COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu mulls full re-opening of Lagos economy
By Olasunkanmi Akoni GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance to safety guidelines against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the state, saying the state was considering full re-opening of critical sectors of its economy but was not in a hurry to do so. The governor said in…
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People Talk: On FG school feeding programme during lockdown
“I will advice that the federal government should sincerely use the money meant for this school feeding programme on other important things. “Majority of Nigerians are hungry and here the government is spending billions of naira on school feeding, moreover these children are currently not in school.” -Marvis Hope, Engineer “The Idea is a good…
Igbinedion varsity teaching hospital sacks 54 workers
Fifty four workers of Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital IUTH, Okada, Edo State, have been served sacked letters by the institution, following the ravaging coronavirus pandemic and the dwindling Internal Generated Revenue of the institution. According to one of the sacked workers (name withheld) who spoke with The Punch, he said out of 240 workers, almost…
LCCI demands one-year tax holiday for manufacturers, healthcare firms
Given the devastating blow coronavirus has dealt businesses in the past five weeks, business owners in the country have demanded one-year tax break among others from the government to enable them to recover. This was contained in the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry COVID-19Impact Report Survey released on Sunday. It was signed by the…
The coming anti-Christ and Africans
This is an imaginary essay. But it fits in with the economic, geopolitical and spiritual realities of our world today. By a dream-vision, I was taken to the Infernal Kingdom where I beheld Satan sitting on his throne with glittering pomp and pageantry. The powers and principalities were paying obeisance to him, prostrate on the…
CBN naira defence depletes foreign reserves by $3.17bn
Forex scarcity due to falling crude oil price forced the Central Bank of Nigeria to access the country’s foreign reserves to make forex available in the economy; NIKE POPOOLA reports that this gulped $3.17bn in the first quarter. The country’s foreign reserves which stood at $38.07bn at the end of 2019 fell to $34.9bn at the…
Using ogogoro as hand sanitiser ineffective against COVID-19 —Experts
As the country continues to experience increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases, healthcare experts have warned Nigerians using local gin, popularly called ogogoro, as hand sanitisers to desist from it, saying it is ineffective to protect against the infection. The experts said ogogoro has less than 60 per cent alcohol content that is required to kill…
Wearing face masks exposes asthmatics to hypoxia — Physicians
Medical professionals have warned that people with chronic asthma who use face masks, especially the surgical and clothing type, are exposing themselves to hypoxia. Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. The World Health Organisation described asthma as…
COVID-19 patient gives birth in Lagos, 67 others recover
A pregnant coronavirus patient has given birth to a baby boy in Lagos State, The PUNCH reports. A press statement from the state government noted that the baby was delivered through a caesarean section at the Gbagada isolation centre on Saturday. The statement quoted Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as saying that the feat was another validation…