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Segun Adewole
Delta State government has announced that there will be a restriction of movement in the state starting from 12 midnight on Friday, March 5 to 4pm on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
The announcement was made ahead of local government elections holding in the state on Saturday.
Exempted from the restriction are those on official and emergency duties with valid means of identification.
Also, electorates with permanent voters cards going to their registered polling units to cast their votes will be allowed passage during the restriction period.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Chiedu Ebie, on Friday.
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has today decorated the newly appointed service chiefs.
The event which took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja happened days after the appointment of the service chiefs was confirmed by the National Assembly.
Those decorated by the President include the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amoo; and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo.
Shortly after the ceremony, President Buhari revealed on
Twitter that the service chiefs have his backing and that he has tasked them to ensure peace and security in Nigeria.
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The Nigerian Air Force has appointed new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions and other functionaries, including a new spokesperson.
The newly appointed Branch Chiefs are Air Vice Marshal Dahiru Sanda, who is now the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, Defence Headquarters, AVM Remigus Ekeh, erstwhile Chief of Standards and Evaluation, Headquarters NAF, who has been appointed the Chief of Policy and Plans, HQ NAF.
Former FARC Mobility Command, Yenagoa, AVM Ibukun Ojeyemi, is the Chief of Air Intelligence, while AVM Mahmud Madi has been appointed as the Air Secretary.
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A coalition of Nigerian youths and students from various tertiary institutions on Thursday issued a 14-day ultimatum for the Federal and State governments to take urgent steps to fix the nation’s poor healthcare system or face nationwide protest.
They have also warned the Federal Government against spending the taxpayers’ money on buying of COVID-19 vaccines, arguing that the billions earmarked for the purchase of the vaccines should be used to fix the healthcare sector.
National President of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Comrade Solomon Adodo, read the communique to newsmen in Abuja at the of the First Nigerian Youth/Student Leaders meeting on the state of Nigerian Health Sector, where a resolution to mobilize youths, students and civil society organisations for the nationwide protest was taken.
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