Empowering 50,000 people with disabilities

Empowering 50,000 people with disabilities The federal government says 50,000 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) will benefit from its conditional cash transfer to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Secretary, National Commission of Persons with Disability, James Lalu, at a press conference in Abuja weekend, said data collection for beneficiaries would commence today. Fair hearing for Kanu The President of the Customary Government of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emeka Emekesiri, weekend commended the federal government for “the opportunity for fair hearing” given to the rearrested IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Emekesiri spoke at a virtual conference with the theme ‘The Arrest of Nnamdi Kanu: What Next for the Biafra Struggle’, organized by Elombah TV. He said if the Federal Government “wanted to kill him (Kanu), they had enough time to do so. Let the course of law prevail in his case”. 49 arrested in Yoruba nation protest The Lagos State Police Command Sunday paraded 49 suspects arrested at the ‘Yoruba nation’ protest. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, paraded them at the command headquarters. The protesters had on Saturday staged a protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos. They were dispersed by security men. The CP explained that the suspects were arrested for violating the ban that no rally or gathering should hold in Lagos State. FCTA demolishes 400 illegal structures on airport corridor The Federal Capital Territory Administration Sunday demolished over 400 illegal structures posing a security threat along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road to enhance security of lives and property in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the demolition, which affected Lugbe-Across, Lugbe-Berger, Car wash and Lugbe Zone 5, lasted for eight hours with heavy security personnel to avoid breakdown of law and order. What are you waiting for? Get access to all Daily Trust publications on your devices to read for as low as N1200 per annum. Stop waiting. Subscribe here, now, right now, right here 3rd COVID-19wave hangs over economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern on some issues that, it says, may significantly affect the pace of Nigeria’s economic recovery if measures are not taken. This is coming on the heels of fears of possible outbreak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The IMF made the statement in a recently published report titled ‘Sub-Saharan Africa: We Need to Act Now’. Bad day for secessionists When the news first flashed in the social media, announcing the capture of Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and that he was on his way to Nigeria, I took it with a pinch of salt until the broadcast and confirmation by Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice. That was a bad day for secessionists, writes Gamba Dori, Southern govs meet over restructuring  Southern governors will converge on Lagos today for a meeting on insecurity. They had earlier met in May in Asaba, Delta Statem where they arrived at a 12-point resolution, including the ban of open grazing of cattle in the region, restructuring, creation of state police and review of revenue allocation formula. Today’s meeting will be hosted by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House, Alausa, Ikeja, with all the 17 governors from the region expected to be in attendance. Copyright © 2021 MEDIA ALLROUNDERGIST, All rights reserved  09050714608 Instagram Twitter Facebook : @allroundergist