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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has expressed his appreciation to the citizens and residents of the North-East (NE) Region for genuinely supporting the ongoing intensive clearance operations by troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) towards the restoration of permanent peace in the Zone. The CDS equally allayed the fears of the general public on the ongoing mass surrendering of Boko Haram (BH)/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) ex-fighters to the AFN.

The Lagos State Government says it will resume vaccination against COVID-19 on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with the administration of the Moderna vaccine.

The Federal Government says it will soon inaugurate National Environmental Sanitation Response Intervention to cholera outbreak in Kubwa, Abuja, currently the epi-centre in the FCT.

Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi, wife of Nigeria’s first Military Head of State, Maj-Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state’s COVID-19 test positivity rate presently stands at 12.1 per cent.

Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige , on Monday described the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) ruling on the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) strike as a welcomed development.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the Aguiyi-Ironsi family, government and people of Abia, on passing of Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi.

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says flood has killed three people, destroyed 2062 houses and 6000 farmlands in the state this year.