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The Borno Government has directed the fumigation of banking halls and premises, as well as ATM points across the state as part of ongoing precautionary measures against Convid-19. The state Deputy Governor who is also the Chairman of the State High Powered Response Team for the prevention of Convid-19, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, issued the directive Thursday in a statement in Maiduguri. Kadafur said Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) had been directed to carry out the exercise twice a week. Kadafur urged the banks to accord the agency the needed support and cooperation to carry out the disinfection exercise. He…

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday began screening of 67 Nigerian returnees who were placed in isolation by the Lagos State Government in two hotels in Badagry. An official of the COVID-19 Task Force in Badagry, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that series of tests were being conducted on the returnees. “They are many, so the screening exercise is not that easy. They are now isolated in two hotels for easy access. “Officials of NCDC, WHO, and Ministry of Health officials in Badagry are busy attending to them,” the source…

The 36 governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have pledged to use all relevant data to ensure that palliatives distribution gets to the most vulnerable persons in the most effective and efficient manner. The forum gave the assurance in a communiqué issued on Thursday after its 4th teleconference meeting, which was signed by its Chairman and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. The communiqué noted that the governors at the meeting deliberated on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and resolved as follows: “The NGF Chairman briefed State Governors on ongoing COVID-19 coordination efforts between the…

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ondo has directed all the 18 local government inspectors of the scheme to establish ‘Corpers’ Fund’ for the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective council areas. This was contained in a statement issued by the State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Grace Akpabio, on Thursday in Akure. Akpabio said that the idea was a fall out from the cash donation of March allowance by a corps member, Israel Arogbonlo, to support the state government toward eradicating the pandemic in the state. She said that the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, while appreciating the corps…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Emmanuel family on the passing of Nigeria’s first female permanent secretary, Francesca Emmanuel, at 86. The President’s condolence message was conveyed in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday. President Buhari affirmed that Mrs Emmanuel’s distinguished service to the nation showcased her as a true patriot, amazon and administrator par excellence. According to him, Emmanuel’s many efforts to modernize the civil service and for offering her services and wealth of experience as a member of several boards and governing councils of government…

Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) comprising gas-fired and hydro stations said they could not generate 3,323 megawatts of electricity on Wednesday due to the unavailability of gas. This information was made known in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. The report also noted that 0 megawatt of electricity was not generated due to the unavailability of transmission infrastructure during the period. Similarly, it said that 1,319.8 megawatts were not generated due to high frequency resulting from…

Prospective candidates for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Kaduna have expressed willingness to leverage on the interactive portal developed by the council following the postponement of the examination The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls that WAEC, on April 1, created an interactive information sharing platform that allowed the council to effectively engage candidates before, during and after the examination. NAN also reports that the WAEC examination, which was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and an interactive portal was created to analyze candidates’ strengths and weaknesses. Abubakar Haruna, a WAEC candidate and a resident of Tudun Wada,…

No fewer than eight people lost their lives in multiple accidents involving six petrol tankers and a car at Oloru-Kanbi in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident occurred when the tankers, heading to the NNPC depot at Oke-Oyi in Ilorin had a head-on collision with three others returning from the depot. The three tankers one of which loaded with Diesel had a head-on coalition with the other three coming from Jenna also in Moro local government area of the state. There was also a private car, badly impacted…

By Harry Awurumibe, Head, ABUJA BUREAU  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Pandemic has said that it could not ascertain how Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde recovered from coronavirus within days of being confirmed positive. Senator Olurunimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health and member of the PTF said there was no information on how and where the Governor was treated. Mamora spoke while answering a question during a briefing by the PTF in Abuja on Wednesday. Prompt News recalls that the Governor had claimed that he recovered from the coronavirus infection with the use of black seed oil,…

By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has approved the immediate release of the sum of N1 billion Naira to the COVID-19 Relief Fund being put together to fight the Corona Virus pandemic in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by the NDIC Director of  Communications & Public Affairs, Dr Sunday Oluyemi in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the statement, in approving NDIC’s contribution, the Board acknowledged that it was not only consistent with its policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), it also noted that the proceeds will be utilized in the…