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FG Finally Confirms ₦1.4bn Donation to Niger Republic For Vehicles

August 3, 2022 2:32 pm

After a massive backlash on them amidst the speculations of a ₦1.4billion donation to the Republic of Niger to aid in the acquisition of some operational vehicles for their Government, the Federal government of Nigeria has on Wedesday, justified the approval despite the fact the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on a strike action for some months for some lack of funds.

Zainab Ahmed who is the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning had also confirmed the purchase, while fielding questions from reporters, shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which had been presided over …

13 Teachers Gets New SUVs In Lagos From Sanwo-Olu

13 Teachers Gets New SUVs In Lagos From Sanwo-Olu

June 30, 2022 5:15 am

The Government of Lagos State on Wednesday unveiled a set of technology-driven modular learning spaces which is aimed at introducing an innovation to the design of a modern classroom. This was even as the State government announced the donation of SUV vehicles to 13 teachers in the state. 

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while commissioning a nine-classroom block built to replace decrepit concrete structures in Vetland Junior Grammar School, a government-owned model college in Agege Local Government Area revealed that the interactive modular classrooms were improvised using standardised reusable freight compartments known as container. 

Each of the classroom compartments is adequately insulated …

June 12 Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 12: Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 13, 2022 4:42 am

The family of the winner of the annulled June 12 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement the manifesto of the late politician as a way of honouring him.

This, the family believes, would give succour to the less privileged in the country.

The Head of the Abiola Family, Murtala Abiola, made this appeal while addressing newsmen during the annual prayer session for the late business mogul at their family compound in Gbagura, Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.

According to Murtala, Abiola’s ‘Farewell to Poverty’ manifesto proffered solutions about how to provide succour …

#EndSARS: Government Continues The Clampdown Of Promoters

#EndSARS: Government Continues The Clampdown Of Promoters

November 17, 2020 9:44 am

Even as many notable Nigerians and organisation calls on government to stop the persecution of #EndSARS protesters, report has said that Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Lagos on Monday filed an application at the Yaba Magistrate Court demanding for court order to detain one of the #EndSARS protesters, Eromosele Adene, for an extra 30 days.

Eromosele was said to have been taken to the state police command headquarters after being arrested from his Ikeja home about 10 days ago. He was detained at the SCID in Panti and was subsequently flown to Abuja to Abuja …

ASUU Strike: ASUU, FG Meet In Abuja

ASUU: Why We Haven’t Called Off Strike

October 27, 2020 8:12 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.

The UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU in place of government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

ASSU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH said the government needed to give the clearance to National Information Technology Development Agency to conduct integrity test on UTAS.

“The integrity test will be handled by NITDA, it is government that will …

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

October 26, 2020 4:51 pm

Cameroon was in shock on Sunday after a massacre at a school in the English-speaking southwest of the country, which the government has blamed on separatist militants there.

Communications Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said that “groups of armed secessionist terrorists” had carried out “a terrorist act of unbearable cruelty and barbarity”.
Army spokesman Cyrille Atonfack Guemo told AFP that seven children had been killed, while the government had initially spoken of six “murdered” and the UN said at least eight were killed and twelve wounded by gunfire and blows from machetes.

The government said 13 children had been wounded during

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We Don't Want War - Eduano Obani Sings About Referendum

We Don’t Want War: Eduano Obani Sings About Referendum

July 16, 2020 1:53 pm

At a time when many activists are rising up in Nigeria to protest the ills of the Government towards its citizens, a concerned Nigerian has expressed his opinion through his talent.

Popular reggae dancehall maestro, Eduano Obani has released another track titled We Don’t Want War.

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This song talks about the cons and disadvantages of Nigeria going to war once more. He quoted that going to war may cause destruction that would be very difficult to recover from.

The song said in parts, “if we fight once more, I don’t

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Illegal Construction - Lagos Shuts 42 Buildings

Illegal Construction: Lagos Shuts 42 Buildings

June 26, 2020 2:42 pm

The Lagos State Government says it has shutdown 42 buildings in the state over illegal construction.

The government also said it targets meaningful reduction in the incidence of illegal building construction as it extends its Special Enforcement Operations to Lekki to herald its Zero Tolerance for illegal building construction in the area.

Leading the operations, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako stated that it was high time the menace of illegal buildings became a thing of the past as it had become necessary to stem the tide of building collapse and also protect the built …

Nigerian Officials In Trouble As FG Probes Leakage Of Memos

Nigerian Officials In Trouble As FG Probes Leakage Of Memos

May 26, 2020 11:35 am

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reacted angrily to the leakage of memos to the public allegedly by government officials.

The Nigerian government bemoaned that state documents, including classified ones, were being sent out by public officers.

Announcing that the matter is under investigation, it described the development as, “embarrassing.”

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The federal government declared that perpetrators will be dismissed and prosecuted.

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, (HOSF) Folasade Yemi-Esan, gave the admonition in a circular to the presidency, ministries, departments, agencies, security agencies, among others.

The circular

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US Evacuates 44,000 Americans From Nigeria, Other Countries

US Evacuates 44,000 From Nigeria, Other Countries

April 7, 2020 1:20 pm

The United States Government on Tuesday gave an update on the evacuation of its citizens in Nigeria and other countries amid the COVID-19 global crisis.

On Monday, Ethiopian Airlines evacuated 385 Americans to Washington D.C.

They were airlifted with a B777-300 aircraft from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

A ‘Fact Sheet on Repatriation of American Citizens from Nigeria’ sent to DAILY POST on Tuesday by the U.S. Embassy said the Department of State’s priority was the safety and security of all citizens overseas.

“We are rising to meet the historic challenge posed by the COVID-19 epidemic, every day, all

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UK Orders 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson

UK Orders 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson

March 26, 2020 1:06 pm

The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson to help deal with the coronavirus crisis.

The firm, headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson, said it had designed a new type of ventilator in response to a call on behalf of the NHS.

The order is still subject to the devices passing stringent medical tests but that is expected to happen quickly.

Dyson has had hundreds of engineers working round the clock to design the ventilators from scratch.

Blitz spirit

It hopes to build the ventilators at scale from its UK base in Wiltshire – using aircraft hangars that were …

Coronavirus Deaths - Spanish Govt Warns Worst Yet To Come

Coronavirus Deaths: Spanish Govt Warns Worst Yet To Come

March 22, 2020 12:40 pm

The Spanish government warned on Saturday that “the worst is yet to come” after the national coronavirus toll surpassed 1,300 deaths and 25,000 cases, although it also said it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The second-worst outbreak in Europe showed no sign of slowing as the death toll jumped by more than 300 from the previous day. Intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals.

“We have yet to receive the impact of the strongest, most damaging wave, which will test our material and moral capacities to the limit, as well as our spirit …

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