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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 06:07

Osinbajo outlines FG’s strategies to tackle economic impact of coronavirus

Vice President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, has reacted to his appointment by the President Muhammadu Buhari to head the newly established Economic Sustainability Committee by unveiling new measures aimed at combating the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Osinbajo spoke in Abuja while responding to questions at a Google Hangout organized by the HACK COVID-19 Call Centre, where young Nigerian technology innovators talked about the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and well-being of Nigerians. Osinbajo was on Monday appointed to head the committee which is to take care of the economic challenges and fallouts of the Coronavirus pandemic and the…

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 06:06

Buratai redeploys army general leading fight against Boko Haram, others

A few days after he appeared in a video explaining how he led his troops to repel a major Boko Haram onslaught, Olusegun Adeniyi has been redeployed. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Adeniyi spoke in the video of how Boko Haram fighters attacked his troops with 15 gun trucks and fired over a hundred rockey propelled grenades. Senior army officers said that admission was an indication of how strong Boko Haram had become contrary to official claims that they had been technically defeated. Adeniyi, a major-general, has now been redeployed from the theatre command in the North-east which he headed…

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 06:04

Public outcry forces FG to shift date for electricity tariff hike

Following pressures mounted by various strata of the public, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has on Tuesday announced the suspension of electricity tariff hike expected to commence on April, 1, 2020, setting the new commencement date for the next three months, effective June 30, 2020 NERC in an Order on the transition to cost reflective tariffs in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) tagged /198/2020, signed by the NERC Chairman, Mr. James Momoh and the NERC Commissioner for Legal, Licencing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye yesterday said it was due to global effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact…

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 06:03

Oyetola appoints Adeboye, Alakija, Aregbesola, others to oversee Osun Covid-19 palliatives

PRESS RELEASE Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has put together a 21-man Food and Relief Committee of Eminent Nigerians to cushion the effect of restrictions on movement of goods and services in the state. The committee members are Mr Tunde Badmus, Mr Adebayo Jimoh, Mr Enoch Adeboye, Mr Matthew Asimolowo, Ooni of Ife, Mr Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja I, Mr Alani Akinrinade, Mr Tunde Ponle, Mrs Patricia Etteh, Mr Akin Ogunbiyi, Mr Demola Aladekomo, Mr Lasun Yusuff, Mr Wale Babalakin and Mr Segun Aina. Others are Mr Yussuf Alli, SAN, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Mr. AbdulKabir Aliyu, Mr Deji…

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 06:02

EU set to evacuate citizens from Nigeria over coronavirus

The European Union has announced evacuation flights for nationals of its 27 member States in Nigeria. This is just as Nigeria’s cases of COVID-19 hit over 130 with two recorded deaths, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Member States of the EU include Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Ireland, amongst others. Federal Government had restricted flights from some of these countries identified as high-risk COVID-19 places before finally shutting all international airports in the country. But the Swedish Embassy in Nigeria on Monday disclosed that the EU would evacuate its citizens from Nigeria beginning Thursday, April 2.…

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 05:43

Nasarawa councillor marries 2 brides two hours apart

As the country prepared for social distancing and eventual lockdown over coronavirus, a Nasarawa councillor grabbed headlines by marrying two brides same day. Ibrahim Oboshi, councillor for Iwogu ward in Keana council area, and the two brides Nazira Ozegya and Rabi Akose, appeared to have planned their big day together all along. All three names were printed on the invitation cards sent out to guests. Oboshi married Ozegya in Keana at 10am and Akoshe in Obi at 12 noon on March 28. All three posed with a single cake for photographs as a “triple”. Despite representing his ward, Oboshi claims…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:38

Buhari appoints Osinbajo head of committee to manage economy in the midst of coronavirus

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is heading a special economic policy implementation team set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the country’s economy out of the debilitating impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The seven-man economic team is made up of ministers of Finance, Budget and Planning; Industry, Trade and Investment; Labour and Employment; Minister of State Petroleum Resources; Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria; Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat who is to serve as secretary of the committee. One of the immediate tasks given to the economic team is to manage the…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:37

Oyo gov gets coronavirus, appoints ex-UCH CMD head of Covid-19 Task Force

Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” Makinde wrote on his Twitter handle and verified Facebook page. “I have designated Mr Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of University College, Ibadan, as the Head of COVID-19 Task Force while I recover fully. Please continue to comply with all the directives from the COVID-19 Task Force. Stay home, stay safe,” he added. Makinde joins a growing list of top public officials who have…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:35

Lagos has just discharged 5 Coronavirus patients from hospital. One of them recounts her near-death experience

Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients who received treatment at Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. This is coming days after the government announced that six of the patients had recovered and would be discharged soon. The total number of those who have recovered is now eight. According to the state government, the patients, who had been in quarantine for four weeks, were finally discharged after multiple test results showed that they were now fully recovered from the disease. One of the discharged patients, Oluwaseun Osowobi, who is the director of Stand to End Rape, an organisation fighting against…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:34

Coronavirus: US arranges for evacuation of citizens from Nigeria

The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced commencement of evacuation of its citizens from Nigeria. This is happening after Germany, Israel, and France evacuated their nationals following the rising cases of coronavirus disease in the country. The Embassy confirmed the development Monday night on its official Twitter handle, @US Mission Nigeria. It said multiple emergency flights departing from Lagos and Abuja had been confirmed for this week. The mission asked Americans booked for the flight not to come to the airport until they had been contacted by officials. The Twitter post read, “The US Consulate in Lagos has confirmed…

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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:33

Power outage worsens nationwide as GenCos cut output

As millions of Nigerians continue with the forced restriction of their movements in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to stay at home monitoring latest news on the pandemic and other critical developments, there are strong indications that most would experience worsening blackout in the days ahead. Gas supply shortage has forced four of the power Generation Companies (GenCos) to shut down while 10 others have been adversely affected as they are now cutting their power generation. Confirming the worrisome development at this time of electricity customers’ need for stable electricity, Transmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN’s)…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:31

Coronavirus: Countries reject Chinese-made equipment

A number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Thousands of testing kits and medical masks are below standard or defective, according to authorities in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands. Europe has reported hundreds of thousands of cases of coronavirus. More than 10,000 people have died in Italy since the outbreak began. The virus was first detected in China at the end of 2019. The government implemented strict lockdown measures to bring it under control. What’s wrong with the equipment? On Saturday, the Dutch health ministry announced it had recalled…

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 05:29

Is Coronavirus airborne? The fatal case of a church choir indicates so

The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms. With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal. The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area, about an hour's drive to the south. But Skagit County hadn't reported any cases, schools and businesses remained open, and prohibitions on large gatherings had yet to be announced. On March 6, Adam…

Monday, 30 March 2020 05:26

Buhari places Abuja, Lagos, Ogun on lockdown

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the cessation of movement in Lagos and the capital Abuja for 14 days in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. Nigeria has 111 confirmed coronavirus cases, most of which have been in the country’s two main cities. Buhari said the restrictions would begin at 11 p.m. (2200 GMT) on Monday, Mar. 30. He said the measures would also apply to Ogun State, which neighbors Lagos State. Health experts are concerned about the potential for a widespread outbreak in a country which has around 200 million inhabitants and a poor public health system.…

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