Tag: Federal Goverment
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BBNaija Ordered to be Shut Down by Federal Government.
The Federal Government has reportedly ordered Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to take Big Brother Naija (BBN) off the air, over fears of a possible spread of COVID-19 among housemates. According to TheCable, Armstrong Idachaba, acting director-general of the NBC, on Wednesday, told senior management members that he had been directed by the minister of information […]
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No School Would Participate in WAEC – Adamu
The Federal Government has reversed it’s earlier announcement of schools resumption saying federal government schools across the country won’t open for the WASSCE. The examination which was earlier postponed from March indefinitely over coronavirus restrictions. But the Minister of state for education Emeka Nwajuiba had announced that the examinations would take place from August 4 […]
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Lai Mohammed says Chinese Doctors Have Resumed Work at Isolation Centres
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday. He said that the Chinese doctors who tested negative of the coronavirus upon arrival were helping their Nigerian counterparts in capacity building by working at our isolation centres, putting together and setting up […]
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COVID-19: People with over N5,000 in the bank won’t get palliatives
The FG has said that people with over N5,000 in their bank account will not benefit from the palliatives to reduce lockdown effect on masses. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has said that citizens with over N5,000 bank account balance will not be part of the beneficiaries of […]
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Covid 19: Federal Government Stops Cash Transfer In 4 States
SOFO can confirm that FG has suspended the Conditional Cash Transfer in Abia, Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa state due to failure of the pay service providers assigned to the four states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Alhaja Sadiya Umar Farouq has ordered the termination of the contract of two Pay Service Providers (PSPs) assigned […]