That coronavirus (COVID-19) which is currently ravaging the world has failed to abate, and is increasingly spreading like wildlife, is because many people have refused to abide by the rules. Human beings are very difficult to control because everybody wants to exercise his freedom. Nobody wants to be caged....
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SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Easter Monday visited Gajiganna town of Maguneri local government area of the state to enlighten the community on COVID-19 and to support 11,000 vulnerable citizens faced with humanitarian needs. During the visit, the Governor personally supervised the distribution of...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board has approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of its member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director, said this in a statement issued in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. According to her,...
“The president of the United States calls the shots,” Mr. Trump said during a combative press conference in which he feuded with reporters. But the US Constitution says the states maintain public order and safety. Ten states on the US East and West coasts are planning to lift their...
Housing Deficit in Nigeria – The housing sector of Nigeria has been experiencing housing deficit since the civil war in the 60’s, and the lack of enthusiasm by subsequent governments to take responsibility for this anomaly has caused an increase in this situation nationwide; both in the rural and...
The Federal Government on Monday described as untrue a media report alleging that Nigerian returnees from the UK were asked to pay for coronavirus test. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) made this known in a statement by Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, it’s Head of Media and Public Relations Unit....
France has decided to keep its borders with non-European Union (EU) countries shut, President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech to the nation late on Monday. He did not say how long the measures would remain in effect. To curb the coronavirus pandemic, all EU countries except Ireland agreed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his good wishes to the people of Chibok in Borno State, as they hold prayers and thanksgiving services to mark the sixth anniversary of the kidnapping of their daughters by Boko Haram terrorist group. President Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun says an additional 14-day lockdown by President Muhammadu Buhari to curtail the spread of Coronavirus is necessary to sacrifice in the interest of the nation and citizens. Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, Publicity Secretary, Ogun APC Caretaker Committee said in a statement on Monday...
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) is seeking a special fund from the Federal Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The chairman of the forum and governor of the Plateau, Simon Lalong made the call in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs,...
The Kogi Government on Monday said 28 suspected criminals had been arrested at different locations across the state in the last seven days. A statement by Mr. Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor in Lokoja, said that the suspects were arrested by the Joint Task Force...
The Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have called for better handling of the palliatives announced by President Muhammad Buhari in his nationwide address on Monday. President Buhari had in the address on the COVID-19 situation, announced new measures to offer palliatives to additional one...
Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s address on COVID-19 ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March,...
The present lockdown in the country occasioned by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed the fraud or inadequacies in the implementation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). At the inception of the present administration in 2015, President Buhari conceived the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), as instrument...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is scheduled to make a broadcast to the nation at 7pm today. Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja Monday afternoon. This will be President Buhari’s broadcast to...