By Chioma Obinna The Global Partnership for Education, GPE, has announced the provision of US$250 million to help developing countries mitigate both the immediate and long-term disruptions to education by the COVID-19 pandemic. The GPE COVID-19 fund will be available for 67 developing countries. In Africa, the 39 eligible countries are Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, […]

A middle-aged man, identified simply as Mathew, has been found dead near Polokor Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta.

The Nigerian Youth Congress, coordinating body of Youth groups and Organizations in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has commenced the distribution of Hand Sanitizers and Relief Materials, through the office of the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Youth and Students Affairs and Senator Andy Uba Foundation, across the six geopolitical zones of the country.

The Lagos State Police Command has taken Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz, to court for flouting the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed that the actress, popularly called ‘Jenifa’, had been taken to a Chief Magistrates Court in Ogba, […]

France is likely to see its deepest recession since the end of World War II this year because of the coronavirus crisis, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned Monday. “The worst growth figure in France since 1945 was -2.2 percent in 2009, after the financial crisis of 2008. We will probably be very far beyond […]

Following the unfortunate collapse of a three-storey building under construction at Ezeluike Street, Olympic Layout, off One Day, Agbani Road, Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Sunday, April 5, 2020, the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) has announced its decision to “immediately commence evaluation of the structural integrity and stability of all buildings within the State Capital Territory, from April 10, 2020”.

To help strengthen the Government’s Emergency Food Response Project due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seven-Up Bottling Company today announced the donation of two million bottles of Aquafina premium drinking water as well as other beverages in their portfolio to the state.

Lagos State Government is to prosecute all those who attended Saturday’s birthday party hosted by Nollywood star, Funke Akindele. The state Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) ), said on Monday that they would be prosecuted for flouting social distancing regulation of the state. He made the disclosure shortly after an Ikeja chief magistrates’ court convicted […]

The Federal Government has concluded plans to disburse N1.6 billion to 84,000 beneficiaries in 15 Local Government Areas of Kano State through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. A statement issued on Monday by Mr Hassan Musa Fagge, the Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Deputy Governor, quotes the National Coordinator of the programme, […]

By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s foremost Development Finance Institution, the Bank of Industry (BOI) has joined other corporates and philanthropists in supporting the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria through donation of N700 million in relief funding. The bank announced weekend that it has contributed N500 million of its relief funding to […]