President Muhammadu Buhari in a live broadcast on Nigerian Television Authority ( NTA ) on 12th April by 7pm has extended the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic by additional two weeks. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed in his sixty paragraphs speech. Let us read his full speech below: ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as…
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President Donald Trump of United States Of America ( USA ) has projected that Energy Industry would bounce back stronger after COVID-19 pandemic is over. President Trump dropped this hint while thanking the governments of Russia and Saudi Arabia for sealing agreement to partner with USA through OPEC+. In a double tweets, President Trump tweeted thus: ” Having been involved in the negotiations, to put it mildly, the number that OPEC+ is looking to cut is 20 Million Barrels a day, not the 10 Million that is generally being reported. If anything near this happens, and the World gets back…
Independent monitors writes National Assembly to caution Minister of Humanitarian Affairs over mismanagement of NSIP programme in a letter dated 9th April 2020 signed by Oladusu Segun. Dear Sir OUR DISPLEASURE CONCERNING THE ILL TREATMENT METED OUT TO US BY HONOURABLE MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT We are the field marshal for all the components of the National social investment programme (NSIP). We are always on hand to monitor and transmit useful feedback to the National social investment office (NSIO) on the activities of the programme (NPower, National Home Grown School feeding…
The Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management who is also in charge of the Social Investment Scheme of the Federal government ( Npower ), Hajiya Sadiya Farouq received a shock of her life on Sunday being 12th April, 2020 when Npower Volunteers who are angry over the delay of their Match stipend bombarded her twitter handle to express their anger. Hajiya Sadiya Farouq who posted a message of facilitation on her twitter handle @sadiya_Farouq to wish Christian faithfuls “Happy Easter”, got back handful of protest comments from beneficiaries over what they described as ” incessant delay of monthly stipend “…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from the hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at his country residence of Chequers, his office disclosed. The statement reads, “On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work. He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas’ for the brilliant care he has received,” a spokesperson said. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London on April 5, after suffering from persistent symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. On April 6 he was moved into intensive care,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the “Stay-At-Home” order placed on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states since March 31 as part of measure to check the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria. The #lockdown of the two states and the FCT was for an initial period of 14 days, which would have elapsed on Monday. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday, did not clearly say when the extension would last. It however noted that restriction of movement, a policy being adopted…
The Federal Government has said the portal in circulation on the social media for its recruitment exercise of 774, 000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works program is fake. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on April 6, 2020, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. She explained that 1, 000 people were expected to be recruited from each of the 774 local government areas in the country. According to her, N60 billion for allowances…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has revealed reason he liked late Nigeria’s despotic leader, Gen. Sani Abacha, in view of the maltreatment of Nigerians in China. He said he liked the despotic leader because he would have acted and sent Chinese out of the country in the midst of alleged inhuman treatment meted out to Nigerians in China. Several reports had it that some Nigerians in China were being sent out of their houses and in hotels. According to him, one thing he knew was that Abacha would not have taken this nonsense from the Chinese. Fani-Kayode said if…
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Friday named a member of the External Advisory Group constituted by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. The group of prominent individuals from around the world are to serve as the IMF chief’s special advisers that would provide insights to enhance the fund’s ability to serve its membership. They consist mainly of high-level technocrats and policy experts with private sector experience. The new external advisory group, inaugurated on Friday in Washington DC, is to also provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues.…
The gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) in the last November 16 Kogi Election, Barrister Natasha Akpoti has donated modern medical equipment to Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja in the flight against the dreaded #COVID-19 Barrister Natasha Akpoti who channels the donation through her foundation; ” Natasha Akpoti Foundation ” donated two Oxygen power mobile Ventilators and one electric power ventilator. Receiving the equipment on behalf of the federal government, the Chief Medical Director in charge of Federal Medical Centre Lokoja, Dr Olatunde Oladeji Alabi commended Barrister Natasha Akpoti for her philanthropic gesture and urged other politicians in…