BRUSSELS, April 2, 2020: NATO foreign ministers are due on Thursday to discuss their countries’ response to the global coronavirus pandemic, while stressing that the defence alliance remains ready to defend itself against any threat. “Our primary objective is to ensure that this health crisis does not become a...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday said that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) stood at N15 Billion. The Apex Bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, said in a statement in Lagos that the donations were from...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed a toll of 174 cases of the coronavirus in the country, after 23 new cases were reported on Wednesday. According to NCDC, of the 23 new cases, nine were reported in Lagos, seven in Abuja, five in Akwa...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, has released the 2019 Digital Rights in Africa Report. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday made available to its media partners. Building on previous reports published since 2016, Paradigm...
THE federal government, Wednesday, began the disbursement of N5,000 to one million indigent Nigerians in the country. But the beneficiaries of the money said to be from the Conditional Cash Transfers Scheme (CCTS), were paid N20,000 each covering four months. The action was in line with a recent directive...
A 42 year old senior staff of the National Hospital, Abuja, Abubarkar Mustapha Danraka, has been arrested by operatives of the National Agency for The Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) for allegedly sodomizing a 12-year-old boy. A statement released by NAPTIP in Abuja and made available to...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of 12 new cases of covid-19 in the country. With this disclosure by the NCDC on Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the country has now risen to 151. The new cases occurred in...
By YUSHAU A. SHUAIBThe aftermath of unveiling the Digital Economy Complex built by Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has been the negative commentaries in the public space over the seemingly frosty relationship between the Minister of Communication, Dr. Isa Aliyu Pantami and the Executive Vice President of the NCC, Professor...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Nigerian off-grid energy impact investing company All On, seeded by Shell has announced a N180 million COVID-19 Solar Relief Fund to power emergency health care in Nigeria to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday to NATIONAL ACCORD. It explained...
By PHILIP IKPONKO, Abuja – Security agencies have been called upon to allow petroleum products tanker drivers free movement despite the lockdown ordered in some parts of the country. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), made the appeal in a statement signed by its spokesman, Dr Jennie Obatero, in...
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), says it has scaled up emergency response measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) in northeast. Mr Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator, disclosed this in a statement by Eve Sabbagh, Head of Public Information, UN-OCHA, on...
The governor of New York state on Tuesday said officials had “underestimated” the coronavirus and needed to prepare for the apex of the outbreak. “I’m tired of being behind this virus. We’ve been behind this virus from day one,” Andrew Cuomo told a news briefing. “We underestimated this virus....