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Nigeria’s House of Representatives members have resolved to donate all of their salaries to fight the pandemic coronavirus. This was communicated in a footage shared by Femi Gbajabiamila, the House of Representatives Speaker, on twitter. Gbaja said all the salaries will be transferred to the relief funds account. While the amount each member earns is […]

As part of efforts towards combating the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Bauchi State Government has imposed a total lockdown across the state. The State government which announced the complete lockdown effective Thursday April 2, said it was meant to mitigate the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. A three-paragraph statement signed by the […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Tuesday suspended the planned increase in the electricity tariffs paid by Nigerians, earlier scheduled to commence Wednesday. In the directive tagged /198/2020, the regulatory agency noted that following the global effects of the coronavirus and the negative effect it is having on Nigerians and the industry, the right thing […]

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. Yhombi-Opango was ill before he contracted the virus, his son told AFP news agency. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, being ousted […]

A Nigerian-born medical doctor, Dr. Alfa Sa’adu, has died of coronavirus in the United Kingdom. Dr. Sa’adu died in London on Tuesday at the age of 68 and was until his death a physician at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. “Today at approx. 7.30am, Dr. Alfa Sa’adu (my dad) died of the Coronavirus. He had […]Read More

Prices of food items have shut-up across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe in recent times, leaving over seven million Nigerians in dire straits as food shortages are expected to kick-in between June and August; the March 2020 Cadre Harmonisѐ (CH) Analysis Outcome for 16 northern states and the Federal Capital […]

Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF), established by a billionaire, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., on Monday donated N1.5 billion to Federal Government and Lagos State government to support Nigeria’s fight against the global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Adenuga Jr. is the founder of Nigeria’s second national carrier in the telecommunications industry, Globacom. Mrs. Bella Disu, daughter of the […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” Makinde tweeted on Monday evening. “I have designated Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the Head of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday night in Abuja signed the Covid-19 Regulations 2020 in accordance with Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004). The regulations declared Covid-19 as a dangerous and infectious disease. A statement by the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the Regulations which took effect from Monday, […]

Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari, who tested positive for the deadly coronavirus arrived Lagos late Monday and is currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the advice of his doctors. The top presidential aide, who was flown to Lagos in an air ambulance, was said to be […]

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that the country earned a total of $32.63 billion from the oil and gas sector in 2018, which it said represented a 55% increase in the $20.99 billion recorded in the sector in the preceding year. NEITI, in the 11th edition of the Oil and Gas […]

More than 35,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic since it emerged late last year in China, most of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 4:14 p.m. GMT yesterday using official figures. In total, 35,905 people have died, including 26,076 in Europe. Italy has the most deaths with 11,591, following […]Read More