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The Special Committee of the National Economic Council on COVID-19 is working hard to develop additional measures to alleviate the challenges being faced by Nigerians because of the implications of the global pandemic in the country. The Committee chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, held its second meeting this afternoon as it continues its task of coordinating the Federal and State governments’ responses to the impact of the disease. Present alongside the Vice President at a meeting held via videoconference anchored from the Presidential Villa are Governors Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti; Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna; Abdullahi Sule, Nasarawa; Mohammed Abubakar,…

Nigeria music legend, Queen Salawa Abeni, shut a blackmailer identified as Jason on Wednesday when she posted pictures which the blackmailer was threatening to put on the internet. In defiance of her blackmailer, Salawa Abeni called his bluff by posting the details of their WhatsApp exchange on her official Instagram page. “Good Morning my family, friends and Fans,” she said, adding that, “I have something very important to tell you and I will really appreciate your audience.” “I am very disappointed that someone somewhere will try to tarnish my image and threaten to destroy my career of over 45 years.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 70,000 metric tons of grains to Nigerians to help alleviate the harsh effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, who announced this on Wednesday, also announced the adoption of a document of implementation guide and protocols for the COVID-19 lockdown policy. Mustapha, who revealed that the initial reports on public compliance to restriction order where applicable, also announced that President Buhari had granted partial exemption for operators of the upstream subsector of…

Former INEC chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu, says the drug for the treatment of coronavirus will be ready soon if the testing of the vaccine is completed. Iwu who is the chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19 gave this assurance in Owerri, Imo state capital on Wednesday. The professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), had presented a plant-based patented treatment for COVID-19 to the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu which is now been tested in United States. While briefing newsmen in Owerri shortly after Seplat Petroleum and Waltersmith Oil Ltd donated COVID-19…

The Minster of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that till date, over 2,000 persons have been tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ehanire, who made this known on Wednesday at the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, said that of the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19, 70 percent of them are males. According to him, “As of now, over 2000 persons have been tested. We are expanding our diagnostic capacity to test across the country. This is expected to improve turnaround time and enhance timely access to testing. “About 70 percent of those…

Spain has recorded another 864 deaths related to coronavirus, the highest in one day, as the total number of deaths across Europe has gone beyond 30,000. More than 9,000 people have died in Spain, which is second only to Italy in fatalities caused by the virus. Confirmed cases in the country have passed 100,000, but numbers show the infection rate continues to fall. UN Secretary General António Guterres said the pandemic was the world’s biggest challenge since World War Two. The warning comes amid dire predictions about the possible economic impact of measures imposed to fight the virus. A UN…

All Champions League and Europa League matches have been suspended “until further notice” by Uefa because of the global coronavirus pandemic. All national team games in June have also been postponed, including play-off matches for Euro 2020 – already postponed to 2021 – and qualifying matches for the Women’s Euro 2021. The European governing body’s 55 member associations met on Wednesday. The Premier League is suspended until at least 30 April. The Euro 2020 play-offs are set to feature Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Premier League clubs Manchester City and Chelsea are both still in the Champions…

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a number of initiatives to support the Federal and Lagos Governments’ efforts in ameliorating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria. The leading entertainment and media company’s contribution in the fight against Covid-19 includes cash support of N200m and N50m to the Federal and Lagos State Governments respectively, the donation of 10,000 certified test kits to the NCDC, Public Service Announcement Covid-19 prevention tips in English, Pidgin, Ibo, Yoruba and Hausa languages as well as approved inventory worth over N550m highlighting the NCDC’s Covid-19 Helplines and PSAs on more than 10 channels across DStv and…

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in-charge of Zone 2, Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu alongside officers and men of the Zone received COVID-19 preventive sanitary materials from members Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Zone 2 Command. Some of the preventive materials donated to the Police Zonal Command by Alhaji Bashiru R. O. Balogun led-Committee includes: hand sanitizers, nose mask, hand gloves, dettol, izal, liquid soap, 20 litre buckets fixed with taps. Other Committee members that joined Alhaji Balogun to present the items are; ZDGS, Rev. Dr. Francis Osibowale, Financial Secretary, Rotarian Bankole Akibu, Welfare Officer, Alhaja Nurat A. Adebayo, member, Mr.…

The Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, secured the conviction of 10 internet fraudsters brought before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State. The convicts are: Abasiama Essien Ekopimoh (aka Foster Scolt), Gabriel David, Ogon Godspower, Etim Stephen, Kolade Shobayo Jonathan and Raphael Bassey. Others are: Ahmed Adelakun, Mbang Prince Peter, Nnamdi Ogana, and Edafe Matthew. They were arrested on March 11, 2020, at various locations in Calabar, Cross River State. During questioning, the convicts confessed that they specialized in sourcing for their victims…