archiveApril 10, 2020

  The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has appointed Nigeria’s two-term Minister of Finance and former Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve as a member of her newly established External Advisory Group. The appointment came about a month...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman Dangote Industries Limited has assured Nigerians and Africans of victory over the coronavirus pandemic. The assurance was detailed in a goodwill message on the occasion of his 63rd birthday issued by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Dangote Group, Mr Anthony Chiejina on Friday in Lagos. The foremost entrepreneur commended the...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday highlighted some implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for peace and security. A report on the UN website quoted Guterres as telling members of the Security Council in a closed video conference that the pandemic was beyond a health crisis. Describing it as...

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has called for the establishment of more testing centres in the country to quickly identify cases and carriers of the Coronavirus in the country. President of NIPR, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, made the call in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. He urged...

The Presidential Task Force ,(PTF) on COVID-19 is developing a National Policy on mandatory use of face masks by Nigerians. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, who is also the Chairman of the task force made this known in Abuja during the daily news conference by the team....

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) will go on air with a special programme, "Elijah of Our Time" for the rampaging pandemic, Covid-19. According to the Chairman of the Ministry's Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, the new programme, to be anchored live by the General Overseer of the...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Senator David Bonaventure Mark on the occasion of his 72nd birthday. Lawan congratulated Senator Mark, who was the Senate President between 2007 and 2015, for witnessing the joyous occasion in good health. He praised the former senator for his life...

  Spanish lawmakers voted Thursday evening to extend state of emergency measures until April 26, as the battles against the coronavirus outbreak rage on. The measures prolong the state of emergency for the second time in Spain, which has the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll. Several economic and labour regulations...

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) says it has successfully restored service on the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System platform (GIFMIS). GIFMIS is an information technology based system for budget management and accounting meant to improve public expenditure management processes. It also helps to enhance...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has advised African countries to draw lessons from Ebola readiness to tackle Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said many African countries were currently using Ebola and Influenza preparedness to step up their COVID-19...