THE Nigerian Senate has announced the decision by Distinguished Senators to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to respond to the spread and treatment of Corona virus in Nigeria. The acting spokesman of the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, announced the decision through a statement on Monday. “After due consultations following a keen review of the national efforts ... Read More »
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COVID-19 and Kwara’s capacity to hold its own By Rafiu Ajakaye
This is no good time for mankind — no thanks to the deadly Coronavirus, or COVID-19. The virus is giving the most powerful of nations a good run for their money, technological know-how, and oft-touted readiness to face down any threat from anywhere. As of 10:37p.m. on March 29, the virus has affected 199 countries across all the continents with ... Read More »
Mouka Provides Comfort to Nigerians during crisis, donates 700 mattresses
Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses and bedding products, has brought relief to victims of the Abule Ado gas pipeline fire explosion in Lagos with the donation of 200 mattresses. In the same vein, 500 mattresses were donated to Lagos State towards equipping its isolation centres used for the treatment of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The socially responsible organisation has ... Read More »
BE FRIENDLY WITH LAGOSIANS, SANWO-OLU URGES SECURITY OPERATIVES AS LAGOS SHUTS TO MOVEMENT
…Enforcement Will Be Done With Human Face – CP Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged security agents to be friendly in enforcing the lockdown order announced on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Governor urged those who will be carrying out the enforcement to show high professionalism in dealing with erring persons, cautioning that high-handedness may lead to ... Read More »
VP Osinbajo Chairs Economic Sustainability Committee
_”The President today constituted an Economic Sustainability Committee he asked me to chair, on how to implement strategies to alleviate sufferings of Nigerians at this time,”_ VP Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, said at a Google Hangout where young Nigerian tech innovators discussed impact of COVID-19. The Committee is to take care of the economic challenges and fallouts of the pandemic and ... Read More »
Coronavirus: We’ve started immediate cash transfer to poorest households, says FG
Sadiya Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Fisaster Management and Social Development says the ministry has commenced cash transfer to poorest households in the country to cushion effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The minister said this during a press briefing by the presidential task force on the disease in Abuja, on Monday. Nigeria has recorded 111 coronavirus cases spread across 10 ... Read More »
MILE 12 INTERNATIONAL MARKET INITIATES MOBILE MARKET
Furtherance to the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari’s for lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and FCT due to the effects of Covid-19 and effort been made to mitigate the spread of the pandemic. The Executives of Mile 12 International Market, the largest perishable Foodstuffs in Lagos, Nigeria had concluded plans to avail Lagosians with MOBILE MARKET. The mobile market will visit ... Read More »
We’ll Work Together To Defeat COVID-19’ – Akin Alabi Reacts To Makinde’s Health Status
A member of the House of Representatives, Akin Alabi, has assured residents that he will join forces to ensure that the scourge of Coronavirus pandemic code-named COVID-19 is grounded within Nigeria. The lawmaker, representing Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constituency in Oyo, made this remark in sympathy message to the announcement of Oyo state’s governor Seyi Makinde testing positive on Monday evening. ... Read More »
Ogun lockdown to commence Friday – Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Monday, said the lockdown of the state has been shifted to Friday. Abiodun said the state government made a request to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to shift the lockdown which was supposed to take place on Monday night to *Friday, April 3, 2020,* and has been granted. He said the ... Read More »
Covid-19: Oyo should be given same treatment as Lagos, Ogun, federal lawmaker tells Buhari
…commends Makinde on handling of disease President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to retrace his steps and include Oyo State and other states with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in whatever measures being taken by the Federal Government to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus in the country. A three-term member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Ajibola Muraina, who ... Read More »