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Daily Post Nigeria Published Nigerian troops of Sector II located in Damaturu axis of Yobe apprehended the collaborators, including logistic suppliers. The troops were led by Major Daniel Chiwar, the Acting Commander of 154 Taskforce, according to PRNigeria. The suspects were found in their hideout at Bulamari area of Ngamdu in Borno State. Items recovered included huge containers of petroleum products they supply to insurgents. However, soldiers engaged Boko Haram, with several gun trucks, at ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences over the death of the former Bauchi State Grand Khadi Alhaji Ahmad Rufai Ibrahim, describing him as “a great religious scholar and jurist who left an untainted record of integrity.” Buhari’s message was contained in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu and made available to newsmen on Sunday. In a reaction to the news of the death, President Buhari said: “The late Grand Khadi was a man of s...

Reps pass 2021 budget for Customs, FIRS The House also asked the CBN to procure four scanners for the Customs. The House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The total budget for the NCS was put at N257 billion. Out of this, N137 billion was approved for capital projects, N99.7 billion for personnel cost and N19.7 billion for overhead. Also, a total of N216 billion was approved for the FIRS f...

Highlights The court questioned how will patients get it if they dont get beds The Centre has said strict action will be taken against hoarding, black marketing of Remdesivir New Delhi: India is witnessing a second wave of coronavirus. The second wave is proving to be much more infectious and dangerous as compared to the first one. The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and AAP government as to why there was Remdesivir drug scarcity in the national capital when the medication was being wid...

Protect dams in Niger, audit military assets — Reps recommend 11 steps to tackle insecurity   The house of representatives has recommended 11 things Nigeria must do to address its growing security challenges. At an executive session on Tuesday, the green chamber urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency “to fast track all measures to ensure the restoration of peace in the country.” Nigeria recorded more than 10 security incidents on Monday as killings and attacks c...

The house of representatives has recommended 11 things Nigeria must do to address its growing security challenge.

The statement read: “It has come to the notice of the management of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) that some unscrupulous elements are scamming unsuspected members of the public, purporting to be conducting recruitment exercise on its behalf. “The Service wishes to categorically state that there is no recruitment exercise currently ongoing and that no agent(s), syndicate(s) or private individuals have been engaged to carry out recruitment exercise on its behalf. “Recruitment into th...

URL copied Image Source : AP A health worker prepares to administer the COVAXIN vaccine for COVID-19 to a man at an indoor stadium. (Representational image) Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has approved emergency use for Zydus Cadilas Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, Virafin for treating moderate COVID-19 infection in adults. Earlier, Zydus Cadila announced that its Phase III clinical trials with Pegylated Interferon Alpha 2b, PegiHep has shown promis...

Northlines Chandigarh, April 21 Following instances of fraudulent claims of leave travel concession (LTC) and other irregularities being detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the Ministry of Finance has ordered that LTC claims paid to government employees over the past 10 years be scrutinised. The Controller General of Accounts in the finance ministry has, in an order issued on April 20, directed its subordinate offices in all ministries and departments that the int...

India eased rules for capital expenditure by government departments, as it seeks to spur spending in an economy that is trying to shake-off the impact of a new wave of coronavirus infections.