President Buhari Meets Service Chiefs For Security Briefing (Photos)

Service Chiefs, President Buhari

President Buhari has met with the Service Chiefs for security briefing.   EKOHOTBLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, presided over a meeting with the Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   This online news platform reports that the meeting was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), … Read more

President Buhari Makes Important Appointment

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President Buhari has made an important appointment. EKOHOTBLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Dikko Umaru-Radda, to serve for another five years.   The reappointment of the DG was made known via a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of … Read more

FG Imposes Travel Sanctions On Passengers Who Shun COVID-19 PCR Tests

COVID-19

…passengers arriving Nigeria must go through the routine port health screening and present electronic or print-out evidence of pre-boarding COVID-19 PCR test…  The Federal Government has imposed travel restrictions on passengers who shun the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the … Read more

COVID-19: FG Places Lagos, Six Others On Red Alert

Travel Restriction List, FG, Lagos, COVID-19

The Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert over the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert following the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest … Read more

SGF Clarifies Phase Four Restrictions

COVID-19

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has clarified the misrepresentation in the briefing of the PSC on Monday. The SGF stated that the announcement by the National Incident Manager, Dr. Mukhtar Mohammed, during the PSC press briefing was taken out of context. The Secretary to the Government of the … Read more

COVID-19: FG Gives Update On Resumption Of International Flights

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– FG reveals that it is making effort to ensure the safe reopening of international flights – Boss Mustapha reveals this during the daily Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 briefing – According to him, conversations are ongoing between the taskforce and the Ministry of Aviation regarding reopening of international flight The Federal Government says it is … Read more

Why There Are Mistakes In Nigeria’s COVID-19 Data- PTF Boss

PTF Blames Spike In COVID-19 Infections On Travels, Activities Of Worship Centres, Others

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Boss Mustapha, says the few mistakes recorded in the data on COVID-19 is because of dialogue approach in handling samples in Nigeria. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said the process of collecting and handling the data is usually tedious … Read more

Nigeria Did Not Request For Madagascar’s COVID-19 Herbal ‘Cure’ – SGF

The Federal Government has said that it did not request for the Madagascar herbal remedy for COVID-19 but that the Government of Madagascar had donated to African countries “in the spirit of African brotherly love”, sending the West African consignment to Guinea Bissau. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made … Read more

Boss Mustapha Says Reappointment As SGF A Call For Re-Dedication

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has described his reappointment as a humbling experience and a call for rededication. The SGF, who spoke to newsmen on Sunday at the Yola International Airport on his way back to Abuja after a weekend visit to Adamawa State, said he found his reappointment … Read more

Lawan Congratulates Abba Kyari, Mustapha

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has congratulated Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha over their re-appointments by the President. Lawan, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa said the re-appointments … Read more