allow him deport Almajiris who are non-indigenes of the state in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. The governor disclosed the development on the new regulation on Sunday when he received a situation report from the State’s Task Force on COVID-19 and the fundraising committee at the Government House in Kano. “We closed all schools in the state to curb the spread of the pandemic but we found out that existence of Almajiri schools is constituting a stumbling block,” the governor said. Ganduje also…
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Abducted Naval Officer, David Igbashal killed for rituals
Naval officer David Igbashal who was abducted on the 22nd of February, 2020 by unknown armed men in Akwa Ibom State on his way home from Calabar has just been confirmed dead. He was a fresh graduate from the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA, and was posted to Calabar port. Reports have it that 11 of his abductors suspected to be ritualists have already been arrested by security operatives in a Shrine in Agbor, Delta state.
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Ganduje relieves Commissioner’s appointment for mocking late Abba Kyari
Governor of Kano state, Umar Ganduje has sacked the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in the state, Engr Mu’azu Magaji. According to a statement by the government on Saturday he Mu’azu was sacked for making unguarded utterances against the person of late Abba Kyari, a statement from the State Information Commissioner See the statement below: @GovUmarGanduje of Kano State has relieved the appointment of the Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engr Mu’azu Magaji, he was removed following his unguarded utterances against the person of late Abba Kyari, a statement from the State Information Commissioner.
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Abba Kyari: Presidency reacts as FFK calls to express his condolence.
The presidency has commended former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode for calling in to express his condolence over the death of Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari. According to a tweet by presidential aide, Femi Adesina via his Twitter handle he stated that Fani-Kayode’s action showed he is human despite being anti-buhari. His tweet: “Fani-Kayode phones in to condole with Presidency on passage of Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. A great lesson for those who rejoice in evil. “Fani-Kayode is morbidly anti-Buhari, but human enough to express his condolence.”
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Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari buried in Abuja
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, April the 17th, has now been buried. His remains were brought in an ambulance to the Defence House in Abuja, where family members, as well as his colleagues, gathered to pay their last respect. He was laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja. Credit: Channels TV
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Abba Kyari: Buhari has lost a competent right Hand Man – APC
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) has reacted to the death of Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari who died of Coronavirus on Friday April 17th, saying the president has lost a competent and loyal right hand man. This was according to a statement by the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu. “Even in death, the fond memories and indelible strides Mallam Abba Kyari left on earth will be celebrated for a long time. We remember a cerebral Nigerian who excelled in his private dealings, professional endeavours and public service, the statement reads “President Buhari has indeed lost a competent,…
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51 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded 51 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a tweet on Friday, April 17, the NCDC reported thirty-two cases in Lagos, six in Kano, five in Kwara, two each in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo, and one each in Ogun and Ekiti. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria to 493, discharged cases 159, and Deaths 17.
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It is all propaganda, FG can’t provide free electricity – Transmission Company of Nigeria
Managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Mohammed has said that the federal government cannot provide free electricity to Nigerians. Speaking on Thursday April 16, the head of the agency owned by the federal government said the proposal for “free electricity” is mere propaganda. Usman said; “There is this information that went round that power is going to be free. I don’t know where that information came from. “But I can tell you that there is nothing like power is going to be free because the federal government cannot make power free. The federal government does not own the power.“In the…
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IGP Adamu orders immediate redeployment of Rivers Commissioner of Police
The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of Rivers State Police Commissioner, Dandaura Mustapha. This was confirmed in a statement released by the force public relations officer, Frank Mba on Friday April 17. Joseph Mukari has been appointed as the new police commissioner in the state while Mustapha is now the commissioner of police, provost at the force headquarters, Abuja. Mba said; “The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered the posting and redeployment of the following Senior Police Officers to Command/Formation/Department indicated against their names:i. CP Dandaura Mustapha – CP Provost FHQ,…
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