By Aluta News June 5, 2021 No fewer than 2,500 corps members participating in the ongoing orientation programme in Anambra, on Saturday held a protest march against the proposed scrapping of the scheme. They also marched to show their solidarity for a united Nigeria. The corps members who marched aroundContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 5, 2021 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it seized 34,950 capsules of Tramadol and Diazepam in Lagos meant for delivery to insurgents in Borno. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, inContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 5, 2021 The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), an industry group, says it had received directives from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator, to suspend access to Twitter. The President of ALTON, Mr Gbenga Adebayo made this known in a statementContinue Reading
By Gambo Jagindi June 04, 2021 Ndigbo would not support break up, No secessionist forces can defeat Nigeria, Says Ohanaeze Ndigbo The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that Ndigbo would not support break up, no secessionist forces can defeat Nigeria” adding that Igbo people wouldContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 4, 2021 The Federal Government has expressed optimism that courts and state assemblies would re-open next week, following the resolution it reached with the striking workers in the sectors. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this while addressing journalists at the endContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 4, 2021 Facebook has suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Facebook and Instagram platforms for two years effective Jan. 7. Facebook, in a statement by Nick Clegg, Vice-President of Global Affairs, cited “severe violation” after Capitol Hill riots of January 6 and that Trump’s accountsContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 4, 2021 Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi has called on the Nigerian Army to provide security protection for the workers on Kaduna-Kano, Kano-Maradi and Maiduguri-Port Harcourt rail lines projects that will begin soon. Amaechi made the call when he visited the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen.Continue Reading
By Aluta News June 4, 2021 Industries Limited says its three million metric tonnes granulated urea fertilizer plant is now completed and its products will flood the Nigerian market from Monday. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group, made the disclosure on Friday, as the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele,Continue Reading
By Gambo Jagindi June 04, 2021 Breaking: FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations, Licence OTT and Social Media Operation In Nigeria The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. Segun Adeyemi Special Assistant (media) office of the Hon Minister of Information andContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 4, 2021 The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says there are no genetically modified fish and animals yet in the Nigerian market. He made this assertion on Friday in Abuja during stakeholders meeting for the review of draft guidelines on Genetically ModifiedContinue Reading
