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Festus Keyamo The Federal Government says it will recruit 1,000 itinerant, unskilled workers in each of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGA), in the country from October to December for roads rehabilitation, construction, sanitation, among others. Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said this during the inauguration of the States’ Selection Committees for the Extended Special Public Works Programme on Monday in Abuja. Keyamo said that the programme was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and aimed principally at recruiting 774,000 itinerant and unskilled Nigerians. According to him, the 1,000 persons that the committee will recruit per LGA will be engaged by the Federal Government between October and December this year. “This is for the workers to carry out public works that are peculiar to each Local Government Area. “They would be paid a total of N60,000 each, that is, N20, 000 per month. “They would be engaged in roads rehabilitation and socia...

Alhaji Sabo Nanono The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono on Monday said the Federal Government has earmarked N600 billion to enhance farmer access to agricultural financing in the country. Nanono said that about 2.4 million farmers were targeted to benefit from the interest free facility, designed to encourage application of modern technologies in rice and cash crop cultivation. The minister made the disclosure at the inauguration of the 2020 wet season rice cultivation support programme at Tofai community in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme is being implemented under the Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS). Nanono said the initiative would support farmers to achieve improved productivity, enhance self-sufficiency and food security in the country. He said: “We have commenced farmer registration exercise to capture their inf...

The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave. The respiratory illness caused by the new Coronavirus has been particularly dangerous for the elderly, although other adults and children are also among the 501,000 fatalities and 10.1 million reported cases. While the overall rate of death has flattened in recent weeks, health experts have expressed concerns about record numbers of new cases in countries like the United States, India, and Brazil, as well as new outbreaks in parts of Asia. READ ALSO:  Coronavirus cases in India cross 500,000 as big cities reel from surge More than 4,700 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19-linked illness, according to Reuters calculations based on an average from June 1 to 27. That equates to 196 people per hour, or one person every 18 s...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded N15 million against the Nigerian police over the alleged killings of three members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his judgment, also ordered the National Hospital, Abuja, to immediately released the three corpses in its morgue to their families. Justice Taiwo while granting Reliefs A and C of the applicants, said each of the applicants must be paid by the police a sum of N5 million as compensation for the killings, making a total sum of N15 million. The judge, however, did not grant the prayer that the Nigerian police should tender an apology in two national newspapers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Inspector General of Police is the 1st respondent while the medical director of National Hospital, Abuja, is the 2nd respondent in the three separate charges. Suleiman Shehu, Mahdi Musa and Bilyaminu Abubakar Faska were alleged to have been killed by agents of the first...

Regina Daniels By Lawal Sherifat Billionaire wife, actress and new mom, Reginal Daniels has released a trailer of her journey through pregnancy and childbirth on her official Instagram page. READ ALSO:  Regina Daniels, Ned Nwoko welcome baby boy The proud mom is set to release the full documentary titled “our Circle” on the 30 th of June, 2020 Regina Daniels just welcome a baby boy on Monday. View this post on Instagram . I present to you, OUR CIRCLE. A Docu-Reality on Our Family, Business, My Pregnancy and Child birth. Episode 1 premieres tomorrow exclusively on REGINA ENTERTAINMENT TV on Youtube. Subscribe Now to catch up on all the activities. Follow @retvng . Executive Producer: @princenednwoko Producer: @regina.daniels Production Coordinator: @drachibrand Content Director: @chuks_anyaduba A post shared by Regina Daniels (@regina.daniels) on Jun 29, 2020 at 6:19am PDT vanguard The post Video: Regina Daniels releases trai...

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Former Ambassador and Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Godknows Igali, at the weekend, the described appointment of 2019 governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bayelsa State chapter, David Lyon, as acting Chairman of South-South APC as well deserved. Igali hailed Lyon’s appointment in a statement signed by him, where he commended the wisdom of President Muhammadu Buhari, over the appointment in the APC National Caretaker/Convention committee. The statement reads in part, “The recent appointment of HE Hon David Lyon, the popular winner of the recent Bayelsa State Governorship election, which was reversed in favour of the incumbent, HE Sen. Douye Diri, by the Nigerian Supreme Court, by the All Progressives Congress Party (APC ) to head its affairs in the South-South zone of the country has come with resounding celebrations. READ ALSO:  APC: Giadom hands over, urges colleagues to learn from their mistakes “We appreciate President Muham...

Governor Okowa Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed deep sadness on the passing of his Executive Assistant on Community Development and Youth Matters, Mr Christian Okpambor. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Tuesday in Asaba said the Governor described the demise of Okpambor as “a great loss to Ika nation”. He condoled with the deceased’s family and the people of Owa-Oyibu in Ika North East where he hails from. READ ALSO: It is suicidal to reopen schools now, ASUU President tells FG The governor revealed that the late Okpambor was philanthropic, a virtue, which earned him the sobriquet “King of the boys”. He said that the deceased would be remembered for the many lives he impacted positively on while on earth. “The passing of Christian Okpambor is yet another big blow to us in Delta, particularly the Ika land. “He was a strong party chieftain and a philanthropist of note, who contributed immensely to the growth and devel...