Month: March 2020
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NEMA distributes relief materials to victims of armed banditry in Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday distributed millions of Naira worth of relief materials to victims of armed banditry displaced from three local government areas of Niger. NEM’s Director General (DG), Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja supervised the delivery of the relief materials to the internal displaced persons (IDPs). ALSO READ:Dangote tests negative for coronavirus, to build…
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Indonesia president announces $25 billion spending to fight coronavirus
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, on Tuesday, said he had signed a regulation to let the government significantly raise spending in its fight against the coronavirus and widen the 2020 budget deficit to 5.07 per cent of GDP. Widodo also announced a national public health emergency and said the government would spend 405.1 trillion rupiahs ($24.85…
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COVID-19: Lawmaker sets up fund, donates salaries to constituents
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Yussuf Buba (APC-Adamawa) has set up a fund and donated all his monthly salaries to his constituents against the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, Buba said that the fund is to called the ‘Yusuf Captain Buba Coronavirus Trust Fund’.…
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COVID-19: Gov. Wike imposes dusk to dawn curfew
Residents of parts of Port Harcourt were forced off the streets on Tuesday by security personnel as Gov. Nyesom Wike imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in parts of the state. Residents who went out as early as 6am were driven back by security personnel in Obiri-Ikwerre Junction (Ozuoba, Rumualogu) – Choba and from Education Bus Stop – Agip…
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CSO seeks comprehensive data on COVID-19 donations, expenditure
Connected Development (CODE) a civil society organisation, has urged Federal and State Governments to provide comprehensive data of interventions, recipient organisations and expenditure of donated funds for tackling COVID-19. ALSO READ:COVID-19: Germany to evacuate citizens from Nigeria The Chief Executive Officer of CODE, Mr Hamzat Lawal, made this call in a statement on Tuesday in…
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Europeans send medical supplies to Iran, circumventing sanctions
France, Germany, and Britain have made the first use of a bartering mechanism set up to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran, to send medical supplies to the crisis-hit country, the German Foreign Office says. ALSO READ:COVID-19: President Buhari’s lockdown order a move in the right direction – Legal practitioners In Iran, one of the countries…
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COVID-19: Kaduna govt. says 2 new cases are contacts of index case
Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni, says the two confirmed Coronavirus cases in the state are contacts of the index case. ALSO READ:Covid-19: Policy expert advocates compulsory test centres in all states Our correspondet reports that the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Monday confirmed two new positive cases, bringing the…
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WHO urges Asia-Pacific to brace up for long-term battle against Covid-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday urged Asia-Pacific countries to brace up for a long-term battle against the coronavirus and stressed the need for nations not to let their guard down even if cases taper off. ALSO READ:Buhari signs quarantine regulations on lockdown “This is a pandemic unlike the world has ever seen, and…
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COVID-19: Association orders closure of mining sites
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, a former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) have wished Gov. Seyi Makinde quick recovery as he tested positive to the coronavirus. ALSO READ:SGF says lockdown outside Ogun, Lagos, FCT is illegal The trio expressed their sympathy in separate…
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COVID 19: Ondo Govt. explains closure of markets
The Ondo State Government has given further reasons for total shutdown of markets in the state, due to persistent flouting of social distancing regulation. ALSO READ:Why the persecution of Obla, SAN by EFCC can’t Stand Our correspondent reports that the state government had on March 24 shut down market malls and shops, except those dealing…