Tag: Shut down
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It is wrong to say govs want tax reform Bills shut down-Gov Sule
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that it is wong to say that governors of the 36 states are against the Tax Reform Bills, explaining that they only wanted to get clarifications in some areas. The governor explained: “The issue of increasing the VAT from 20 per cent to 60 per cent…
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Kano at a standstill as banks, offices, power sectors shut down over strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Kano State chapter has joined the nationwide warning strike with the shutting down of government offices and other critical sectors. It was gathered that as early as 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the labour union were on ground to carry out enforcement. The State Vice Chairman of the union,…
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Northern Food and Cattle Dealers threaten to shut down food supply nationwide
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) has again threatened to stop food supply to the South and other parts of the country. The union said it would carry out this threat within three weeks if governments at all levels failed to meet its demands within three weeks. National President of…
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National Sports Festival: FG reacts to shut down threats by Edo Government
The Federal Government on Thursday said the 20th National Sports Festival currently ongoing in Edo State will continue as planned despite shutdown threats by the Local Organising Committee. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the LOC had on Wednesday said the Federal Government was yet to redeem its pledge to support the host state financially for the…
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Edo Government threatens to shut down ongoing National Sports Festival today over lack of funds, support from FG
The Governor Obaseki led Edo State Government, hosts of the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin, will shut down the 13-day event by 12 noon Thursday, an official said late Wednesday. Musa Ebomhiana, Project Manager with the Media and Communications Sub-Committee of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), said the decision was necessitated…
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Nigeria should shut down should another school abduction occur – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday warned Nigerians against accepting kidnapping of school children in parts of the north as a way of life. Soyinka who lamented that the government and security agencies have failed Nigerians, said he did not know what else to recommend as panacea to the nation’s “abnormal times.” The octogenarian…
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Shut down your private hospitals or be sacked, Nasarawa govt tells doctors on payroll
The Nasarawa State Government has resolved to sack any medical doctor who is on government payroll and still run a private hospital. The state Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarin Kana, who spoke to journalists yesterday after the state executive council meeting, added that they must close down their private hospitals. He said the action would allow…
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Seven private clinic staff test positive for COVID-19 in Ondo, Govt shuts down operations
The Ondo State Government has shut down operations of a private clinic in Okitipupa after seven staff at the clinic tested positive for COVID-19. This is just as the state recorded 30 new cases within one week. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu who announced this at a press briefing on Monday said the number of COVID-19 cases…
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Coronavirus: Ikpeazu orders shut down of private hospital
Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday announced the indefinite closure of the private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention before their referral to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia. Ikpeazu told reporters in Umuahia, the state capital that all the medical staffers and…
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INEC, APC, PDP shut operations nationwide over Covid-19
As Nigeria grapples with the deadly Coronavirus, several democratic institutions in the country have been forced to shut down operations to curtail the spread of the killer-virus. Among these institutions include, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); political parties, All Progressive Congress (APC); People Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP). INEC, has said…