By Sulaimon Olanrewaju On March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari, during a national broadcast on the then rising COVID-19 crisis, announced the lockdown of Lagos and Ogun states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The erstwhile president also…
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is showing mild symptoms. At 81 years old, Biden tested positive after attending his initial event in Las Vegas, where he was scheduled to speak later at the UnidosUS annual…
By Umar Akilu Majeri Dutse The Jigawa State Government has approved the Released of N3.5billion to support 30,000 farmers in the state mostly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was confirmed by State commissioner for Information Youth Support and Culture…
A substantial number of Nigerians are struggling to meet repayment obligations for loans issued under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and NIRSAL Microfinance Bank’s targeted credit facility (TCF), a recent disclosure revealed. Launched in April 2020 to mitigate the…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has given a week aultimatum to all private Airline operators in the country within which to render justifiable evidence before it on how they expended the N4bn they collected from…
1,950 farmers have been earmarked as beneficiaries in the second phase of the distribution of COVID-19 Economic Recovery and Economic Stimulus in Jigawa state. The Governor made this known at the flagging off of the distribution of the multi-million Naira…
Social protection partners in the country have called attention to the socioeconomic deprivations against Nigerians, expressing worry that the menace of poverty has taken a toll on livelihoods. At a two-day policy dialogue workshop on Nigeria’s poverty profile and social…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to spend $9m to accelerate COVID vaccination in 15 Nigerian states. The amount which is a grant from the Canadian Government to the Nigerian Federal Government will be deployed to the 15 lowest performing states in…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has again threatened to lock up banks, stores or supermarkets that refuse to accept the old N500 and N1000 notes. Abiodun said he would deal with any trader or service provider that refuses to…
The Federal Government says the country has only vaccinated 68 per cent of it’s COVID-19 eligible population. The government in 2021, said it had invested much and was ready to vaccinate 70 per cent of its population before the end of…
