Day: April 8, 2020

After a clash between the police and traders, no fewer than six youths were feared dead yesterday in Kaduna State . Traders at the Sabon Garri-Trikania market had trooped out for business activities when they could no longer bear the brunt of the stay-at-home order by government. But to enforce the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown order, armed policemen were said to have opened fire to disperse them. Before the pandemonium died down, six of the youths reportedly lost their lives. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mohammad Jalige, said the state command…

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Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetable oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. Attah said that the relief items were to boost the Federal Government continuous efforts to alleviate sufferings associated with the painful but necessary ongoing lockdown in some parts of the country. He disclosed that the items approved to be released were…

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Implementation of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes has been faulted by the leadership of the National Assembly, noting that the conditions set by officials most times excluded poor Nigerians for which the initiative is intended. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made these observations about the SIP on Tuesday when they met with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, and other top officials of the ministry. Also in the meeting were the Deputy Senate…

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