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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja A university lecturer and economic expert, Professor Uche Uwaleke has cautioned the Nigerian Government to be wary of the loan facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), aimed at supporting the country’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The IMF on Tuesday approved the sum of $3.4 billion to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight. The grant is the highest so far to support any member country. The support called Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), is granted to member countries that are not under an IMF programme. But reacting to the development on Tuesday night, Uwaleke said the government should…
Foremost composite e-commerce giant, Konga has recorded another first in Africa’s e-commerce market, with the launch of a live online product auction. The initiative, another ground-breaking innovation from Konga, will debut this Friday, May 1, 2020, by 5 pm on its online platform – www.konga.com and across its social media channels – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Equally important, the live auction is a monthly feature that will afford eager shoppers a chance to stake their claims for the exciting products on offer on a monthly basis. Already, anticipation and excitement are sky-high for the debut edition of the auction…
By Tony Obiechina, ABUJA The Federal Government has disbursed the sum of N43,416,000,000.00 (USD120.6 million) as performance-based grants to 24 eligible States in the country. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr. Hassan Dodo, the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations in Abuja. The statement explained that the disbursement followed the participation of the 24 eligible States in the recent Annual Performance Assessment (APA) carried out by the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) as the Independent Verification Agent (IVA) in collaboration with a third-party…
OKEDIRAN ADEYEMI Earlier today at the State House Marina, His Excellency the Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu received Arole Oodua Ọlọ́fin Adimula, Ọ̀ọni Adeyẹ́yẹ̀ Ẹnitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was at the Lagos State government house, Marina to donate two of his invented locally made Modular motorized Fumigation types of equipment designed to curb and totally eradicate the ravaging deadly pandemic globally known as COVID-19 ’19. The Governor alongside other State Exco were there to receive Kabiesi and his entourage. Inset, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat,…
The best time to ban beggars was years back and the second-best time in Lagos State is now as Almajiris are now been tested positive for COVID-19 as reported in Kaduna and Kano respectively.
These beggars in their thousands are homeless households with or without regard for personal protective pieces of equipment, handwashing, hand sanitizing, social and physical distancing policy as observed at some e their base in the Centre of excellent.
ABUJA – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has held an extraordinary virtual strategy meeting with FRSC Top Management team and the 12 Zonal Commanding Officers across the country, to review the general performance of the Corps in the ongoing enforcement of the social distancing directives and the national quarantine order that have been in place for more than 4 weeks now. In a statement by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, the teleconference meeting which held on Monday focussed exclusively on reviewing the operational performance of the Corps, with a view of identifying underlying…
Some tailors resident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday commended Gov. Seyi Makinde for making the wearing of facemasks compulsory in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic. The tailors told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the order had revived their businesses. They explained further that apart from making brisk business, the upsurge in requests for facemasks had kept them busy. Mrs Motolani Cole, the Chief Executive Officer of Doratee’s Place, said the compulsory wearing of facemasks would make tailors earn more income. “ I first made facemasks for my family members and a few friends,…
By Beauty John, LAFIA The Nasarawa State Government has intercepted over 200 people that came into the state from high-risk states and placed them on isolation in Lafia, the state capital. This was revealed in a COVID-19 task force committee meeting held at the government house in Lafia. Speaking, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarim A. Kana revealed that over 200 people have been intercepted at the Nasarawa borders. “We want to inform you that in less than two weeks alone, the combination of security agencies in Nasarawa State, under the chairmanship of the state commissioner of police, has intercepted…
The Niger government has announced a partial extension of lockdown of the state for another two weeks in order to achieve the desired result of minimising the spread of the Coronavirus. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger made this disclosure to newsmen after a joint Executive Council and COVID-19 Taskforce meeting in Minna on Monday. He explained the decision reached during the meeting was that “people would now be allowed to move within their immediate environment with compliance with the physical distancing and wearing of the face mask. Bello said that there would no vehicular movement during the lockdown days except…
Buhari Okays Gradual Easing of Lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, FCT President Muhammadu Buhari has approved phased and gradual easing of lockdown in Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Read the full address of the President to Nigerians this evening 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some 3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded globally with about 900,000 recoveries. Unfortunately, some 200,000 people…