CORONAVIRUS: Foreigners are leaving Nigeria to make use of their health facilities – Minister
Foreign citizens are being evacuated from Nigeria because they are more familiar with the health systems in their countries, says Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. The PUNCH reports that countries including the US, the UK, Israel and member States of the European Union have started evacuating their nationals from Nigeria amid the coronavirus pandemic. Although the…
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CORONAVIRUS: UN donates medical equipment to Nigeria
The United Nations has donated €80,000 (N32.5m) worth of medical equipment and supplies to Nigeria to assist in the fight against coronavirus. The materials include diagnostic machines and kits, reagents and laboratory consumables, biosafety supplies, such as personal protection equipment and laboratory cabinets, amongst others. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, who made this disclosure on…
COVID-19 support fund: World Bank excludes Nigeria from first batch of beneficiaries
Nigeria has been excluded from the first set of beneficiaries of the World Bank’s COVID-19 Emergency Health Support programme, which is aimed at strengthening developing countries’ response to the pandemic. The first operations of the COVID-19 support programme was launched on Thursday, following approval by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Nigeria was conspicuously…
CORONAVIRUS: FG Divides NASS Budget by N25.6bn
Strong indications emerged Thursday night that the federal government has slashed 2020 of the National Assembly (NASS) budget to N25.6 billion. The amount represents 20 per cent of the N128 billion approved for the National Assembly for this fiscal year. It will be recalled that the approved 2020 budget for the Federal Government was N10.3tr…
BREAKING: Lagos state discharges four COVID-19 patients
The Lagos State Government has discharged four coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of discharged persons in the state to 23. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday. The state had earlier discharged 19 patients. Details later…
COVID-19: We didn’t expect something worse than Ebola – FGN
The Federal Government has asked Governors to provide, at least, 300-bed space facilities in their respective states “in case of an upsurge in the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spreading across the country”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Friday in Abuja, when he featured on a News Agency of Nigeria Forum…
China rolls out $56 billion to banks in virus response
China’s central bank said Friday it would cut the reserve requirements for smaller banks to release around 400 billion yuan ($56.3 billion) in liquidity, a move to counter the coronavirus impact on enterprises. The People’s Bank of China said in a statement it will also slash the interest it pays on financial institutions’ excess reserves…
Atiku’s son talks on COVID-19 experience
Mohammed Atiku, is a son of former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has said Nigeria can defeat the raging coronavirus pandemic with collective efforts. He urged all Nigerians to comply with directives from the World Health Organisation, the Federal Government, the state government and other relevant bodies so that Nigeria could overcome the pandemic. He spoke in…
Lagos state Governor and Wife tests Negative for Coronavirus
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Joke, have tested negative for coronavirus. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known early Friday morning. Before announcing the results, there had been fears over the status of the governor who was believed to have met with some positive cases, But Abayomi…
Residents fights garri sellers over increase in price – Edo State
At Oregbeni market, Edo state, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area on Thursday, violence broke out as protesting buyers pounced on sellers of garri in the market. They beat and forced them to reduce the cost of garri which had been increased by over one hundred per cent above the normal price. Following the partial…