archiveMarch 19, 2020

  .says state on high alert, resources deployed warns residents to practise personal hygiene   The Oyo State government, on Thursday, allayed the fears of residents of the state on the Corona Virus pandemic, declaring that there is no confirmed case of the disease in the state yet.   The...

    President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has decried Nigeria’s poor performance in the area of Agricultural Research and Development. Lawan made this known in his concluding remarks after the Senate considered a bill that seeks to amend the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria Act. According to...

Says 988 projects are not under the right agencies   Tracka, a transparency platform owned by BudgIT,  that allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has observed that a higher percentage of the ₦100 billion allocated for zonal intervention projects in 2020 approved...

President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday announced the decision of the Senate to suspend public hearings and restrict access to its chamber over growing concerns of Coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the country. The announcement came after the Senate embarked on a closed session at the resumption of...

  Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 3,405, surpassing the 3,245 fatalities reported in China. The death toll rose by 14.3 per cent from Wednesday, the Italian Civil Protection Agency says in its daily bulletin, also reporting a 14.9-per-cent hike in the total number of contagions,...

  The Senate may on Tuesday next week consider a report on addressing the critical issue of Nigeria’s power problems. The report was submitted on Thursday during plenary by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP – Benue North East). The Senate President, Senator Ahmad...

    Seeks end to voting along ethnic, religious lines The Senate on Thursday began amendment to the Electoral Act to introduce electoral debate as a requirement to be fulfilled by candidates of political parties seeking to contest Presidential and Governorship elections in Nigeria. Sponsor of the Electoral Act Amendment...

  The U.S on Thursday approved a malaria drug, chloroquine, for the treatment of Coronavirus (COVID-19). President Donald Trump said at a Coronavirus Task Force news conference that the drug could help with symptoms of COVID-19. According to him, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is fast-tracking approval of using...

  The National Economic Council (NEC) has constituted a special committee to coordinate Federal and State Governments’ response to the socio-economic impact of the pandemic Covid-19 in Nigerian economy. Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday...

  The Federal Government has shut down all Nigerian tertiary, secondary and primary schools across the nation to avoid the spread of coronavirus. Nigeria now has 12 cases of coronavirus. Speaking with Punch Newspaper in a telephone interview, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, confirmed the...