The Federal Government has confirmed the appointment of Professor IBRAHIM AGBOOLA GAMBARI as the Chief of Staff to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, confirmed the appointment of seventy-five-year-old Professor GAMBARI just before the Federal Executive Council meeting. Meanwhile; the new Chief of Staff to the President, Professor IBRAHIM GAMBARI,…
Some Nigerians who were brought back from Dubai have protested against being tested for Covid-19. The Dubai returnees who are being kept in isolation at a hotel in Lekki area of Lagos State, made their position to the Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI. They also criticized Professor ABAYOMI for informing the public that one of their…
The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence-fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country as part of efforts to ease the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the waiver during a meeting in Abuja between the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, and the…
The Lagos State Government has shifted the resumption of civil servants of grade level 15 and above to tomorrow, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the adjustment during a media briefing yesterday, ahead of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown, which begins today. Governor Sanwo-Olu also said state civil servants of grade level 14…
The Nigeria Police Force says 27 police personnel have suffered series of attacks and assaults from members of the public since the enforcement of the COVID19 lockdown began. These include ASP Adeyemo Ogunyemi, as well as Inspectors Ojola Abiola and Queen Eguaoje, who were assaulted by a woman identified as Kehinde Afolake at Gbolagunte, Okeola area of…
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 Fellow Nigerians I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that…