Residents of some communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Lagos states on Sunday violated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) lockdown order. On Saturday and Sunday, Punch correspondents in the FCT observed that although there was compliance with the order within the Abuja metropolis, residents of its suburbs, who cited hunger, went […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it has not yet fixed the cut-off marks for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination. It described the cut-off marks being circulated on the Internet as fake. The board stated this in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Sunday. It stated that the 2020 UTME […]
The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested Nollywood star, Funke Akindele for defying government’s order on social distancing to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. Funke’s arrest was confirmed on twitter by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Gawat Jubril on Sunday evening. Gawat […]
A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has supported the call by African ministers of finance to seek for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners to cushion the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economies of countries within the region. African Finance ministers had on Tuesday said the debt relief […]
Some Nigerians have expressed outrage over the invitation of 18 Chinese medical experts to the country to assist in the fight against the coronavirus, a microbe which causes COVID-19. Observation by our correspondent showed that the Nigerians distrusted the Chinese government, hence they asked the Federal Government to be wary of bringing in the Chinese […]
Amidst a growing global concern on its safety, the Nigerian government on Saturday denied it had approved the deployment of the fifth generation mobile network (5G) in the country. In a statement signed by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Saturday, the federal government said the decision was part of efforts […]
Nigeria has recorded 10 new cases of coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos, and Edo States. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 224, The PUNCH reports. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Sunday. NCDC tweeted, “Ten new cases of #COVID19 have been reported […]
Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Senate President Ahmad Lawan agreed in a meeting that the crisis intervention fund would pull in cash as loans […]
OPEC and its allies will not hold their emergency virtual meeting on Monday and will likely postpone it until April 8 or 9 to allow more time for negotiations among oil producers on crude supply cuts, two OPEC sources said on Saturday. Reuters
By Foster Obi As the uncertainty in the world economic climate heightens, Nigerian Shippers’ Council said in its capacity as Port Economic Regulator and Trade Facilitator, it has taken steps to ensure that cargo flow continues at the ports. In a meeting with stakeholders in the maritime industries, representatives of government agencies, staff of the […]