COVID-19: I miss doing my job — Osimhen
Lille striker Victor Osimhen admitted missing football following the suspension of Ligue 1 owing to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The pandemic is currently causing problems across the world and has claimed thousands of lives and forced major activities to a hiatus, including the French top-flight. In an effort to stem the spread of the […]
Manufacturers seek pre-COVID-19 forex rates, other incentives
To ensure continuous production of essential commodities during the lockdown occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for pre-Covid-19 foreign exchange (forex) rates for its members, among other enabling incentives.
COVID 19: FBN donates N1b, reiterates commitment to safety
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its donation of N1 billion towards the joint effort by the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID).
Further cut in 2020 budget imminent as oil price drops to $20
The latest development in the international oil market may have rendered inoperative the recently reviewed oil price benchmark for 2020 budget as Nigeria’s premium crude grade, yesterday, crashed to $20.59 per barrel (pb), the lowest in 18 years.
NCDC confirms 20 new cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 20 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said that as at 9 p.m., there were 131 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria with two deaths. The centre said out of the new cases of COVID19, […]
People with health complications more vulnerable to Coronavirus — Minister
C The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says people with immune-compromised conditions, tuberculosis, HIV, and Cancers are more vulnerable if infected with Coronavirus. Mamora made this known on Monday in Abuja at a media update on COVID-19. He said that people suffering from these illnesses, COVID-19 represents a double threat. The minister […]
COVID-19: NIMASA donates 20 Ventilators, N50m, vessels, others
In the face of huge global demand, the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has donated 20 ventilators to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria.
The Agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who made this known in Lagos also announced the donation of a total sum of N50 million to fight the virus scourge in the country, with N30 million going to the Federal Government Committee on COVID-19 Intervention and N20 million to aid the Lagos State Government’s effort to control the spread of the virus.
A destiny among the nations (2)
By Obadiah Mailafia THE late French agronomist, René Dumont, once lamented that African nations have no purpose. I would imagine he was starting from the premise that the majority of our countries emerged as colonial contraptions that did not follow the linear path of nation building and political evolution followed by the European Westphalian state. […]
Much ado about national security adviser (3)
By Eric Teniola THOSE who died in the ill-fated crash were members of Courses 19, 20 and 21 of the NDA. LIST A: ARMY:-Lt Colonels – 1. S.A. Onipede N/2888, 2. A.J. Ibiyeye N/33300, 3. J.A. Agber N/2712, 4. B.A. Ibanga N/3315, 5. J.O. Okafor N/2803, 6. G.O. Ikoli N/5402, 7. S.K. Aladesuyi N/3259. LIST […]
Buhari’s COVID-19 package (1)
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari eventually made the long-awaited national broadcast outlining the Federal Government’s broad policy direction in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Unlike the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who apologised to his compatriots for ordering a shutdown that hit the poor very hard, Buhari shook off criticisms, insisting […]
Boko Haram: Pro-democracy group berates PDP, opposition over Deby’s role
The National Democratic Front (NDF) believes the Peoples Democratic Party has once again exposed the height of its hypocrisy and dangerous ignorance by comparing President Muhammadu Buhari to Chadian President, Idriss Deby. The PDP had insinuated that President Buhari should be physically present at the war front like his Chadian counterpart recently did. In a […]
Opera introduces Opera News Lite
Press Release Since its launch two years ago, Opera News has become one of the most used news and content apps in the world, with more than 160 million users. Today, Opera launches Opera News Lite, a smaller version of the popular Opera News application, designed for devices with limited data storage capabilities. With a […]
COVID-19 in Nigeria: Its effects and lessons for us
By Chiedu Uche Okoye IN the time past, humanity had battled fierce global health scourges which threatened to wipe human beings off the face of the earth. The Biblical tale in the Pentateuch had it that God sent plagues and pestilential diseases to punish the obstinate Egyptians for refusing to let the people of Israel […]
When Orange Is A New Black
By David Onmeje Celebration of fantasies over anything foreign has deeply influenced the psyche of Nigerians. It is in the character of every Nigerian to even abominably bow to anything and everything foreign, no matter how fake. And many are still pleasurably ignorant that the original or initial religious insurgency has been decapitated and eclipsed. […]
Boko Haram: Why Nigeria Does Not Need Deby’s Approach
By Ajibola Adeojo If recent reports of the success recorded by Chadian troops against the Boko Haram terrorists are anything to go by, then it would be taken that the Chadian forces used a new approach that had never been seen before. Codenamed “Operation Boma Wrath,” Chadian troops were said to have launched an attack on […]
As COVID-19 makes landfall in Nigeria
When it fully makes landfall in Nigeria, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic (COVID-19) will discover a country already at the mercy of pandemic-level hunger and chronic violence.
