COVID-19: FG to release N6.5bn emergency intervention fund
The Federal Government is releasing additional N6.5billion as an emergency intervention fund to the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bashir Ahmad,…
Coronavirus: Global food security at risk as supply chain gets distorted
Global food security concerns are mounting with around a fifth of the world’s population already under lock down to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 470,000…
Obaseki tests negative for COVID-19, remains in self-isolation
Governor Godwin Obaseki The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has tested negative for coronavirus but has decided to remain in self-isolation. In a statement, Special Adviser to the…
Two guests at Ambassador Oguntade’s UK party die of covid-19; panic among others
Two of the guests who attended the 80th birthday party of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Justice George Oguntade, are dead, some of those who were at the…
Dangote, Wigwe spearhead PPP initiative to help curb COVID-19 spread
Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Industries Ltd., and Herbert Wigwe, Managing Director, Access Bank Group, are spearheading a coalition of private sector organisations to support governments’ ongoing efforts at tackling…
Abule Ado explosion: LASG seeks more support to rebuild community
The Lagos State Government has appreciated individuals and organisations that had supported victims of the Abule-Ado-Soba explosion and solicited further support to rebuild the community. The Commissioner for Information and…
COVID-19: LAWMA dislodges scavengers from Lagos landfills
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it has dislodged scavengers from landfills as a precautionary measure against further spread of coronavirus and other dangerous diseases. LAWMA Spokesman, Kayode Akinleye,…
We need to raise our voices against all expressions of racism, instances of racist behaviour -UN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the world “still lives in the shadow of the transatlantic slave trade” in spite of rejecting racism. In a video message to mark the 2020…
Rivers State records first coronavirus case as confirmed cases soar to 51
Rivers State has recorded it’s first coronavirus case as Nigeria records 5 new cases bringing the total number of cases in the country to 51. According to the Nigeria…
FG proposes review of oil benchmark to $30pb
Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government is proposing a review of the oil benchmark for the 2020 budget from an initial $57 to $30 per barrel…