The Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has approved the immediate release of N1 billion Naira to the COVID-19 Relief Fund being put together to fight the Corona Virus pandemic in Nigeria. Mr. Sunday Oluyemi, Director of Communication and Public Affairs, posted on NDIC official twitter handle on Thursday. Oluyemi said the board acknowledged that the corporation was not only consistent with its Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR) but that the proceeds would be...
Three days to the 2020 Easter celebration, the price of rice has remained stable in Enugu metropolis following the availability of the produce and high number of rice farmers in the state. A market survey by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday showed that the price remained stable in spite of the coming festivity. NAN reports that in spite of the high price of other foodstuffs following the lockdown, the price of rice had...
The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus in Nigeria would not be feasible now given the nation’s over 200 million population. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the arrival of the Chinese experts and some equipment in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that government was rather continuing with its targeted testing for those who had been abroad or those who may have come in...
In response to allegations that many residents of Lagos who are under lockdown did not benefit from the welfare package the government initiated, the state government has said the food packages were never meant for everyone. In the build-up to the state and the federal government imposed lockdown, the Lagos government initiated welfare packages to ease the inevitable hardship residents would face. However, when the food packages were distributed, there were complaints by many that...
Bolaji Amusan, National President, Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) on Monday said that Funke Akindele-Bello’s prosecution should be a great lesson for all and not only celebrities. Amusan told the News Agency of Nigeria that Akindele-Bello had been an outstanding actress, law-abiding, easy-going and hardworking. The association president said it was, however, unfortunate she had to face the wrath of the law, due to the violation of government directives. He...
Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, mostly identified as JJC Skillz have pleaded guilty to the count filled against them by the Attorney General of Lagos state, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN). The couple was arraigned for violating the lockdown order issued by the Nigerian Authorities to contain the spread of Coronavirus. They were arraigned on Monday at the Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba. On Sunday, April 5, 2020, Akindele was arrested...
Actor Logan Williams, who appeared in CW’s “The Flash” as the young Barry Allen, has died at the age of 16. Williams’ agent, Michelle Gauvin, said he died on Thursday. Gauvin did not give the cause of his death, but she said his sudden death came as a “shock.” “The Flash” star Grant Gustin posted a photo of him with Williams and actor Jesse L. Martin on Instagram that was taken during the filming of a series...
Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, has died after a protracted struggle with chronic kidney disease, a family source has revealed. A statement on Saturday by the family representative, Dr. Kingsley Ugochukwu, announcing the death of the late surgeon, said that the deceased died on April 3, 2020, at the Memphy’s Hospital, Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugochukwu was until his death a Consultant Surgeon and immediate past Provost,...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Saturday confirmed the death of a COVID-19 patient in the hospital. Prof. Chris Bode, LUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known in a statement issued by Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of LUTH, on his behalf. According to him, a man was brought unconscious to LUTH Emergency late in the evening of Wednesday, April 2 by his friend. “Although they denied any history...
Families all over the world are now relying on a popular family-oriented social media application, “Familheey” as a bonding tool to suppress the quarantine era. Familheey is a social networking Apps that help not just families to connect, engage and grow, but also assist organizations, communities, and social groups at various engagement capacities. “Whatever family means to you, with Familheey web-based App, you can create a space where you interact and communicate in an organized...
