The Senate has approved the N850billion loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari which was read at the plenary on Tuesday. The loan request is to finance projects in the 2020 budget. The President had asked the Senate to approve N850 billion loan for the Federal Government to enable his regime to...
Delta State Government on Tuesday lifted the lockdown in the state while directing that social distancing should be maintained to curb the spread of COVID-19. The State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, in a statewide broadcast also directed the compulsory use of face masks in public places. The governor declared, “As we...
Germany has announced another financial intervention to assist Nigeria in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing in a statement via Twitter on Tuesday, the country said it is providing €5.5 million this time to support vulnerable people in Nigeria’s North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. The statement read, “Germany...
The Federal Government has declared Friday, May 1, 2020, as a public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement by signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Georgina...
pledges to follow social register for distribution The Food and Relief Committee constituted by the Governor, State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola to cushion the effects of lockdown rules occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday commenced the distribution of food and relief materials to vulnerable people across the...
The Kwara State Government in its effort to combat the Covid-19 scourge has inaugurated Local Government technical committees within the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Aisha Ahman Pategi, thrill the Ministry and led the Directors of Personnel Management (DPM)...
The State of Osun Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu has disclosed that the state was now awaiting the results of 30 samples from the contact tracing it embarked on at the weekend through Monday. The samples were sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC accredited Testing Centre,...
says Nigeria must prevent massive outbreak establishes strategic response team House set to pass law on SIP, fresh economic stimulus The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the palliatives provided by the Federal Government at this time of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic...
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to flattening the curve in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Honourable Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello stated this on Monday at the Alausa Secretariat, when he received donations of chemical materials from Reckitt and Benckiser producers...
As part of efforts to appreciate the role being played by security personnel during the lockdown in Ogun State as well as mitigate its economic effects on their families, the State Government has donated some food items to officers across all security outfits operating in the State. Donating the food...