Kaduna COVID-19: Distribution of Relief Materials in Review
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE As the world grapples with the spread of the deadly corona virus (Covid-19) with varying measures being taken by governments aimed at halting and eradicating it, the negative socio-economic dimension continue to hurt economies and further push many down the rung of abject poverty. Kaduna state, a sub-national government in Nigeria […]
COVID-19: President Buharis 2nd Address to Nigeria (13 March, 2020)
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJAMONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 Fellow Nigerians In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to […]
GROUND ZERO: COVID-19 – Counting the cost of COVID-19, Treatment of Nigerians in China.
GROUND ZERO Saturday, 11 April, 2020, on Invicta 98.9fm. DISCUSSING:-1- Treatments of Nigerians in China… consular general reacts, tackled Chinese officials for seizing the passports of Nigerians in China.2- Counting the cost of COVID-19: Its impact on the economy and livelihood of Nigerians. GUESTS –Dr Edoja Ukwedeh, department of theatre and Cultural studies, Nassarawa State […]
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: OMO-AGEGE DOLES OUT N85M AS PALLIATIVES TO CONSTITUENTS
As part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has commenced the immediate disbursement of cash to some low income persons across the eight Local Government Areas that make up Delta Central Senatorial District. The eight local government […]
FUNKE AKINDELE: THE CONSEQUENCES OF PLEADING GUILTY IN A CRIMINAL CASE
Mrs. Akindeke and her husband were arrested for violating the social distancing regulation. Their lawyer, I believe, advised them to plead guilty. They did and they were convicted and sentenced to 14 days of community service – whatever that meant. Their conviction thus made them interestingly one of the very few known Coronavirus-related convictions in […]
Journalists are under attack for their COVID19 coverage- RSF
Journalists around the world are being harassed, assaulted, and silenced for their reporting on COVID-19. Dictators and oppressive leaders have placed your right to information directly in their cross-hairs. From Hungary passing a “coronavirus law” allowing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consolidate power and suffocate the press, to China expelling 13 U.S. foreign correspondents in an effort to censor information related to the […]
COVID-19: Tambuwal extends ban on Inter-state movement by another two weeks
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state Governments Aminu Waziri has extended by another two weeks the ban on the interstate vehicular movement from and into the state. Tambuwal made the announcement at a meeting Thursday following the expiration of the first leg of the ban which terminated by 12 midnight of Friday 10 April, 2020. […]
Nigerian Consular tackles Chinese officials over Indiscrimination against Nigerians
VIDEO: ‘Stop seizing the passports of our citizens’ — Nigerian diplomat tackles Chinese officials Razaq Lawal, head of the Nigerian consulate in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China, has tackled Chinese officials for seizing the passports of some Nigerians in the country. In a trending video, Lawal was seen addressing a Chinese official he referred to as “director”. […]
Fire at Accountant-General office a stranger coincidence – HURIWA makes fresh claims
ByJohn Owen Nwachukwu The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has categorically stated that the inferno at the office complex of the Accountant-General of the Federation, also known as Treasury House, is suspicious and scary. HURIWA, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and made available to DAILY POST in reaction […]
Taliban Rejects Afghan Government’s Prisoner Release Offer
Success Of U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal Appears Doubtful (New York, N.Y.) – Yesterday, the Afghan government announced the release of 100 Taliban prisoners in accordance with the phased releases required under an agreement signed on February 29 between the U.S. and Taliban officials. However, the Taliban rejected the announcement, claiming they were unable to verify which prisoners had […]