COVID-19 : Tambuwal seeks Buhari, PTF intervention , announces curfew
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Amidst the rising statistics of COVID-19 cases in the state, Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Sunday night, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 for urgent intervention in the areas of logistics and technical support to stem the disturbing trend in the state. Tambuwal, like […]
GROUND ZERO: Nigerians losing their jobs as COVID-19 hits the economy …Government donors sacking their staff. Whats the way out?
GROUND ZERO Saturday, May 2, 2020, on Invicta 98.9fm. SNIPPETS1- Nigerians losing their jobs as COVID-19 hits the economy…. Government donors sacking their staff… Atiku sack 46 staff, Access Bank sacks 800 staffs… State governments slashes salary. Whats the way out? GUESTS –Abdul Bako Usman is the President Campaign for DemocracyMike Odeh Akatu, is a […]
I FEAR FOR NORTHERN NIGERIA
The spike in the incidences of COVID-19 in Nigeria and particularly in the northern states calls for serious concern. It presents the region with inarguably its most daunting challenge in history. Apart from Mal. Nasir Elrufa’i of Kaduna State and perhaps a few of his counterparts in the middle-belt or north central states, other governors […]
EDO: PDP CONGRATULATES MEDIA ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY.
… Charges Journalist to be Fearless and Objective! The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has Congratulated Journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every May 3. Edo PDP charged the media community not to relent in its commendable role as fearless and objective partners in the collective effort to take […]
Biotechnology Society of Nigeria BSN COVID-19 Response Commitee Offers Services In Fight Against Pandemic
The Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, BSN, COVID-19 response Committee, has offered to develop alternative testing kits capable of detecting antigens from COVID-19 samples, as its contribution in the fight against the pandemic. In a statement signed by the President of the Society, Prof. Benjamin Ewa Ubi, and made available to newsmen on Saturday, BSN said […]
COVID-19: Kaduna State Launch Neighborhood Markets
KADUNA UPDATE: KDSG releases locations of temporary neighbourhood markets The management of the Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company has released the list of locations of temporary neighbourhood markets that will become operational from Saturday, 2nd May 2020. This follows the directive of the Kaduna State Government that all major markets will be closed and […]
100 Days in Office: Uzodinma’s Administration an All-Round Failure – ILP
A socio-political pressure group, Imo League of Patriots – ILP has taken a swipe at the administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, describing it as an all-round failure. The Group, in a Press Release signed by its Director of Publicity, Professor Luke Mgborokwu and made available to newsmen in Owerri, said the first […]
Why we killed Kaduna Catholic Seminarian –Kidnap leader confesses
Molly Kilete, Abuja The leader and mastermind of a kidnap gang that murdered a Catholic seminarian, Michael Nnadi, of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna State, has told of how he killed the young priest who he said demonstrated outstanding bravery. He said the deceased kept preaching and told him to his face to change […]
The Guardian correspondent in Sokoto, Meya dies
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The Guardian Newspaper correspondent in Sokoto state, Mr Eric Meya is dead. Meya passed on Wednesday evening at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto after a brief illness according to a statement issued by the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ). Mourning Meya’s demise while expressing regret on […]
KDSG confirms 16 new Covid-19 cases from Kano almajiris
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed the sad news that there are 16 new Covid-19 cases in the state. These new cases are almajiris who came from Kano. Their test results returned positive from a sample of 40 persons whose test results were released today. These latest cases have raised the number of […]