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In view of the falling prices of oil in the global market, professionals have charged the Federal Government to prioritise diversification of the nation’s economy to avert crisis in the future. A professor of Industrial Economics at the Imo State ...

Experts have canvassed urgent quick fixes to survive looming fiscal turbulence and possible bankruptcy, as oil prices have fallen to as low as $10 from $70 per barrel in 2019 or 2020 Budget benchmark of $55 per barrel.   They said ...

A Calabar, Cross River-based philanthropist, Ben Akak has declared that Nigeria needed to review it foreign policies and strengthen its agricultural sector in view of the current crisis in the country’s political-economic space and its over-dependence on oil. He stressed ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over the death of his father, Alhaji Hussain Idris. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president ...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on Muslims to observe social distancing when searching for the moon in respect of this year’s Ramadan. It specifically advised faithful to remain indoors and shun crowds. The council’s Deputy ...

The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government is today holding an Extraordinary Session through videoconference. The ECOWAS Commission, through its Communications Department, yesterday said the leaders would discuss the “Situation and Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the ...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has attributed the rising cases of the disease to expansion of government’s testing capacity and activities as well as evidence that community spread was taking place. “Considering the dynamic nature of the response ...

A member of the Correspondents Chapel of the Adamawa Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has emerged the first journalist to test positive for COVID-19 and the index case in the state. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, in a statewide ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed his recovery from the novel coronavirus after testing negative twice for the virus. In a live broadcast, he said: “I am delighted to report today (yesterday) that after nearly four weeks of observing ...

The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has disclosed that no fewer than 1.7 million households would benefit from its food relief packages to help alleviate the effects of the lockdown adopted by governments across the country. It also disclosed ...