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Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, has hinted of the readiness of the federal government to review the 2020 budget using the $30 per barrel price benchmark as against $57 per barrel benchmark used for the passage of the budget by the National Assembly last December. Ahmed, who disclosed this at a meeting with the leadership of […]

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian National Summit Group (NNSG), Tony Uranta, has called for the arrest of the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winner’s Chapel, David Oyedepo for violating the government’s ban on large gatherings of people to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Tuesday, Uranta […]

From his self-isolation hideout, Bauchi state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has discounted media reports that he might have infected Africa’s richest man and chairman, Dangote Group, Alhadji Aliko Dangote with the deadly Coronavirus; clarifying that he met with Dangote at his headquarters in Lagos before meeting the son of former Vice President, Mohammed Atiku Abubakar […]

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has a case count of fewer than 50 coronavirus cases. But what’s become increasingly clear is that low number is not because the country has been lucky or particularly effective with preventing the spread of the disease—it’s more likely because local authorities are simply not testing enough people.   The […]

The coronavirus pandemic, yesterday, exhibited its clout for upsetting human activities at the top echelons of the Nigerian government. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, some ministers, senior government officials, and top business executives who recently had contact with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, have gone on self- isolation. Their self-isolation followed Kyari’s […]

Amid the seeming inability to contain the deadly coronavirus which broke out in China and is fast ravaging many other countries, there was panic yesterday as another strain of the deadly virus called Hantavirus claimed one life in the same China.   A state-run English-language newspaper, Global Times, wrote on Twitter yesterday: “A person from […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday confirmed the killing in an ambush of 47 soldiers by members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State.   The clarification, which was in the wake of 70-casualty figure earlier circulated on the social media, was made by the Director of Defence Information, Major General John Enenche, during a […]

The Nigeria’s centre for disease control on Tuesday confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number to 44.  The two cases were located in Abuja and Bauchi State. “2 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in FCT and 1 in Bauchi,” NCDC said. “The cases […]

Manchester United now plan on signing Odion Ighalo on a permanent basis as they’re unsure if the striker would be able to play for the club again under the current circumstances of his loan deal due to the coronavirus outbreak, reports metro.co.uk.   The former Watford striker was a shock signing on deadline day in […]

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday directed that all open markets and stores should close, except for sellers of food and medicines, medical equipment and other essential life-saving products. Briefing the media, the governor stated that for those that fall into the aforementioned categories, it is imperative that they observe necessary precautionary measures of social […]

Nigerians can now have some hope that the Coronavirus may not be as devastating as it has been in China, Italy, Spain, United States and some other parts of the world, courtesy of its high temperatures and humidity. A new study has suggested that rising temperatures and humidity levels would likely reduce the spread of […]

The Federal Government has ordered full closure of land borders, suspended FEC meetings and said it wouldn’t rule out tougher decisions in its bid to control the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), even as it warned that things could get worse as Nigeria’s coronavirus cases reach 40; with four new cases, three in in Lagos State and […]