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Social media platform, Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The others include Benin Republic; Burkina Faso; Cameroun; Cape Verde; Chad; Cote d’ Ivoire; Ethiopia and Gabon. The rest are Guinea; ...
Read More »ICPC inaugurates panel to monitor coronavirus funds
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has raised COVID-19 Funds Monitoring Team pursuant to Section 6 (b)-(d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who disclosed this in Abuja, ...
Read More »Federal Government mulls narrow fuel price band for flexibility
Disturbed by the seeming reluctance of petroleum marketers regarding the adjustment of pump price under the monthly pricing template, the Federal Government is to maintain a narrow price band for seamless transition. Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National ...
Read More »President Buhari pardons 2600 prisoners, Anthony Enahoro, Ambrose Ali, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has pardoned 2,600 inmates of correctional centres nationwide. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbeshola, who made the disclosure in Abuja, said 70 of the inmates were from the Kuje maximum custodial centre. The tally includes 41 federal prisoners ...
Read More »AfDB to defer private sector debts on COVID-19 recession fears, says continent may need over $154b support
To cushion the impact of global recession, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) will defer private sector debt repayment for organisations in need of emergency liquidity facility through its $10 billion COVID-19 response facility. President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who ...
Read More »Govt expresses worry over decline in oil revenue, monthly allocations
The Bayelsa State Government has expressed worry over the impending economy crisis in the country as a result of the increasing shortfall in oil revenue and decline in revenue from the Federation Account arising from the global COVID-19 crisis. The ...
Read More »Bayelsa State CJ suspends court sittings indefinitely over COVID-19
Bayelsa State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Kate Abiri, has extended till further notice all court proceedings in state. The judge, who had earlier ordered the immediate suspension of court sittings in the state for a first instance of two weeks, ...
Read More »Delta records coronavirus index case, raises special courts try lockdown violators
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has confirmed an index case of the novel coronavirus in Delta State, adding that the patient had been quarantined in a centre at Warri. This comes on the heels of Tuesday’s announcement by the Nigeria Centre for ...
Read More »Why we kept vigil at Itu Bridge, by Ayade as over 36,000 refugees in C’River, border communities face threat
Financial racketeering at Cross River borders with the South-South and South East states as well as fear of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) entering the state forced Governor Ben Ayade to keep vigil at the Calabar-Itu Bridge. Reliable sources hinted that ...
Read More »Ikpeazu extends Abia lockdown by seven days
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has extended by one week the lockdown he imposed on Abia State to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first restriction had expired on Tuesday. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chris Ezem, who made ...
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