Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 2nd May 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 2nd May 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Nigerian hoteliers count losses, urge govt on palliatives
With the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) putting the daily loss of revenue by Nigerian hotels at N2 billion, many of them are counting their personal losses, calling on the government to offer quick succour before the situation deteriorate further, occasioning total shut down by some of them. We have experienced total loss We have experienced total loss as we could only pay half salary for one month and other months will be without pay and many staff will be laid off. We are not coping well until…
Kidnapped woman regains freedom in Ekiti
A woman, who was reported to have been kidnapped alongside the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, has been released by her abductors. The victims were abducted on Sunday evening along Isan-Iludun road by unknown gunmen and a councilor at Ilejemeje Local Government Area was shot dead at the scene by these bandits. The kidnappers later contacted the commissioner’s family and requested a N30 million ransom, which they later reduced to N15 million, as negotiation proceeded. Confirming the release of the woman to journalists in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, the…
Police arrest man for ‘insulting’ Buhari, Masari
The Police in Katsina State said on Thursday evening that they have arrested three persons for allegedly insulting the President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari on social media. The police titled the statement ‘Conspiracy and intentional insult against the President and Governor of Katsina state by one Lawal Izala and two others on social media’. But the statement neither stated when the offence was committed nor reveal when the suspects were arrested. The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah, signed the statement. The statement gave the…
Customs’ North Central Unit effects 44 seizures in 2 months
In compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on total blockage of Nigeria’s land borders, the Joint Border Operations (JBOD) Sector 3 of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) covering Niger, Kwara, Kogi and Benue States, headed by Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba, has made 44 seizures of various contraband goods from March this year till date. A statement issued by the NCS’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kwara State Command, Chado Zakari, said the items seized include 1,657 bags of foreign rice, bringing the total number of seized bags of foreign rice from…
Ramadan: Pray for world’s healing, ADC urges Muslims
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged Muslims to spend this holy period in the Islamic calendar praying for Nigeria and the world. In a Ramadan message to Muslim faithful, the National Chairman of ADC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, said all countries were facing the worst socio-economic catastrophe caused by the pandemic, and would need fervent prayers to sail through with minimal pain. He added that world powers still appeared confounded at this point in time as regards choosing the lesser evil, between rising deaths and huge economic losses, noting that…
UNWTO decries travel restrictions on 100% of global destinations
The United Nations World Travel Organisation (UNWTO) has revealed in its latest research report that 100 per cent of global destinations have been affected by travel restrictions and bans introduced by countries due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. According to it, this represents the most severe restriction on international travel in history. According to the report, 83 per cent have had COVID- 19-related restrictions in place already for four or more weeks and, as of April 20, so far no destination has lifted them. While lamenting this development, UNWTO…
…FG won’t revert VAT to 5%
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the control of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has said that the Federal Government will not revert the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) to five per cent in order to provide succour to businesses as it eases lockdown in the country. The PTF chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, at its daily briefing yesterday, equally vowed to investigate the allegation that health workers in public facility demand money for Protective Personal Equipment (PPEs) from…
PTF: 3,000 community informants to aid COVID-19 response in Kano
Following the high number of confirmed COVID- 19 cases in Kano State, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has said the World Health Organisation (WHO), was putting a 3,000 man team of community informants in place to strengthen the COVID-19 coordination in the state. Kano State within two weeks since its first confirmed case, as at May 1, has 219 confirmed cases whilst more testing were still ongoing. Chairman of the PTF, Mr. Boss Mustapha who made this known at the daily briefings yesterday in Abuja, reiterated the commitment…
Don’t heat up the polity, Edo govt tells Oshiomhole
The Edo State Government has condemned in the strongest possible terms the activities of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in organising what has been described as ‘APC faction’s mock primaries’ through the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, describing it as capable of heating up the polity in the state. In a statement, Secretary to State Government (SSG), Mr.Osarodion Ogie, said it was despicable of Oshiomhole to organise such an event at a time the world was reeling from the havoc of coronavirus, with over 200,000 persons lost to…
COVID-19: Dokpesi, 7 family members test positive
The founder DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, his daughter-in law along with six other members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus). A test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on the Dokpesi’s family had returned positive for eight members of the family yesterday in Abuja, even though High Chief Dokpesi maintained he was feeling well, an indication he was asymptomatic to the virus. High Chief Dokpesi and the affected family members were immediately evacuated by the NCDC to the isolation centre at…
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