Coronavirus outbreak all over the world has severe economic consequences, and it has become apparent. Many economies and markets are already showing signs of severe downtime, with falling prices of shares and stock market crashes. Both local and international businesses are affected, and there are predictions that it will get even worse, thus prompting governments around the world to map out multi-billions as social intervention funds to keep their citizens afloat. We have also seen...
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the suspension of the on-going orientation course for 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 Corps members. In a statement released in the early hours of Wednesday, the NYSC attributed the action to COVID-19 pandemic which lead to the suspension of large gatherings. “Therefore, the Corps Members shall be posted to commence their primary assignments forthwith, while they shall be invited back to orientation camps when...
The government of Nigeria has announced travel restrictions following the discovery of five more cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. The move to restrict entry into the country for persons coming from 13 countries with over 1000 cases of COVID-19 was announced on Wednesday morning by the Presidential Task Force on the Control of the Coronavirus led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
With Five New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed, Nigerian Government to Implement Travel Restriction The government of Nigeria has announced travel restrictions following the discovery of five more cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. The move to restrict entry into the country for persons coming from 13 countries with over 1000 cases of COVID-19 was announced on Wednesday morning by the Presidential Task Force on the Control...
A coalition of Civil Society Groups in Nigeria has appealed to the federal government to put forth stringent measures that would limit public gatherings and promote safe social contacts among citizens. Their request is coming barely 24 hours after Nigeria confirmed its third case of Covid-19. The group includes Policy and Legislative Advocacy Centre, Centre for Liberty, Stakeholders Democracy Network SDN, Silverchip Fox, TechHer, Butterfly Effect Empowerment Initiative, YIAGA Africa, Concerned Nigerians, Free Nigeria Movement,...
