Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has banned the operation of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Achaba, throughout the state as a measure to check the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Samaila Misilli, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday in Gombe. Misilli said: “Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has approved four additional measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the state with effect from 6...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says its medical team on Monday delivered a 40-year-old COVID-19 patient, of a baby girl. The LUTH management made this known in its verified official twitter handle, @LUTHofficial, on Monday. According to the tweet, the team comprises doctors, anesthetists, and nurses. It said: “A team of LUTH doctors, anesthetists and nurses delivered a woman with COVID-19 of a baby girl this afternoon. “The 40-year-old mother and 3.3kg...
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...
Ventures Platform, a Pan – African early-stage fund has given 21,000 dollars to seven startups, following the #COVID19InnovationChallenge virtual Demo Day, to support those currently providing solutions and platforms to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country. A statement issued on Friday by Miss Joy Mabia, Communication Lead, Ventures Platform, stated that each startup received 3,000 dollars from the organisation and its partners. Mabia listed some of the beneficiaries as GLOEPID, Wellvis Health’s COVID...
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday that around one trillion dollars of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a proposed global deal. The UN agency said that the plan was to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s developing economies, which were already struggling with a rapidly growing debt burden, must now confront a record global downturn, plummeting prices for their oil and...
There is hardly any Nigerian adult who doesn’t know about what goes on in Nigerian banks in the name of “marketing.” It beats the hell out of me that for all these years, bank CEOs and branch managers in Nigeria have sent out these young women (both singe and married—it makes no difference) into what is to all intents and purposes a life of prostitution, without any repercussions. We all know the country is a...
In the last 20 years, Nigerian banks have not only become irredeemable money laundering organizations, they have also institutionalized the immoral exploitation of their female employees. It’s time somebody or some people did something about it. In this two-part article which I originally wrote three years ago, I lay out the enormity of these twin problems. There is a kind of person called a “pimp.” Not the “PIMP” described by my late father Dr. Nnanna...
A Nigeria-based civil engineering firm, China Zhonghao Nigeria has been sanctioned by the African Development Bank (AFDB) for fraudulent activities. The firm was suspended from participating in executing projects financed by the bank, following an investigation conducted by the bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption which uncovered that China Zhonghao as part of a joint venture with Oceanic Construction, was culpable in its joint venture partner’s fraudulent claims. According to the statement by the AFDB...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a historic rescue package worth billions of dollars to help stabilise the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a speech to the nation late Tuesday, Ramaphosa said the government plans to spend 500 billion rand (27 billion U.S. dollars) to support the economy and the country’s 58 million people. That is about 10 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product. In South Africa, 58 people have died from...
As more corporate organisations and individuals continue to donate toward boosting the response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nestle Nigeria Plc has contributed items and cash worth N700 million to support the cause. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation includes nutritious food and beverage products worth N450 million expected to reach about 600,000 vulnerable people hit by the crisis. Mr. Mauricio Alarcon, the outfit’s Managing Director, in a statement in Lagos,...
