President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, temporarily halted proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday to rebuke Senators who had been breaching the social distancing rule advised by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to curb the spread of coronavirus. Lawan, who made the observation at the commencement of the session, had to temporarily […]
About 42,000 people have fled violence by armed groups in northern Nigeria near the border with Niger in recent weeks, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday. The region is prone to communal clashes over land and water rights, especially between nomadic herders and farmers. The UN agency said the refugees, “mainly […]
In a bid to ensure the wellbeing of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has enjoined the authorities to encourage the use of locally developed remedies for the management and treatment of Covid-19 ailments in the country. Adopting a motion sponsored by Mr Prestige Ossy during plenary presided by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, the House argued […]
The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country due to coronavirus travel restrictions. In a statement on Monday, the mission said it had received no fewer than 200 requests for evacuation. To this end, it stated that a Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that no operator can switch on 5G in the country without a licence, insisting that it has not licensed any operator to operate with the technology. It made the clarification yesterday while reacting to claims that some Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) were on the verge of powering 5G […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the Federal Government to implement evidence-based easing of the COVID-19 lockdown to avert massive infections in the country. While calling for synergy between the federal and state governments, the groups said an uncoordinated opening up of the economy could […]
Kano state government has extended the lockdown in the state by a week to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Malam Muhammed Garba made this known in a statement issued on behalf of the government late Monday. It said the action became imperative after due consultations […]
Besides effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, there are indications that Northern states embarked on the deportation of almajirai to cut down on anticipated expenses. Governors of the region last month had agreed to send the almajirai back to their states of origin. The states, however, appear to be deliberately cutting down on possible […]