Sequel to requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile lists of willing nationals who wanted to come back home. According to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the interested Nigerians are advised to inform the missions in the various ... Read More »
Dr Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), said on Saturday that the Federal Government was not importing Chinese medical experts to directly take charge of the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Abari stated this when he featured on a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) live programme in Abuja. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had said last Friday ... Read More »
Operatives from the office of the Inspector General of police have arrested a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, James Okugo Nwanjoku, over alleged social media comment on the Coronavirus status of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyema. Nwanjoku, who is APC Youth Leader in Enugu West Senatorial Zone, was whisked away from his father’s palace ... Read More »
The Lagos State Government has ascribed the death of a 55-year-old Nigerian to the strong immune suppression drugs he was taking and his inability to provide full account of his travel history. The Nigerian died from COVID-19 related complications at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Announcing the first COVID-19 death in Lagos on Saturday, April 4, Prof Akin Abayomi, ... Read More »
The suggestion that the Chinese engineered extant coronavirus pandemic for economic advantage is highly preposterous. I don’t think we should touch it at all, not even with the proverbial long pole. For, even if the Chinese had just stayed the course prior coronavirus, their leadership of the global economic system was a question of time. The bitter truth is ... Read More »
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun Saturday inspected bagged relief materials at the State Central Food Bank ahead of the stimulus package distribution across the State. The Governor, who was on the visit to ensure quality assurance in content, bagging and logistics, emphasised that the exercise was targeted at 500,000 homes. Governor Abiodun stressed that while the number ... Read More »
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis’. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognise the opportunity” (John F. Kennedy) “Close scrutiny will show that most crisis situations are opportunities for either advance or stay where you are”(Maxwell Maltz) “Crisis and deadlocks when ... Read More »
Barely five days after restriction of movement in Lagos State commenced, the Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the palliative programme designed to assist indigent and aged has been sabotaged by some residents in the state. Sanwo-Olu explained that the programme which started on a positive note was later hijacked by some residents at the detriment of 200,000 specified ... Read More »
Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has taken a swipe at those criticising him for not doing enough with the relief packages he shared to his Agege constituents on March 30th, 2020. In his plan to ease the negative effects the Coronavirus lockdown might have on the people of his constituency, Obasa ordered the distribution of ... Read More »
The attention of the apex authority of the Celestial Church of Christ W/w has been drawn to a video clip gone viral on the social media, in which the afore-titled was caught in a shameful and utterly despicable act capable of smearing the image of our great church. Consequent upon swift and thorough investigation and intervention by the appropriate ... Read More »
Hottestgistnaija.com
