Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to throw the region off its stride, reversing the development progress of recent years and slow the region’s growth prospects in the years to come, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. According to the IMF, the health […]
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Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola Osun State House of Assembly has ordered the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Yemi Lawal, to appear before it over plans by the government to disburse cash palliatives to the people. The House on March 23 announced the suspension of legislative activities for 16 days. It resumed sitting yesterday amid […]
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Unsure of how soon the Corona Virus pandemic will end, Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts to reopen using virtual learning. But experts have argued that the nation’s education sector is not prepared for such. Worried about the continued closure of the nation’s higher educational institutions over the CoronaVirus […]
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APC National Leader gives post-virus revival pill TO get out of the economic hole into which the coronavirus pandemic has sunk the nation’s economy, the government must spend massively, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has recommended. The one-time governor of Lagos State called for urgent measures to be taken so that […]
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Most filling stations in Ondo state have refused to comply with the directive of the Federal Government that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pump price per litre should be N123.50 with effect from April 1, 2020. Government had further reduced petrol fuel pump price from N125 to N123 after its initial reduction from N145 to N125 […]
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Many Nigerians have expressed mixed reactions over the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari during a national broadcast on Monday to extend the lockdown by 14 days to enable the country further contain the spread Coronavirus pandemic. While the majority of the respondents agree that the extension is a child of necessity and sacrifice that must […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has described the dusk to down indefinite curfew imposed on the state by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as ineffective in the ongoing battle to check the worrisome spread of Coronavirus in the state. Akeredolu had in a broadcast on Tuesday, while disclosing the third COVID-19 case recorded […]
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As Coronavirus continues to record more negative impact on the socioeconomic life of the people, dubious business persons now hide under the situation to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. Investigations showed that as the rush for hand sanitisers has increased in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, while fake and adulterated hand […]
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Government moves to stop robberies Agbakoba, others seek nationwide lockdown NCDC to raise testing capacity to 4,000 daily A hard time awaits criminals who have been terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun States following the COVID-19 lockdown. The Army, Navy, Airforce and Directorate of State Services (DSS) operatives will join the Police on the offensive […]
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Airlifts medical supplies for Africa Contrary to widely published reports that the conventional vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) offers protection against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, dismissed the claim. The apex United Nations health body said there was no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) protects people against the virus. The […]
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