Governors have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the curfew was imposed on some states last month in an effort to restrict the virus from taking its toll on the citizens. They urged the president to relax the lockdown within these states and restrict inter-stead movement while the restriction on large gatherings and compulsory use of face masks in public places is enforced. The call comes just as the nation is expecting the president to...

In January, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos, Mr. Sam Egube, during the 2020 budget analysis, announced a grand ambition to increase the state’s monthly internally generated revenue (IGR) from about 35 billion to 73.8 billion Naira. The internal revenue goal which comes to about N866 billion for the year is expected to partly finance the N1.168 trillion budget the legislature had passed in 2019, which allocated more funds to education and...

An activist, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani, has urged landlords to offer two months free rent to their tenants in view of the crash of businesses due to the lockdown over COVID-19 pandemic. Tijjani made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna. She said majority of Nigerians are finding it difficult to feed as their businesses have virtually collapsed due to the lockdown. “It is the right time...