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Eromosele Abiodun Following allegations of corruption and ineptitude by truckers, the federal government has announced that a new Task Team would be reconstituted to manage traffic on the port access road. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, disclosed this in Lagos during a meeting she held with stakeholders including officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Federal Road...

Daily Monitor Thursday December 24 2020 Summary The arrest of Mr Opiyo and four of his colleagues—Herbert Dakasi, Anthony Odur, Esomu Obure and NUPs Human Rights Officer Hamid Tenywa—aroused criticism both in Uganda and abroad. Advertisement Activists have asked the US to impose targeted sanctions on senior leaders of the Ugandan police force, following the arrest of human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo. Police on Tuesday arrested Mr Opiyo, a human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Cha...

Modern Diplomacy Published 3 months ago A new project will help avert the closure of viable micro and small enterprises (MSEs) affected by the health and economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain employment levels during the crisis. The $300 million Rapid Support for Micro and Small Enterprises Project for Turkey, implemented by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkey (KOSGEB), will help people and firms by providing reimbursable support financing for ma...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 23 2020 This photo tweeted by DP presidential candidate Norbert Mao on December 23, 2020 shows (L-R) Kasese woman MP, Winnie Kiiza, detained human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo and Mao himself at Special investigations Unit in Kireka. PHOTO/ COURTESY Summary Mr Opiyo has built his name as a human rights defender and often times been at loggerheads with the government over a number of human rights abuses. Mr Opiyo was reportedly arrested alongside other lawyers i...

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja Amidst apprehension over the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and the urgent need for a concrete arrangement to procure vaccines being manufactured to manage the virus, the federal government plans to raise a supplementary budget to tackle the funding gaps for the procurement of the vaccines. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Infectious Disease Control, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, told THISDAY in an interview at the weekend th...

•El-Rufai tests negative, seeks residents’ cooperation to halt spread Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued new COVID-19 guidelines to regulate social gatherings, workplaces and markets as parts of measures to curb further spread of the virus within the territory; top amongst which is compulsory use of facemasks in public. This is as the Edo State government has urged caution and compliance with safety measures ...

Now that COVID-19 vaccines are out Published 20 December 2020 THE United Kingdom became the first Western nation to begin mass vaccination against the coronavirus disease with 90-year-old pensioner, Margaret Keenan, the first person to receive the vaccine outside of clinical trials. It was a major step in the journey to kick out the pandemic, which has killed more than 1.66 million people worldwide. At least 74.95 million people have contracted the virus, though the number of cases is believed ...

The Frontlines By Joseph Ushigiale Who are the sole beneficiaries of the current revenue drive being enforced by the Presidential Task Force on Ports Decongestion and Easing Apapa Gridlock? The question has become pertinent because whoever is vested with the responsibility of supervising the task force, if he is not the sole beneficiary, ought to know by now that the task force has since outlived its usefulness and it is now operating beyond its brief extorting various sums ranging from N50,000...

By Salisu Sani-Idris Abuja, Dec. 18, 2020 The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued COVID-19 guidelines regulating congregations, workplaces and market places to contain further spread of the virus within the territory. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, who read the guidelines at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said that enforcement teams would be out on the streets of the territory to ensure compliance. Bello also stated that the FCT administration would be wo...

Dec 18, 2020 3rd left, AFRIGIST Governing Council Chairman, Mallam Keita_ Osun Deputy Governor, Mr Alabi_ SGoF, Surv Taiwo and AFRIGIST Executive Director, Dr Akingbade 2nd left. Share The Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) is an extra-ministerial, career, pooling and self-accounting office under the supervision of the Minister of Works and Housing. The office is saddled with the constitutional and statutory responsibilities of carrying out trigonometrical, cadastral and...