Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 16th April 2020
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BREAKING) COVID-19: Sule Lamido, Orderly, Driver Test Negative
KANO– Alhaji Sule Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa state on Thursday morning announced that he has tested negative to COVID-19. Lamido who took to his verified Facebook Timeline to break the news said his Police Orderly, and Driver also tested negative. According to the PDP stalwart “Dr Imam Wada Bello called at 5:35pm 15/4/2020 …
BREAKING: COVID-19: Delta Records 4th Case
Ughelli– Delta state has recorded its fourth case of coronavirus according to the National Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC in their daily update announced 34 confirmed new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria which brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 407. NCDC in its twitter handle stated that there are 18 …
Poor Nigerians Not Benefiting From Federal Government’s Palliatives – Junaid Mohammed
Junaid Mohammed was a former Joint House Leader of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee as well as a member of the Defence Committee in theSecond Republic. In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on latest developments in thepolity, especially the war against Boko Haram insurgency. Excerpts: The …
Boko Haram: How Chadian President Woke Buhari From Slumber
LAGOS – “I wonder how Boko Haram survives up to this end. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I campaigned in 2015 and last year on three fundamental issues, which include security – you cannot preside over an institution or a country if it is not secure” – President Muhammadu Buhari, February 13, 2020 …
IMF Forecasts Better Economy For Africa In 2021
LAGOS – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday stated that Africa is expected to reverse an economic contraction linked to the coronavirus crisis next year after containment measures are eased, but the impact would be felt for years to come. It also said this could have multiple second-order impacts such as deflation in some economies, …
COVID-19: Discordant Tunes Over Use Of Hajj And Cargo Terminal As Isolation Centre
OLUSEGUN KOIKI LAGOS The planned use of the Hajj and Cargo terminal of the Murtala muhammd Airport (MMA), Lagos as isolation centre against the ravaging COVID-19 virus pandemic by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is raising some dusts in the industry especially by some users of the facility. The Hajj and Cargo terminal …
Oil Prices Shed 7% After Record U.S. Storage Crude
Oil prices sank yesterday after the United States reported a 19 million- barrel increase in inventories, the biggest weekly build ever, while forecasts showed global demand crumbling to its lowest levels in a quarter of a century due to the coronavirus pandemic. The figures undercut the weekend agreement between numerous global producers to cut output …
Bandari Want KPL Season Cancelled
Bandari have asked the Kenyan Premier League to cancel the season and use the Football Kenya Federation constitution to determine the champions and relegation candidates. Bandari Chief Executive Officer Edward Oduor on Tuesday said it will be “extremely expensive” for the clubs to honour fixtures which are expected to be congested once the league resumes. …
India Qualify For ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
The ICC Women’s Championship Technical Committee (TC) has decided that teams will share points in all three series in the ICC Women’s Championship that did not take place during the competition window. In respect of the India v Pakistan series, the TC concluded the series could not be played because of a Force Majeure event …
PPE Firm Defends Decision To ‘Divert Essential Kit’ From Scotland To England
The boss of a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) distributor has said Public Health England (PHE) was right to divert stocks from Scotland to English care homes amidst the Coronavirus epidemic. Sam Gompels, managing director of Gompels HealthCare – a Wiltshire-based PPE distributor – said it was not PHE’s fault that Scottish health authorities were too …
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