archiveApril 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has announced that a 36-year-old man died of coronavirus in the state. Abayomi who made the announcement via his Twitter handle on Sunday added that the Nigerian died on Saturday in a private facility. Abayomi confirmed the death as the second...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday assured residents of adequate food supply in all the 27 designated COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Food Markets at farm gate prices. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, gave the assurance while monitoring the exercise at the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja, Opebi...

Oba Abdulraheem Adeoti, the Olomu of Omu-Aran, in Kwara, on Sunday commended donors who had contributed to the Covid-19 relief package initiated by the Traditional Council of Chiefs in the community. Adeoti, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), thanked Bishop David Oyedepo, President and Founder, Living Faith Church,...

President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of the pandemic. “There’s going to be a lot of death,” Trump said at a briefing with newsmen on Sunday. He...

  The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said the state has recorded the death of a 36-year-old Nigerian man, who died of COVID-19 in the state. Abayomi announced the death through his Twitter handle on Sunday, saying that it was the death of second COVID-19...

The Federal Government has declared that no licence has been issued for the deployment of 5G Technology in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. Pantami said “the attention of my office has been...

The Joint Operation Task -Team for the Enforcement of Federal Government’s lockdown order said it had impounded 51 cars, nine tricycles and 46 motorcycles in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in...

The Presidential Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has appealed to security agencies to handle the task of enforcing the movement restrictions with tact and caution. Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who made the appeal during...

  The Nigerian Stock  Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both depreciated by 3.51 per cent to close the week at 21,094.62 and N10.994 trillion respectively. All other indices finished lower with the exception of NSE Oil/Gas which appreciated by 2.33% while NSE ASeM Index closed flat. In all,...

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it on an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund. Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser to the President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in a...