Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 18th April 2020
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Sapele: Jubilation As Eugene Inoaghan Receives Palliative From Delta State Food Bank
As part of Senator Dr Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa’s measure to cushion the effect of the lock down, food trucks carrying rice and beans were seen entering Sapele local government area yesterday, Friday April 17th, 2020. Chief Eugene Inoaghan confirmed that the two thousand two hundred bags of rice and two hundred and twenty bags of …
Uzodimma Goes Tough, Imposes Dusk To Dawn Curfew In Imo
OWERRI- In an apparent move to step up actions against increasing disobedience to the earlier announced lockdown order, Imo State Governor Senator Hope Uzodinma has signed an Executive Order 001, imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in the state to checkmate the coronavirus from hitting the state. The Executive Order and total lockdown will take …
How Deputy Senate President’s N85 Million Inspired Good Samaritan To Donate N100, 000
The best we can be at a time like this, is to be a beacon of hope to others notwithstanding the behavior of some persons in our society. Our world is struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic. We have the power to heal the world, if we have love. Helping others is the first step …
Pau Grand Prix Event Cancelled
The Pau Grand Prix Historique, one of the most revered historic street race meetings of the season, is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The news that the SRO organisation had shelved plans for this year’s modern Grand Prix de Pau, now headlined by the French GT Championship, signalled the end of any chance …
Turkish Central Bank Doubles Debt Purchase Limit
Turkey’s central bank on Friday doubled its effective limit on asset purchases this year, as the bank hinted it would do last month, as a measure to backstop financial markets in the face of the coronavirus fallout. In a statement the bank said asset purchases this year could be up to 10% of its total …
Hin Leong Files For Debt Moratorium
Singapore oil trader Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd has applied to the Singapore court for a debt moratorium, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. A court-sanctioned moratorium typically grants a company reprieve from creditors for a certain time period. The company began talks with lenders to extend its credit facilities …
Empyrean Energy Cancels £1m Placing Plans
Oil and gas development company Empyrean Energy announced on Friday that it was no longer proceeding with its proposed £1m placing. The AIM-traded firm had raised £0.41m on 14 April via a direct subscription by a number of existing investors and directors at a price of 3.5p per share. At the time, it also announced a proposed …
Former Leeds Defender Norman Hunter Dies Of Coronavirus
Former Leeds and England defender Norman Hunter has died from coronavirus aged 76. The football player was in the squad for England’s 1966 World Cup team which went on to clinch victory that year. Hunter was taken to hospital and diagnosed with Covid-19 last week, and died in the early hours of Friday morning. Leeds …
Prince William Worries About Prince Charles’ Coronavirus Diagnosis
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken for the first time about his worries in the days after his father was confirmed to have coronavirus. And Prince William said he remains anxious for his grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, as the pandemic continues. William was speaking to the BBC about the mental health …
Japan To Pay $ 930 To Every Citizen
Japan will begin to pay 100,000 yen (about $ 930) in financial aid to each citizen in May, Tarō Asō, the country’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, told a news conference in Tokyo. The aim is to help all families, regardless of income, in dealing with the damage the coronavirus epidemic has caused to the country’s economy. The government …
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