The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has directed the immediate shutdown of her office for two weeks as part of preventive measures against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Mrs. Buhari gave the directive in a circular signed by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Aliyu Abdullahi, on Thursday in Abuja. ” I have directed the shutdown of my office for two weeks with immediate effect while essential staff can work from home as a...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China in December 2019, we have seen the virus spread to over 160 countries. Several countries have experienced large outbreaks, including China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain and France, with the US and UK seeing rapidly increasing numbers. But most countries in the world have reported very few to no cases of COVID-19. By Jeremy Rossman While it is likely that the virus has not yet reached and...
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 trial of Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha an internet celebrity continued today, March 18, 2020 before Justice A. Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, as a prosecution witness told the court that Mompha did not remit tax to the Federal Government for a period of seven months while his company was already in existence. According to a statement from EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Tony Orilade, Mompha is standing...
A bill for a law to make provision for Urban and Regional Planning has scaled through second reading at Enugu State House of Assembly. The bill aims to restore the original master plan of the state and attracted contributions and support of the lawmakers during plenary in Enugu on Tuesday. In his lead debate, the leader of the House, Mr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, member representing Udenu constituency, said that the bill would complement the frantic efforts...
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,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) where a minute silence was observed in honour of victims of Sunday’s Lagos explosion. The one minute silence was also in honour of former cabinet minister, Emmanuel Emovon.Emovon, who died in February, served as Minister of Science and Technology under the defunct military administration of President Ibrahim Babangida. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 20 people were reported...
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,...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:48 AM United States President Trump announced Tuesday that telehealth services will be covered under Medicare so patients can access treatment while in self-isolation. During a Tuesday White House coronavirus press briefing, the president announced that “Medicare patients can now visit any doctor by phone or video conference at no additional cost, including with commonly used services like FaceTime and Skype.” “Never used on a scale like we’re going to...
