English Football League: Season ‘can be finished in 56 days’
The English Football League season can be completed in 56 days when it is safe to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, clubs have been told. But it is assumed that matches will be played behind closed doors. A letter sent to all 71 EFL clubs by chairman Rick Parry, and obtained by the BBC, said […]
COVID-19: Buhari meets task force, keeps mum on lockdown extension
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Buhari, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, said the meeting held at the State House with members of the task force was on the national response to the disease. The Chairman of the task force, Boss Mustapha, had […]
COVID-19: Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina top list of poor, vulnerable individuals in Nigeria
By Rasheed Sobowale The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) has on Friday released the list of the National Social Register of Poor & Vulnerable Households by states, as Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina recorded the most individuals captured. The Agency which is saddled with the responsibility of building a database of poor & vulnerable households […]
Hazard allowance: Health workers berate minister over comment
Demand immediate payment of COVID-19 incentives By Chioma Obinna The National President of the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAP, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna has described as unfortunate and most disheartening the statement credited to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, claiming he was not aware of any hazard allowance collected by health workers […]
UN chief highlights security implications of COVID-19
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday highlighted some implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for peace and security.
Covid 19: Total lockdown still in place — Osun Govt.
The Osun State Government on Friday reiterated its commitment to enforcing total lockdown of the state as a means of curbing the spread of coronavirus until the situation is reviewed.
Covid-19: Shi’ites Beg for Zakzaky’s release amidst Pandemic
Followers of Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu El-Zakzaky also known as Shi’ites on Friday, begged the Federal and Kaduna State governments to release their embattled leader.
Ekiti lawmakers offer April salaries to fight coronavirus
As part of measures to check the spread of the coronavirus in Ekiti, members of the State House of Assembly on Friday pledged their April salaries to support the state government. The lawmakers’ gesture was in addition to their individual palliative initiatives in their constituencies. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public […]
COVID-19: FG Distributes 3, 000 bags of rice, truck of vegetable oil in Ogun
As the lockdown declared by the federal government continue to take its toll on Nigerians, the federal government on Friday disclosed that it has concluded plans to distribute five trucks of relief items containing 3, 000 bags of 50kg rice and one truck of vegetable oil to vulnerable in Ogun State.
COVID-19: We shall overcome — Labour
The organized labour on Friday said that Nigerians especially the working class will overcome the dreaded COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ravaging countries of the world.
Sanwo-Olu felicitates with Dangote on 63rd birthday
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has felicitated with the founder of Dangote Industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on his 63rd birthday. In a tweet posted by the official handle of the governor, he celebrated the billionaire industrialist as an exceptional entrepreneur and detribalised Nigerian who should continue to serve as a source of encouragement to all […]
