Edo govt shuts down orphanage over poor facilities, neglect
The Edo State Government has shut down Omosefe Orphanage Home in Benin City, over poor facilities and lack of professional care-givers to attend to children in the facility. Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, Hon. (Mrs.) Maria Edeko Esq. gave the order to close the facility during an unscheduled inspection of the orphanage in […]
Malaria infection, risk factor for increase COVID-19 fatality — PSN
By Chioma Obinna As the world marks this year’s World Malaria Day, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has identified malaria infection as one risk factor that would increase the case fatality of COVID-19 even as it noted that about 97 per cent of the country’s population was at risk of malaria infection. Stating this in […]
703,506 poor Nigerians received N23.7bn from Abacha loot — Report
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, project, a sub-sect of Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) programme of DFID/UKAid, Thursday, released a report that 703,506 poor Nigerians received N23.7 billion from the recovered $322.5 million Abacha Loot returned from Switzerland as at 31 December 2019 under […]
COVID-19: CSO urges Buhari on regular broadcast to Nigerians
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following rising cases and deaths of Nigerians from the deadly Cornonavirus, COVID-19, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Concerned Nigerians, Thursday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari on the regular broadcast to Nigerians on situation report. This was contained in a statement signed by the Convener, CN, Deji Adeyanju, while expressing worry over […]
COVID-19: Police not responsible for petrol attendant killed in Abia — Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, says the Nigerian Police is not responsible for the alleged killing of a petrol attendant in Abia. The minister disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there had been […]
COVID-19: 3 doctors test positive in Lagos
The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr. Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild […]
Nigerian Breweries declares N83.2bn revenue in Q1
The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries has announced a revenue of N83.2 billion for the first quarter ended March 31. The revenue represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent when compared with N83.3 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2019. The company during the period under review posted a profit after tax of […]
COVID-19: FMN redeems N1bn pledge to relief fund
Donates 36,000 testing kits, 75 ventilators, 331,000 PPEs Commits N400m for feeding vulnerable communities in 11 states By Chioma Obinna Flour Mills of Nigeria Group, FMN Group, has redeemed its initial N1 billion pledge to the Federal Government of Nigeria through the CBN-led Nigerian Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 even as it donated $1.5 million […]
As COVID-19 spreads, Lagos Mainland leads with 107 confirmed cases
Grows with more than 150% in 9 days; Eti-Osa, Ikeja & Alimosho also record high cases By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State government may need to adopt a more stringent containment measure as the COVID-19 Pandemic appears to grow astronomically in major parts of the state. In a chart illustrating how the COVID-19 infection is […]
Coronavirus: Don’t panic, new Ivory Coast returnees are COVID 9 negative, Osun Govt tells residents
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Thursday urged residents to remain calm, saying a new set of Ivory Coast returnees tested negative for coronavirus before they were allowed to rejoin their families. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode disclosed the state only allowed the returnees, […]
Millions of Americans join unemployed ranks as coronavirus ravages economy
A stunning 26.5 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits over the last five weeks, confirming that all the jobs gained during the longest employment boom in U.S. history have been wiped out as the novel coronavirus savages the economy. The labor market slaughter added to collapsing oil prices, retail sales, manufacturing production, homebuilding and home […]
