Nestlé Nigeria Donates N700 Million Towards COVID-19 Response

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,...

COVID 19: Buhari Approves Immediate Payment of University Lecturers Withheld Salaries

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the February and March, withheld salaries of lecturers in federal universities who have not registered in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made this disclosure in a statement signed by his new media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu. Ngige said the president also directed the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, and the Accountant General of the...

Becoming An Author Is A Beast–But You Must Shoot Strategically

Writers aren’t born…they are self-made. Creative writers are therefore nurtured and cultured by self. Most writers I know carry a portable/digital recorder back in the days of yore. Today, it is in their hands. They carry it around all day, drive and text on it, and text some more even as the Professor is standing before them, wafting poetic. They sleep with this modern day contraption, and only record those moments with pure disdain for...

Swiss researchers Plan to Roll Out New Coronavirus Vaccine in October

Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann. The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital. “The time schedule is extremely optimistic, but it is not totally far-fetched,” Swissmedic spokesman Lukas Jaggi told dpa this week. “Given the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, we are talking about weeks, not...

UPDATE: 117 New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed by NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782. According to the NCDC, 59 cases were discovered in Lagos, 23 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Kastina , three in Ogun, while one each in Rivers and Bauchi. In its tweet late on Tuesday evening, the most recent data of...

Global Oil Price: NSE Market Capitalisation Loses N152bn

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation on Tuesday inched lower by N152 billion, amid sell pressure in 27 stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.945 trillion lost N152 billion or 1.27 per cent to close at N11.794 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 290.49 points or 1.27 per cent to close at 22,629.92 compared with 22,920.41 on Monday. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks,...

PTF Urges COVID-19 Survivors to Share Experiences

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) ON COVID-19 has urged survivors of Coronavirus infection in the country to share their experiences to deepen awareness of the pandemic. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, made the call in Abuja on Tuesday during the PTF daily briefing on COVID-19. Mamora said that Nigerians would be better informed about the disease if survivors would freely share their experiences with others. “It will reduce doubts about the virus....

African Leaders Condole With Buhari Over Kyari’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has received more condolence messages from African leaders over the passing of former Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari. The News  Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the latest condolences came from Presidents of Guinea Bissau, Umaru Embalo; Guinea (Conakry), Alpha Conde; Liberia, George Weah; and Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In...

Lockdown: Police Confirm Arrest of 30 Footballers in Kano

The Police Command in Kano on Tuesday confirmed it had arrested 30 youths allegedly involved in a football match in defiance to the lockdown order imposed on the state to contain the spread of the Coronavirus virus. Mr Abdullahi Haruna, the Commands’ spokesman, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had, on April 14, ordered a total lockdown of the state for 7-days, starting...

The Lagos Revenue Plan Threatened by COVID-19

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...

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