FG extends closure of Airports by four weeks
The Federal Government Wednesday announced the extension of the current closure of Airports and flights into the country by four weeks. Disclosing the extension at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 yesterday, Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the government of the federation, said after due consultation, the federal government decided to extend…
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UPDATED: Nigeria records 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,950
Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 2,950 in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. This is after 148 new infections were recorded in the country on Tuesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website. The NCDC noted that five patients died or coronavirus-related complications in the last 24 hours. A breakdown…
Buhari approves 5 accounts for COVID-19 donations
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogubike disclosed that…
FG’ll offer small oil fields for licensing –NNPC
The Federal Government will offer marginal oil fields for auction this year despite the crash in crude oil prices, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, has said. The country has not conducted any licensing round since 2007, while a marginal fields round was last held in 2003. Kyari said…
Nigeria – It is time to reform Governance
Nigeria – It is time to reform Governance By Segun Aluko Over the years, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria has been plagued with bad governance in various forms. For a country that got its independence as far back as 1960, it is disheartening to see that it still has not got so many things…
FG prepares 1,300-bed facility to isolate evacuees
The Federal Government says it has secured a total of 1,300-bed spaces for the isolation of Nigerians abroad willing to be repatriated into the country amid the pandemic. According to a statement by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, an agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential…
We now use private buildings, hotels as isolation centres ― Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that some private buildings and hotels in the state have been converted into isolation centres to ensure that all those who tested positive to COVID-19 are adequately catered for. Disclosing this during a press briefing, Sanwo-Olu said that the idea of not making the location known to…
Kano may subsequently carry out house to house sample collection, says Ganduje
In the face of the increasing cases of coronavirus, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State says it may subsequently carry out house to house sample collections to stem the spread of the deadly disease. Ganduje stated this on Monday evening while receiving a donation of N2 billion, 5 ambulances and 20 Hilux vehicles from…
82.9m Nigerians below poverty line — NBS
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said yesterday that over 82.9 million or about 40 per cent of the country’s population were classified as poor in 2019. The bureau disclosed this yesterday in its 2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria: Executive Summary Report. The NBS report was, however, trailed by mixed reactions….