archiveApril 2020

  The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on Monday said she expected the Fund to have granted Nigeria with considerable emergency financing by the end of this month, an indication that the IMF  may grant the contry’s request for a $3.4 billion credit. The board...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday says the President,  Muhammadu Buhari, in his Monday’s COVID-19 address, failed to offer decisive solutions to protect Nigerians from the deadly pandemic. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, also expressed disappointment that Buhari did not offer any post...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, confirmed 64 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 1337. The NCDC, in a tweet on Monday night said that 91 of the new infections were recorded in...

Argentina declared its football season over on Monday and said there would be no relegation for two seasons because of the disruption caused by the new coronavirus outbreak. “We are ending the tournaments,” Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association, told a local news channel, adding that the decision...

UK government’s cabinet minister responsible for sports on Monday said he had been in talks with the English Premier League (EPL). Speaking at a parliamentary questions session, Oliver Dowden, Culture, Media and Sports Secretary, said this was with the aim of getting football back on the field as quickly as...

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Tuesday said the fire outbreak at Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, has destroyed 30 vehicles. The filling station is located at Yaya Abatan Bus Stop, off Colleage Road, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos...

  The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says its medical team on Monday delivered a 40-year-old COVID-19 patient, of a baby girl. The LUTH management made this known in its verified official twitter handle, @LUTHofficial, on Monday. According to the tweet, the team comprises: doctors, anaesthetists and nurses....

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night, backed his nationwide broadcast with the signing of a new Proclamation Order to give effect to the new measures he just ordered in his broadcast. The new Proclamation Order tagged ‘Proclamation Order on the Management of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano FCT and other...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced a ban on non-essential inter-state travels until further notice as Nigeria grapples to combat the spread of coronavirus. The president, who made the announcement in a broadcast in Abuja, also announced the imposition of curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. “This means all...

  Britain is “turning the tide” in its fight to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, but must continue social-distancing measures to avoid a second peak of infections, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Johnson said this in his first speech on Monday since returning to work after his own...