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*President Buhari writes…* Over the last few days I have received extensive briefings on the state of the nation as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic, from the relevant Federal Government agencies as well as the Lagos State Government. Accordingly, I approved the following: The immediate release of a...

Ghanaian hip-hop and hiplife musician, Kwaw Kese disagrees with government’s ‘fasting and prayer’ approach to fighting the novel coronavirus in Ghana. President Nana Akufo-Addo declared Wednesday, March 25, as a National Day of Fasting and Prayer, and while millions of people were observing, Kwaw Kese said it’s was a...

Ethiopian embassy in South Africa has confirmed that all those who have suffocated to death in a lorry are Ethiopians. 64 Ethiopians have died due to asphyxiation as they were transported on Tuesday from Malawi to Mozambique in a cargo container loaded on to a truck. About 14 people...

An official announcement on the Ghana Health Service page indicated on Thursday that a total of 54 cases including 3 deaths have been confirmed ‘as at this morning’ – 26th March 2020. It, however, has 132 as the total of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country....

Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has distributed starter packs to 300 graduates of skill acquisition training programme to enable them set up their businesses in Sokoto. Inuwa Samaila, ITF Area Manager in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi States, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...

Kaduna State Government says it has evacuated about 4, 562 Almajiris to prevent spread of Coronavirus in the state. Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development, Mrs Hafsat Baba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kaduna. On its part, the...

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – With total confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) hitting 65 as at Thursday evening, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced new measures to contain the spread of disease in the Territory. The measures were made public in a news briefing by the FCT Minister,...

…orders strict adherence to use of passengers manifest, other traffic rules EHIME ALEX, Lagos  In pursuant to the need to mitigate the spread of coronavirus amongst passengers, the Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested a total of 144 offenders for overloading of vehicles in persons. To further mitigate the...

By TOM CHIAHEMEN – United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. A statement from the bank’s corporate communications department said...

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was on Wednesday evening excited with the progress and quality of eight on-going capital projects  which he started constructing  last month across the state. The projects, which  mostly  are  skills acquisition scheme, housing, empowerment,  education and healthcare,...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late Wednesday said Nigeria now has 51 cases of coronavirus, even as one case has been discovered in Rivers State. According to the NCDC on its official Twitter page, five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria. NCDC...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Ogun State House of Assembly has granted approval to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s request to restructure and refinance the various loans in the debt stock of the state. This is with a view to providing financial relief to the state in management of its available resources, as...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced partnership with government and other stakeholders aimed at extending its attention to immediate needs in the society on account of the wide spreading COVID-19. According to the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, in a statement on Wednesday,...

Speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, and the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles have become the latest high profile public figures to test positive to Coronavirus. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari and the governor of Bauchi State, North-East Nigeria, were the...

The world is now in serious danger as a result of the current coronavirus, also COVID-19 epidemic that is ravaging everywhere. It has never been so for a very long time. From Asia to Europe, to America, to Australia, the disease has entered the African continent, and to Nigeria...

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread across five continents, Africa has so far recorded a total of 1,704 confirmed cases in 42 countries with 50 deaths reported in 12 countries, representing 2.9% case fatality. The most affected countries on the continent are South...

Federal Government has received its share of test kits and protective gears donated to Africa by Chinese business tycoon, Jack Ma. The materials arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday morning, Channels TV reports. They include 100,000 masks, 20,000 test kits, PPEs, among others. While receiving the...

… orders rebuilding of 500 houses schools in New Marte SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has, on Monday, revisited New Marte town, a former stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents in the shores of the Lake Chad Basin Region.  The visit was to inspect facilities of...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced indefinite postponement of the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 28, 2020. A statement by the Head of  Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani, explained that...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  As the coronavirus pandemic spree troubles nations’ economy, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), faced with the choice of reducing or leaving policy parameters unchanged, on Tuesday unanimously elected to maintain the status quo by keeping all monetary policy metrics at current levels. The committee, after its...