The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards. The NBS made this known in its report on Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria 2019, released on Monday. It explained that the figure showed that 40.1 per cent of total population were classified as poor, adding that in other words, an average four out of 10 individuals in Nigeria had real per capita expenditures below N137,430.00 per year....
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says it will soon produce a vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The institution said this in a Bulletin issued on Monday that a team of medical experts and scientists led by a Professor of Medical Virology, Prof. Mathew Kolawole, is working on the project. It stated the research team had developed three viable proposals for research on various aspects of the contagious disease. Kolawole, who is the Director of the University’s...
The leader of the Presidential Task Force Committee on coronavirus, Nasiru Sani Gwarzo has disclosed that the novel Coronavirus is responsible for the mass deaths in Kano. He has cautioned residents of the state against actions that might expose them to the virus. Gwarzo disclosed this while addressing the pressmen in the state on Sunday after the ceremony of donation of mobile testing laboratory facilities by Alhaji Aliko Dangote to the Kano State Government. “Let...
Britain said on Monday that China had questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium had accused Beijing of a cover-up. The U.S. has scaled up its rhetoric over Chinese culpability for the coronavirus in recent days, with U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, saying on Sunday there was evidence the disease emerged from a Chinese lab. Washington has...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made an interim remittance of N3.5 billion to the Federal Government consolidated revenue account. A statement by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media in Abuja, explained that the remittance was in line with Prof. Ishaq Oloyede’s avowed commitment to remit wholly, excess funds generated from its operations, to the Federal Government. According to JAMB, payment of over N3.5 billion had already been made to candidates by...
The Kano State Government had said on Sunday that no fewer than 5,000-bed spaces are needed in the isolation centers in order for it to accommodate the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state in the next one month. This was disclosed by Prof. Isah Abubakar, the Director of the Infection Control, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, and Chairman of the Risk Communication Committee on Covid-19. Before now, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for...
After five weeks of Covid-19 induced lockdown imposed by the Federal Government, on May 4, people will gradually return to normal lives in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja, although there are restrictions in place aimed at curtailing the spread of the infection. For many, the post-lockdown measures in Lagos and what life was pre-Covid-19 in the state mean that hard times are approaching, Adeola Oladipupo reports. With over 20 million people, Lagos was a bee-hive of...
The Editor of Newsdiaryonline, Mr Abdallah el-Kurebe has tested positive for COVID-19, he disclosed Sunday. In his account of how he got the news of his test result, El-Kurebe who is based in Sokoto, northern Nigeria wrote, “On Sunday afternoon, I got a call from a Doctor at one of the isolation centres that I had tested positive. “So, there is the need for either our vehicle comes to your house to convey you or...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu, on Sunday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to reduce interest rates to avoid stifling domestic investment and income during the COVID-19 crisis. Tinubu made the call in a statement in Lagos. The APC leader said that the reduction would make the COVID-19 crisis to have a positive economic aspect. He advised the Federal Government to avail tax reliefs that would aid financial institutions to...
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony that was minimised to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Some 200 guests – all wearing face masks and practicing social distancing – attended the ceremony. With borders closed, it was only attended by diplomats already in the country. The televised ceremony was shortened to just over 80 minutes, without the usual pomp and ceremony. Gnassingbe, 53, won by a landslide in February,...
