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The Federal Government on Friday said it has released N4.5 billion to 31 Federal Teaching and Medical Centres across the country for the payment of hazard and inducement allowances for the month of April and May. Senator Ngige, flanked by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, said that the money was released early morning of Friday. The Minister also said that they briefed President Buhari on the strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD. It will be recalled that NARD had on Sunday directed its members to go on strike over the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, and poor remuneration for members as they battle the raging Coronavirus pandemic. According to him, “Just this morning, before we went to see Mr President, the Ministry of Finance reported that as at this morning, 3 am, they have paid the allowances for hazard and inducement to 31 teaching and Federal Medical

By Chigozie Igbo  The constituents of Anambra South Senatorial District, in Anambra state, are still basking in the euphoria of the  celebration of one year in office of their Sistinguished Senator, Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who has shown dexterity and maturity, even in the face of so many cases thrown on his path to distract him. Little wonder, Plato stated that "Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act ‘Rightly’ because we are ‘excellent’, in fact we achieve ‘excellence’ by acting ‘Rightly."  Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah in the last one year has achieved excellence by acting rightly. His constituents, Anambra state and Nigeria has indeed benefitted from the role he has played in the Senate, most especially in articulating for streams of revenue for the federal government through the signing into law by President Muhammad Buhari the bill SB 21: Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act( Amendment) Bill,2019. Its

--- appeal to Obiano, IGP, CP to stop the invasion by cultists, armed youths Some elders of Umuneri Village , Isu-Aniocha, Awka North local government area, Anambra state yesterday rose in condemnation of the forceful takeover of their entire lands by the Anambra state Housing Development Corporation Awka led by Arc. Willie Okafor. The elders said they have placed a caveat emptor on the land for buyers to beware of the danger signals to avoid regrets.  The Elders asked all intending buyers of the 54.27 hectares of land Green Valley Housing Estate among others surrounding it to beware and shun doing business with Anambra state Housing Development Corporation Awka with regards to the land until all matters pertaining to it is resolved or lose their investment. They described as treasonable felony, fraudulent and wickedness, the invasion of the entire Umuneri Village land by Housing Development Corporation Awka to build an estate against 54.72 hectares being negotiated with them by some o

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the disbursement of funds from the $200 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund to indigenous manufacturers and service providers in the oil and gas sector. This was part of the President’s speech during his June 12, 2020, Democracy Day Speech on Friday. This is part of the Federal Government’s effort to boost indigenous participation in the oil and gas sector in order to continue to grow local content and invariably increase investment in the sector. According to the President, ‘’We continue to grow local content in other areas of the oil and gas sector with the disbursement of funds from the $200 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund to indigenous manufacturers and service providers.’’ As at July 2019, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), which has the responsibility to manage this fund had disbursed about $160 million to local oil firms.

The Imo state government led by His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma have inaugurated the Imo State Community Policing/Advisory Committee at the Mbakwe Exco Chambers, Government House, Owerri The members were charged to ensure that they work hard to fish out criminals in Imo communities and villages.   Federal Government, through the Presidency, has approved the formation and inauguration of similar formations all over the country.  The sole aim is to ensure peaceful co-existence of indigenes and non-indigenes, ethnic groups and tribes in our communities all over the federation.   The Committee is not an alternative to Nigerian Security Agencies like the Police or the Army, rather the outfit will partner with them to ensure that our communities are properly secured, hence making their security job seamless and easy.   The Committee is to work to ensure that we live together in love and in peace and to smoke out all criminals, reduce acrimonies among Nigerians in our domai

The Federal Government has continued to evacuate Nigerians trapped in countries around the world as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This comes as a new set of 269 stranded Nigerians arrived in the country from India in the early hours of Saturday. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) announced the arrival of the returnees on its Twitter handle. According to the agency, 103 of the evacuees arrived in Lagos and 166 others landed in Abuja at about 2am, after a few hours of delay. Following their arrival, the returnees were subjected to compulsory 14 days self-isolation, in line with the protocol by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The NIDCOM stated that all the evacuees tested negative before boarding the plane and would be re-tested within 72 hours at a designated testing centre of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). They were brought back to Nigeria from India aboard an Air Peace plane which first landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Ai

