archiveApril 16, 2020

The oil marketers, under the umbrella of Major Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), on Thursday called for full price liberalisation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, instead of price modulation. Its Chairman, Mr Tunji Oyebanji, who made the call in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said...

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has explained that Nigeria did not benefit from the recent debt relief by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because the country was not indebted to the IMF. Ahmed, in a tweet on Thursday, said, “It is true Nigeria is...

 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a further 150-million-dollar commitment to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The world community must understand that so long as COVID-19 is somewhere, we need to act as if it were everywhere. “Beating this pandemic will require an unprecedented level of international funding...

  The Lagos state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has mourned the death of Dr. Chugbo Emeka, who died of COVID-19. The medical doctor was a private medical doctor who died after being exposed to a coronavirus patient. He was the first medical personnel that would die of...

China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than two million people globally was made in a laboratory. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in response to a question about accusations the coronavirus...

  A private physiotherapist, Opeyemi Bakre, on Thursday in Lagos advised Nigerians currently staying at home not to consume excess sugar so as not to come down with joint pains, such as arthritis. Bakre, the founder of Pro-Health Community Physiotherapy in Ikeja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...

Kano state government has confirmed that one person has died of coronavirus in the state. The State Government disclosed this in the early hours of Thursday. The ministry of health also said on its twitter handle Thursday that it had 21 cases, with one death. The identity of the person...

National leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged the Federal Government of Nigerian to make cash payments to households through Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) as palliative. Tinubu who gave the advice in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, said the move would help cushion the...