The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , is in a meeting with the service chiefs , The PUNCH reports . The meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa in Abuja . The meeting is not unconnected…
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COVID-19: OPEC puts Nigeria’s oil output at 1.78 m/bd last month
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria’s oil output, excluding Condensate, at 1.78 million barrels per day, m/bd, in April 2020. According to data collated from secondary sources, this indicated a decrease of 68,000 bpd when compared…
Covid-19: FCT Essential workers held as Soldiers block Old Karu Road
Scores of workers on essential duties in the Federal Capital Territory FCT were on Tuesday night held by soldiers manning a check-point at the Karu Market on the Old Karu Road, on the grounds of breaching the presidential curfew. The…
Ekweremadu @ 58: Reflections on Feeding Bottle Federalism and COVID-19
Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, nailed the Nigerian situation in three words that have stuck in the Nigerian political lexicon: feeding bottle federalism. Delivering the 2012 edition of Oputa Lecture…
COVID-19: eTranzact feeds the poor in Lagos
As a way of easing the burden of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on vulnerable members of the public, banking and payment services provider, eTranzact International is feeding the poor in Lagos, reaching over 2,000 people. The feeding project, according to the…
Two die, seven injured in Ogun accident
Two persons were on Friday confirmed dead, while seven others sustained injuries in an accident, involving a truck, three other vehicles and three motorcycles along Toll-Gate, Sango- Ota, in Ado Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State. The spokesperson of…
Enugu records 10th COVID-19 case — Commissioner
Enugu State Government on Saturday confirmed another positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state, the Commissioner for Health, Prof Ikechukwu Obi announces. Obi said in a statement in Enugu that the case happened to be another contact of the…
Coronavirus: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa in one year
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that about 190,000 people in Africa could die of Coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic, if containment of the disease fails. In a new study carried out by the agency’s regional…
10 staff of Lagos State House test positive for COVID-19
THE Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Prof Akin Abayomi, yesterday (Wednesday), stated that 10 persons associated with the Lagos State House in Marina have tested positive to COVID-19. This came as Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Dr. Ibijioke,…
COVID-19: 16 almajiris from Kano test positive in Jigawa
Jigawa State Government yesterday said no fewer than 16 almajiris (Islamic school pupils) recently sent to the state from Kano State, have tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19. This came as Benue State Action Committee on coronavirus,COVID-19, Wednesday night intercepted…