Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 15th May 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 15th May 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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COVID-19: 73m people risk hunger in Nigeria, others –WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that about 73 million persons across Africa risk acute hunger and starvation following the restriction of movement occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health organization said that COVID-19 was exacerbating food shortages, as food imports, transportation and agricultural production have all been hampered by a combination of lockdowns, travel restrictions and physical distancing measures. Regional Director of WHO in Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, who gave this warning in Abuja, yesterday, expressed concern that African countries would likely be confronted with heightened…
Nkire lauds Buhari over Ikonne’s appointment
Member of the National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sam Nkire, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Prince Paul Ikonne as the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). Nkire, who is also the leader of the Abia State APC Caucus, particularly thanked the President for rewarding the loyalty and hard work of Prince Ikonne, whom he described as “a strong political long-distance runner from Abia State”. According to him, President Buhari, by turning attention to NALDA and with the appointment of…
APC govs praise Gambari’s appointment
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have extolled the virtues of the newly appointed Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibhrahim Gambari. According to the governors on the platform of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Gambari would be an asset to the Next Level Campaign promises of the present administration. Gambari, an Economist and International Diplomat took over from the late Abba Kyari, who served in that capacity until April 17, when he passed on. In a statement signed by the chairman of the…
LCCI to ECOWAS: Address economic integration constraints to boost trade
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) has urged the Heads of States of member-countries of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address economic integration constraints facing the sub-region to boost trade. LCCI said over 80 per cent of trade in the sub-region were done by road, which created a great deal of transit problems for movement of goods in the region. LCCI President, Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, in a chat in Lagos, explained that it was important to get priorities right as far as economic integration issues were concerned…
Customs seizes smuggled items worth N17.6bn in Q1
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 1,553 various smuggled items of Duty Paid Valued at N17.6 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 across all its commands. This is made known in a statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, in Abuja yesterday. It explained that in January, 465 different contraband items worth N2.5 billion duty paid were seized. According to the statistics, 659 items of duty paid, valued at N14.5 billion, were seized in February across…
COVID 19: Bayelsa FMC asks governor to decongest morgue
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, yesterday raised an alarm over the congestion at the hospital mortuary following the rising number of corpses deposited in the morgue. According to the mortuary officials, the hospital morgue, if not decongested could no longer admit new corpses. This was as the management of the hospital called on Governor Douye Diri to relax the Executive Order, restraining burials as part of measures to check the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the state, so as…
Osinbajo: COVID-19 presents opportunity to reset economy, social services
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the effect of the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has offered the people and government an opportunity to reset the critical sectors of the economy and social services. According to a statement made available to newsmen yesterday by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said this yesterday at a virtual launch of the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, NSSF, – an initiative of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the Global Citizen, and other partners. The NSSF was designed to provide additional support for Nigeria’s response to…
Lawan, Gbaja meet Finance Minster over 2020 budget amendment
The leadership of the National Assembly, yesterday, met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed over the plans by the Federal Government to amend the N10.59 trillion 2020 budget passed by the apex Assembly in December last year. The meeting, which had in attendance principal officers from both chambers, was presided over by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The Senate President, in his address of welcome, told the Executive arm of Government to…
Akeredolu distributes soft loans, tractors to farmers
Determined to mitigate harsh effects of coronavirus pandemic, Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday flagged off year 2020 agriculture season in the state by distributing newly purchased tractors and loans to farmers. The governor, however, distributed 20 tractors with viable implements and soft loans to farmers in the state. Speaking at the event with limited numbers of people due to COVID-19, Akeredolu stated that this year event was the first of its kind, maintaining that it was the demonstration of the government’s avowed promise to agriculture sector. Akeredolu also noted…
OPC donates food, essential items to COVID-19 patients in S’West, others
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has donated food and other essential items worth N3million to patients of the deadly COVID-19 across the six states of the South-West, including Kwara and Kogi States. According to Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, who is also the National Coordinator of the group, said the palliative was aimed at assisting the state governments in ensuring better treatment for patients that had been receiving treatments at various isolation centres across the states. Adams also stated that the new measure became imperative following intervention and…
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