By Karen James. At the premises of the Onitsha high court, the Nigeria Bar Association Onitsha branch Chapter elected new executives that will pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years according to their constitution. The election produced Bar.Onyechi Ononye as the new chairman of NBA, Bar. Margret Wilcox as vice chairman, Bar.Frank Ibechukwu as Secretary, Bar.Stella Ikeogu as the Social Secretary and Princess Ajama muoneke as the Treasurer of the Association. Speaking to news men,the outgoing NBA chairman Bar.Ozoemena Erinne said that the task of moving the association to greater heights remains the top priority of the newly elected executives. Bar. Erinne listed the renovation of the Bar center to a classic type with building of public toilet for convinence to the general public and members of the bar as well though its not free as it requires payment at the point of entry. He also advised the incoming chairman and his executives to consolidate on his achievement to

Nigeria records 627 new COVID-19 cases, another high for two consecutive days, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control(NCDC) says. In a tweet on Friday, the centre said Nigeria has 15,181 cases of the COVID-19. The NCDC also said that as at June 12, 12 deaths were recorded. The however said that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. NCDC said that Lagos state again led the state ranking with 229 new cases. Abuja trailed behind, reporting 65 new infections. Other states with new infections include Abia (54), Borno (42), Oyo (35), Rivers (28), Edo (28), Gombe (27), Ogun (21), Plateau (18), Delta (18), Bauchi (10), Kaduna (10), Benue (9), Ondo (8), Kwara (6), Nasarawa (4), Enugu (4), Sokoto (3), Niger (3), Kebbi (3), Yobe (1), and Kano (1). The NCDC said that till date, 15,181 cases had been confirmed, 9891 active cases 4891 cases have been treated and discharged deaths , 88, 432 samples have been collected, and 399 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Ca

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State was last night weighing different options and considering the party he would bear their flag in the September governorship election  after the Prof. Jonathan Ayuba-led Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC for the Edo state Governorship primary election  disqualified him, as well as Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi and Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen.  Sources close to the governor said a final decision would be taken today even as some politicians in the state  had eyes on the Peoples Democratic Party. But even as that option appeared shaky, close friends of the governor boasted that they had a joker, vowing that the governor would be re-elected in September. The governor, his aides, said, would not appeal the disqualification. Presenting the report of the committee to the National Working Committee NWC of the party on Friday in Abuja, Prof. Ayuba cited discrepancies in the names and certificates of the governor. For Ogiemwonyi, the committee

International Police (INTERPOL) has broken silence on the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Igbalodely a.k.a. Hushpuppi Nigerian Notch, recall that Hushpuppi was arrested in  Dubai for allegedly hacking into the United States (US) unemployed database and defrauding the US of over $100 million meant for native Americans in the battle against the coronavirus. Interpol on Friday said Hushpuppi will be extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigeria to face alleged multiple fraud charges. The Commissioner of Police (CP) INTERPOL, Garba Umar, made this known while speaking to The Nation and confirming the arrest of Hushpuppi. He said: “Yes, It is true that Hushpuppi was arrested by the INTERPOL. We are currently working on bringing him to Nigeria to face charges of fraud. “Some of the offences were committed here in Nigeria and he has to answer for them.” He added that other accomplices are currently on their trial as Hushpuppi did not commit the crimes alone. Credits: Daily

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said that his government will recover to the last penny looted from state treasury by his predecessors. Governor Uzodinma stated this on Friday in Owerri while addressing stakeholders of the state including his deputy, Professor Placid Njoku. He said that his government, which is anchored on Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Recovery, will ensure a sanitized system in the state where Imo taxpayers’ money is not taken by a few greedy individuals to the detriment of the large majority. “We have sanitized the civil service system and we won’t be having issues of ghost workers or dead people receiving salary and pension. “Let me sound it as a note of warning, going by the new law on Land Use Charges, all land owners in the state are advised to go for a revalidation of their Certificate of Ownership, otherwise, the government will not hesitate to return their lands to the original owners when the need arises. “I tell you here and now, any land