COVID-19: Soyinka, Falana fault Buhari on lockdown order
LAGOS—NOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s restriction of movement order pronounced on Lagos and Ogun States saying Nigeria is not at war.
Lagos discharges five coronavirus patients
Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients at Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. This brings to eight the total number of discharged patients from the Centre. The patients who had been quarantined at the isolation centre for weeks looked stable and unruffled. Although the discharged patients preferred anonymity, they expressed joy and […]
COVID-19: Benue index case refusing to cooperate to enable contact tracing – Benue Deputy Gov
By Peter Duru Chairman of the Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Benson Abounu has alleged that index case in the state has refusing to cooperate with his committee to enable contact tracing in the state. The Deputy Governor who made this known yesterday at the end of […]
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 […]
