Nigeria’s finance minister Zainab Ahmed said the country has applied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) to access $3.5 billion in concessional funding to support the 2020 Budget.
Ahmed disclosed this on Monday during a news conference in Abuja.
She outlined the fiscal stimulus measures that...
An Ogba Chief Magistrate Court, on Monday, sentenced Nollywood Actress, Funke Akindele Bello a.k.a Jenifa, and her husband, AbdulRaheed Bello a.k.a JJC Skillz to 14 days Community Service in addition to a fine of N100,000 each, after which they will observe 14-day isolation period.
The celebrity couple were earlier arraigned...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday launched the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer to 25000 households in the state, with beneficiary getting at least 20,000 each.
“Today, I flag off the disbursement of conditional cash transfer initiative of the Federal Government to 25,000 households in Kwara. Each benefiting household...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has directed workers in the state’s civil service to resume work on Monday.
Newsmen report that the government had earlier directed workers to stay at home as part of measures to prevent possible spread of COVID-19 in the state.
The state’s Head of Service, Alhaji...
The lead agency in Nigeria for the fight against the spread of Coronavirus Disease, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, has disowned Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele Bello, as one of its brand ambassadors.
The denial of Akindele comes hours after Nigerians took her on for disobeying the lockdown order of the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has tested negative for coronavirus.
The governor, who had tested positive for the virus on March 30, said on Sunday evening via his Twitter handle that he now tests negative for the virus.
He said he received his second negative test for the virus on Sunday...
The Kogi State Government said there is no “desperate need for total lockdown yet” over the dreaded Coronavirus.
Speaking with journalists in Lokoja, Sunday, the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo said such declaration would “close down the nation and her economy”.
“The State Government is monitoring the situation...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the proactive measures taken by the State Government by intercepting the returnees from Ivory Coast and immediately isolating them was for the greater good of other States and the nation at large.
He also announced the discharge...
The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced the discharge of five patients receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 29 in the state.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, @Jidesanwoolu.
He tweeted, “Dear Lagosians, yesterday (Saturday) I...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Saturday gave additional N10 billion support on behalf of the ‘petroleum industry’ in support of the fight against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.
The additional support brings to about N21 billion the total contribution from the petroleum industry in support...
