Solid Minerals: Downstream needs sustainable regulation for productivity — FG
As stakeholders deliberate on draft document By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government, Monday, said the nation’s solid minerals downstream sector needs sustainable regulation for productivity in regards to diversification of the economy. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite, stated this while declaring open a ‘One-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on Nigerian […]
COVID-19: My son traveled alone- Atiku
ABUJA- Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has moved to calm worried Nigerians over anxiety occasioned by the infection of his son, Mohammed with the coronavirus.
Fearing hunger, Madagascans defy lockdown
The fear of hunger propelled vendor Jean Naina Rakotomamonjy to defy a lockdown imposed in Madagascar’s capital to curb the spread of coronavirus. “I need to find something for my family to eat today,” said the 53-year-old father of three, who sells seafood in the capital Antananarivo, where citizens have been ordered by the president […]
Coronavirus: Wike announces closure of Public Parks, Night Clubs, Cinemas
In furtherance of the commitment of the Rivers State Government to protect residents of the state, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Monday announced that beginning Tuesday, March 24, 2020, all public parks, night clubs and cinemas will remain closed till further notice.
FG suspends FEC meeting indefinitely over COVID-19
The Federal Government on Monday suspended indefinitely the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting over the current Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, said all the country’s land borders would be been closed for four weeks. He added that the […]
Oyo denies Atiku’s son infected by Coronavirus attends PDP S/West unification rally in Ibadan
THE Oyo State government has denied the widely spread reports that the son of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar infected by the Coronavirus, attended last week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zonal unification rally, held in Ibadan to welcome some defectors back to the party, describing the reports as false.
