COVID-19: Lagos carries out assessment of 329 primary health Centres
To meet up the healthcare needs of Lagosians in the face of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos State Government has carried out a comprehensive assessment of 329 Primary Health Care centres in the State. Disclosing this during a Ministerial press briefing to commemorate Governor Sanwo-Olu led administration’s first year in office, the State…
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Be prepared to welcome independence of Biafra in no distance future – Nnamdi Kanu
Having successfully celebrated May 30th Biafra day, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday assured Biafrans and indeed the entire Igbo to be prepared to welcome the sovereignty and independence of Biafra in no distance future. Kanu has been struggling for the actualization of Biafra sovereignty and has been…
Banks get two-week deadline on ATM, e-banking complaints
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all banks to resolve all outstanding issues relating to failed Automated Teller Machine, Point of Sale terminal and other electronic banking transactions within two weeks, starting June 8, 2020. It also revised timelines for reversals and resolution of refund complaints on electronic channels. A statement signed by the…
Buhari to decide on worship centres’ reopening today – PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Sunday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and discussed the next phase of reopening of sectors in the country. The PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, said one of the recommendations submitted to Buhari was that Nigeria would enter the second phase of the battle against the…
Okotie opposes social distancing in churches, slams CAN
The Pastor of the Household of God Church, Oregun, Lagos, Rev. Chris Okotie, has tackled the Christian Association of Nigeria, saying the body cannot be the mouthpiece of Christians in the country. Okotie, in a statement on Sunday, said CAN “is an amorphous organisation sustained by a Christian appellation.” “It is bereft of any authority…
BREAKING: Former NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru, is dead
The immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, is dead. Baru’s death was announced by the current GMD of the corporation, Mele Kyari, on Saturday morning. The former NNPC boss was said to have died late last night. In a tweet via his official Twitter handle, Kyari described his…
Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kufour, 12 ex-African leaders back Adesina
Some former African leaders including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan have expressed their support for the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina. In a statement signed by some of the past presidents, they said Adesina had been doing a remarkable job in steering the organisation. Part of the statement reads,…
NCDC cries out as rapid test kits black market rises
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday raised the alarm over increasing deaths caused by rejection of patients in the country’s hospitals. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, at the task force press conference in Abuja, lamented that despite the admonition of the Federal Ministry of Health, …
Bobrisky arrested over alleged N30m fraud
Police detectives from Abuja, on Thursday, arrested cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over an alleged N30m fraud. It was gathered that Bobrisky was arrested at the Lekki area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that a yet-to-be-identified businesswoman petitioned the police and alleged that Bobrisky fraudulently collected the sum of N30m from her….