liberating Nigeria Blog

China rolls out $56 billion to banks in virus response

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

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 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

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…

FG asks for support from US billionaire for ventilators, withdraws appeal, apologises

FG asks for support from US billionaire for ventilators, withdraws appeal, apologises

The Federal Government on social media, Thursday, pleaded with United States billionaire, Elon Musk, for ventilators to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The government, however, deleted the tweet soon after and apologised to Nigerians. Musk, who is the founder and Chief Engineer, SpaceX, had tweeted on Thursday that his firm had extra ventilators that had been…

FG disowns free Internet promises, COVID-19 donations

FG disowns free Internet promises, COVID-19 donations

The Nigerian Communications Commission has warned Nigerians, especially telecoms consumers, not to fall prey to a fraudulent message being spread on the Internet by a fraudulent website. The commission, in a statement on Thursday, identified the fake website as https://covid-19-fg-grant.blogspot.com/?=1, saying it was asking Nigerians to apply for a free Internet bundle, claiming it was…

Coronavirus: Top(9) Nine latest global developments

Coronavirus: Top(9) Nine latest global developments

The Latest global developments on Coronavirus  are- More than one million cases  At least 1,000,036 cases of infection, including 51,718 deaths have been reported in 188 countries and territories around the world since the epidemic started in December, according to an AFP tally compiled around 1900 GMT Thursday based on official sources. With 234,462 cases,…

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has reached one million

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has reached one million

Figures from worldometers, a website providing official updates on the virus, shows a total of 1,00,800 people have been infected by COVID-19 so far. However, 210,200 of that number representing 21 percent have recovered from the disease. The infection has spread to 204 countries and territories since the first case was recorded in Wuhan, China,…