archiveApril 14, 2020

Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) says it has observed 64 per cent increase in call cases on sexual abuses which has prompted the reopening of its center to cater to survivors of sexual violence. Dr Kemi Da-Silvia Ibru, the founder WARIF, said the decision was made after the NGO observed an...

  Nigeria’s economy to drop by 3.4% The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said that Nigeria could be heading for its worst recession in three decades. The economic downturn is one of the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic predicted by experts around the world. According to the IMF, Nigeria’s...

Some residents in Festac area of Lagos on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the 14-day extension of the lockdown in the state, saying one week would have been bearable, but not two. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the residents complained that even though they knew that the...

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday imposed an indefinite 7.pm to 7.am curfew in the state to check the spread of the deadly COVID-19. Akeredolu announced the imposition in Akure at a press briefing at the Government House. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a third...

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) excluded Nigeria from debt relief granted to 25 countries, 19 of which are in Africa. The Managing Director of the IMF, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, said it would provide $500 million in grant-based debt service relief to these countries. “Today, I am pleased to say...

  The European Union has given Nigeria €50 million to fight the coronavirus disease which has killed at least 10 people in the West African country. The donation was announced when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), received in audience the EU Delegation at the Council Chambers, State House,...

Europe is heading for a double-digit slump in the first half of 2020 amid widespread lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Bloomberg’s monthly survey of economists puts the contraction in the euro area at more than 10% in the January-June period, with most of the hit – 8.3%...

Following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the lockdown by another 14 days in the three affected states, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has thereby directed all offices in the state secretariat in Alausa to remain closed for the period. In a statement signed by Hakeem Muri Okunola,...

  Bank accounts totalling 300,000 were abandoned by Nigerian bank account holders in the first quarter of 2020, the latest statistics from the Nigerian Interbank Settlement Scheme has revealed. Between Q4 2019 and the period under review, the number of current accounts in the country contracted by one million, implying...

The Ondo government has revealed that another positive case of  coronavirus (COVID-19) was recorded in the state on Monday. Mr Donald Ojogo, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure on Tuesday. He said the third confirmed victim of the virus in...