August 11, 2020

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has downplayed the possibility of Governor Nasir El-Rufai to protect people of Southern Kaduna.

Omokri said expecting protection from El-Rufai is like expecting Satan to protect you from demons.

The former presidential aide made the remark in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle.

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He, however, urged people of Southern Kaduna to resort to self-defense, but they should not attack.

“Dear S Kaduna people,

“Expecting @Elrufai to protect you from herdsmen, is like expecting Satan to protect you from demons. Article

The Federal Government has unveiled ₦100 billion intervention fund for private school teachers, following the shutdown of schools.

Disclosing this, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba said private school teachers are eligible to access the COVID-19 fund.

Nwajiuba spoke during the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily briefing in Abuja, on Monday.

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He assured that federal government will ensure proper engagement with private school teachers to access the N100 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

“We have forwarded the requests that they made to the CBN and the

Some pensioners in Rivers State have appealed to the state government to pay four years pension gratuities and arrears owed them.

In a statement made available to journalists on Monday in Port Harcourt by their spokesman, Mr Lucky Ati, the pensioners lamented that some of them had not received anything since five years ago (2015).

“We have written several letters to Governor Nyesom Wike to no avail,” the pensioners fumed.

The pensioners blamed the immediate past administration of the state for their plight.

“The administration preceding Wike enacted the contributory pension without preparations and plans for smooth take-off; this has