Set to take position as OPEC meets The Federal Government yesterday, affirmed its resolve to deregulate the downstream sector, stating that the country would no longer resort to subsidy or under-recovery if oil prices regain momentum. If the government follows through the plan, Nigerians would begin to pay cost-reflective rates for petrol, using PPPRA’s monthly […]
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No fewer than 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos since the evacuation exercise began about 10 days ago. This is as Delta Air Lines from the United States on Tuesday afternoon evacuated 200 Americans at the airport in continuation of the exercise. Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba, the […]
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Travellers pay security operatives for passage We’re not aware, say police The police and other security agencies have been accused of profiteering from the lockdown put in place to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Some residents in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Umuahia, Jalingo and other major towns said yesterday that rather than enforce the restriction, the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday alleged that the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) as a fraud. It claimed that rather than deploy the programme to benefit the Nigerian people, the SIP was being used to fleece the country. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN Ondo State Government said on Tuesday that the measures it took to check the spread of COVID-19 are still in force. It said in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo that: “It will be recalled that the Government took some far reaching decisions […]
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They must not have contact with Nigerian patients – Gbajabiamila Chinese not officially invited by FG – Ministers The House of Representatives has said that the visiting Chinese doctors should be quarantined for 14 days. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila also stated that they must not be allowed to have any contact whatsoever with […]
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Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday, called on governments at all levels, religious bodies, corporate organisations and well-meaning individuals to focus on strategic implementation of “stomach infrastructure.” Fayose, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti through his Media Aide, Mr Lere Olayinka, said that his advice should […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday said aside from using his isolation period to fight the health challenge occasion by his testing positive to Coronavirus, he also used the period to reflect on his plans and programmes for the people of the state. The governor who said the state is now ready to fight […]
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Nigerian doctors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has rejected the plan by the Federal Government to invite of an 18-member Chinese medical team to support the country’s fight against coronavirus. The association, in a statement by its president, Dr Francis Faduyile, on Sunday said the move is a misplaced priority. He […]
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Perhaps for the first time in history, Christians in the country yesterday marked this year’s Palm Sunday in their homes and neighbourhoods to which they have been confined by the government because of the coronavirus. Because churches and mosques are currently locked, the Christians could not hold the usual ceremonies and processions that depict the […]
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