COVID-19: We are set for a lockdown in Edo -CP
The Edo Commissioner of Police, CP Lawan Jimeta on Thursday, said that the command would be firm, but fair in enforcing a total lockdown should the State Government order such directives.
WFA appoints acting ADVAN president, VP
The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) at its Executive Council Meeting has unanimously appointed Mrs. Bunmi Adeniba a member of the global leadership team.
COVID-19: Ize-Iyamu emerges as source of bright ideas, competent leadership
For days, from the home and campaign offices of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, lorries filled to the brim with food items, hand sanitizers and informational materials on COVID-19 snaked their way out and headed for the entire 192 wards in Edo state to deliver, at no cost and unconditionally, the items to thousands of families in need of them.
Coronavirus: three months of global upheaval
In the three months since China first came across a new coronavirus, the world has been plunged into turmoil. A pandemic has been declared, schools and shops from New York to New Delhi shuttered, half the global population is confined in some form, while governments have scrambled to announce massive aid packages amid recession fears. […]
Somalia reports first coronavirus death
Somalia on Wednesday reported its first death of a patient suffering from COVID-19 and also said transmission was occurring among people who had no history of foreign travel. Though the Horn of Africa country officially has just 12 positive cases, Wednesday’s announcement highlights concerns that the coronavirus may in fact be more widespread and could […]
Sudan raises bread price, year after Bashir’s fall
Sudanese authorities on Wednesday announced a rise in the price of bread in the capital Khartoum, nearly a year after the fall of president Omar al-Bashir. A tripling of the price of bread had been the trigger for street protests against Bashir in December 2018 — demonstrations that went on for months until the army […]
Half-a-million more Zimbabweans now acutely hungry ―UN
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday that hundreds of thousands more people had slipped into the severely-hungry category in Zimbabwe, where over half of the population faces hunger. It said a recent study revealed that the “number of acutely food insecure Zimbabweans had risen to 4.3 million, from 3.8 million at the end […]
From Grass to Grace: Untold story of Ex-Governor Ibrahim @71
He means different things to different people. Many who adore him will easily remember Alh. Ibrahim Idris, CON, as a successful industrialist, a philanthropist and a politician of note. But his detractors will probably think of him as a selfish, foxy old man that must be kept at bay.
Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of the restrictions designed to curb the scourge. “To end the confinement, we’re not going to go from black to white; we’re going to […]
COVID-19: ABCON calls for informal sector oriented policy
Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has called on the Federal Government to design informal sector oriented economic policy that will help informal workers overcome the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
uLesson, Airtel partner to subsidize online education for Nigerian students
Lagos Nigeria, April 9, 2020: Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has entered a partnership with leading education technology company, uLesson to subsidize online education for uLesson app users during the covid-19 stay at home period.
