Tinubu urges Buhari to make palliative cash payments through BVN
National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Federal Government to make cash payments to households through Bank Verification Numbers (BVN)...
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Buhari issues new directive to COVID-19 Task Force
Following the increasing cases of infections in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to intensify efforts in contact...
OVID-19: Abians react as Ikpeazu orders compulsory wearing of face masks
Mixed reactions have trailed the Abia Government’s directive on compulsory wearing of face masks by residents and visitors to the state to prevent the spread...
‘Keke’ rider dies in Police custody in Port Harcourt
By: Felix Ikpotor While the case of E-Crack, Rivers State Police Command versus Chima Ikwunado and the Ikokwu4 is yet to be resolved, a tricycle...
US suspends funding to WHO over coronavirus ‘failure’
United States President, Donald Trump, has announced that his administration has suspended funding for the World Health Organisation for “failing in its basic duty” to...
NCDMB donates ambulance, ventilators to Rivers
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has donated life-saving equipment comprising of ventilators, ambulance and other medical consumables to Rivers State Government. This...
COVID-19: Ogoni youths demand list of NDDC N100m palliative beneficiaries
Ogoni Youths Federation, OYF, has written the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, demanding a list of beneficiaries of the N100 million released by the commission...
Northern councillor disappears with COVID-19 relief packages, declared wanted
A Councillor in Katcha Local government Area of Niger State has been declared wanted for allegedly disappearing with of 30 bags of grains meant to...
Nigerians who recharge N100 airtime, have N5,000 account balance will get cash – FG
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, says the federal government considers Nigerians who buy N100 call credit as poor and will ensure they get...
Covid-19: RSU donate sanitizers to Rivers State Govt
By: Emmanuel Nlewedum The Rivers State University has donated cartons of alcohol based hand sanitizers to support the Rivers State Government’s fight against the spread...