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The federal government on Tuesday said the $311 million it received from looted funds by former dictator Sani Abacha will be used to fund ongoing projects in the country. “These funds have already been allocated, and will be used in full, for vital and decades-overdue infrastructure development: the second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna-Kano […]

Following the death of the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Mohammed Asha, who died on Sunday from coronavirus complications, the governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has announced the closure of all markets as well as the suspension of congregational prayers in mosques and churches across the state as part of additional measures to contain the […]

The Federal Government appears to be walking a real tight rope as the Buhari administration moves to trim down budgetary spending for FY 2020 to an all low time around three or four trillion down from the prior over ₦10 trillion that was originally articulated pre- Covid-19 in FY 2019. If the indication by the […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it welcomes innovations around the world, including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo said this in a statement posted on its website yesterday. The global health organisation said it […]

FirstBank; Nigeria’s leading financial institution and Africa’s Bank of Choice has expressed its appreciation to the public – especially its customers – for their continued patronage of its services during the COVID 19 lockdown, whilst assuring the public that stringent measures have been implemented to ensure its branches and locations across the country operate in […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has read the riot act to the Bankers’ Committee; warning commercial banks not to sack their workers as a result of disruptions emanating from the Covid-19 pandemic. The apex bank, in a statement yesterday by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, said the decision was reached at the end […]

From the 2004 football season when he moved to Chelsea from Olympique Marseille until he retired from the game, there was, perhaps, no more beloved and famous footballer in the West African sub region than Didier Drogba. The guy was almost the sole reason why many African soccer fans fell in love with Chelsea. Drogba, […]

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the decision to relax measures on COVID-19 lockdown which takes effect from today. In his April 27, 2020, national broadcast, President Buhari had approved the implementation of a phased and gradual easing of the lockdown order in Lagos and Ogun […]

Anxiety has continued to mount in Kano State, especially its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, believed to be responsible for the growing number of deaths recorded daily in the state. Residents are now living in fear of the unknown; many have started to leave the ancient city in droves and may be inadvertently spreading the […]

PDP demands arrest, quarantine of Oshiomhole’s loyalists after Edo political gathering The Edo Progressives Movement (EPM), a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to the beleaguered National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, came under intense criticisms at the weekend for organizing a mock governorship primary election last Wednesday, in violation of lockdown orders […]

  The independent monitors of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs. Sadiya Umar Farouq, to pay their three months stipends.   The team, in a letter to Buhari on April 27, a copy of which was […]