COVID-19: NCDC officials flee Kogi following Gov. Bello’s isolation directive
By Emmanuel Okogba Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, have reportedly fled Kogi State shortly after Governor Yahaya Bello’s directive asking them to go into isolation at the state quarantine centre for fourteen days. Governor Bello had ordered the leader of the officials of the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr […]
COVID-19: FG moves to find local cure
…Evaluates drug claims, forwards to NAFDAC for Listing …Worries over continued repatriation of Almajiris by states By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – The Federal Government said it has continued to evaluate claims by local researchers to the effect that they had manufactured curative drugs for Covid-19, explaining that having met preliminary requirements, the drugs have been […]
Finally, Toyota Yaris gets SUV version
By Theodore Opara Toyota announces that its new compact SUV, the Yaris Cross, originally planned to be revealed at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show, has made its world debut. As a new SUV that inherits the qualities of the brand’s flagship compact car, Yaris, Yaris Cross will be launched in Japan in Autumn this year, […]
COVID-19: Physical Distancing has grounded lottery business, operators lament
ABUJA—THE Federal Government may consider the request by the lottery operators to migrate fully to online operations as a means of tackling the effects of physical distancing on their Point Of Sales, POS terminals as it affects their overall business.
FRSC, Transport Association to ensure social distancing in vehicles
By Theodore Opara The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has said it was going to enforce the social distancing measure of the federal and state governments in all passenger vehicles on Nigerian roads. This is also as various transport associations in the country has promised to comply with the regulation and order of the government […]
COVID-19: Informal sector poverty to increase by 56% — ILO
By Victor Young International Labour Organisation, ILO, has said the COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures across the globe will increase poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers by 56 percent in low-income countries. In a report released on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, ILO noted that “in high-income countries, relative poverty levels among informal workers […]
