Check out the latest news in Nigeria this evening below.

1. Jigawa Distributes COVID-19 Palliatives To 1,500 PWDs

The Jigawa State Government has distributed 7,000 packages of COVID-19 palliatives to no fewer than 1,500 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

Mr. Muhammad Usman, Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the items were part of the 94 trucks of 49,941 packages containing varieties of food donated to Jigawa by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID).

Usman said the items would be distributed to PWDs across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

He listed the items donated as 1,500 packets of 5kg Sugar, 1,500 bags of 10kg rice, 1,000 bags of 5kg white maize grills, 1,500 cartons of Spaghetti, and 1,500 cartons of noodles.

The Chairman added that the items would be distributed among the hearing impaired persons, visually impaired persons, persons affected with leprosy, as well as the physically challenged.

2.

The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that four persons were killed by soldiers and their bodies dumped in a pond in Jos during a clampdown on looters of private properties in the state.

The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, described such reports as malicious and mischievous.

Enenche explained that the soldiers attached to the Special Task Force (STF) Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), were never engaged in any professional misconduct in preventing criminals from perpetrating crimes in the state.

He said that the troops in an attempt to stop hoodlums from looting the residence of the former Speaker House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara on October 25, only arrested the perpetrators.

According to him, the hoodlums and vandals invaded the private property of the former Speaker at Lamingo, to loot it.

3.

Following the agreement between government and labor unions in Osun, the State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the new minimum wage for workers in the state, effective from November 1 this year.

The Governor also lifted the ban on annual salary increment effected 8 years ago and lifted the embargo on promotion and conversion with immediate effect.

Addressing labor unions in the state, Governor Oyetola said the approval for the minimum wage would increase the state wage bill by N750 million, but added that his administration has introduced measures, which includes fiscal discipline and creative innovation, to meet the challenge posed by the increment.

4. Delta State Government Relaxes Curfew From 8 pm To 6 am

Asaba-Delta State Government on Saturday announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed in the State after the hijack of the peaceful End SARS protests.

The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu in a statement said the curfew would now be from 8:00 pm till 6:00 am with effect from Saturday, October 31.

Expressing the State Government's appreciation to Deltans observing the curfew aimed at restoring normalcy in the state, Aniagwu in the statement said: "As a government, we are not unmindful of the stress our people are going through on account of the curfew, but it was inevitable to protect the life and properties of Deltans.

5. Artisans In 11 States, FCT Receive N30,000, One-time Grant -

The Presidency has said that artisans in 11 states and the FCT have started receiving the N30,000 one-time grant under the Artisan Support Scheme of the Federal Government.

The Artisan Support Scheme is under the Federal Government's Survival Fund program to support Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Nationwide.

Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, the Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

He said that the beneficiaries in 11 states and the FCT were in the first stream and had started collecting the N30,000 one-time grant

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