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Gombe State Government has said it is open to alliance with any organisation whose thematic area is to address the incidences of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the state. The Secretary to the state Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi stated this when he granted audience to Violence Against Persons Alliance, VAPP, a coalition of non governmental organisations formed ...

…NEMA supports Edo govt with palliatives for 64,613 households The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is boosting its capacity to improve emergency response with the training of medical first responders. The governor said this during a courtesy visit by the Director General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Rtd. ...

The administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Government has expended over N4.3 billion in clearing the backlog of outstanding pension arrears owed about 3,128 pensioners in the state. The state government also spent N25, 047,472,632.77 in the monthly pension payment of 13,081 pensioners from November 2016 to May 2020, The Street Reporters Newspaper gathered. According to a Mid-Year ...

By Nicholas Obisike Begins Total Overhauling of Facilities in the General Hospital, Agbani Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has ordered the total overhauling of facilities in the General Hospital, Agbani, Nkanu West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Ugwuanyi gave the order on Monday when he inspected the new structure at the General Hospital and the state of ...

The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreysus, has declared the coronavirus outbreak is “time for humility”, echoing the 2020 prophecy of Nigerian cleric TB Joshua. On Monday 18th May 2020, Ghebreyesus, whilst addressing world leaders who had gathered for the first virtual session of the World Health Assembly amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, announced, “If this virus ...

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries, and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social protection systems, according to new analysis from the International Labour Organization (ILO). Two briefing papers released by the ILO warn that the current ...

…AS FCTA RELEASES GUIDELINES ON EASING OF LOCKDOWN IN THE FCT TO BE ENFORCED BY ALL SECURITY AGENCIES The FCTA will enforce rigorously the guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown in the FCT as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Territory. In his message to the residents of the FCT, announcing the new guidelines, ...

…Challenges NCDC on Testing Capacity as There Could Be Shocking “Dark Figures” on COVID-19 Infection The Street Reporters Newspaper presents a strongly worded and data-laden open letter from the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) to the Director General, Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and need for ...

The Enugu State Ministry of Health further recommends the following to the good people of the state as part of the precautionary measures to contain Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): 1. Stay at home as much as you can. 2. Use a clean cloth mask daily if you have to go out. 3. Do not touch the front of the mask while ...

Controversies have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s distribution of COVID-19 lockdown palliatives as items sent to all states in the South West of Nigeria were said to have included rotten rice. Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo states, The Street Reporters Newspaper learnt, were set to return to rotten rice to the Federal Government while Lagos State Government, reports ...

International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety), has written a strongly worded letter to the Nigerian Army and Police authorities demanding immediate investigation into an alleged shocking and startling revelations concerning the criminal activities of stationed or drafted soldiers and policemen who openly and shamelessly undermined the Government efforts at controlling the spread of COVID-19 by engaging ...