The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has said that prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian economy was already fragile. She said this in a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Communication, Mr Yunusa Abdullahi on Monday in Abuja. Ahmed, according to the statement, said this during […]

The outbreak of the Covid-19 is expected to push down the oil revenue of Nigeria and other developing countries who rely on oil to fund their public spending, by up to 85 per cent, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and International Energy Agency (IEA) have said. This is however on the condition that […]

The Governor of Ogun State, Seyi Makinde, has tested positive for COVID-19. Makinde in a series of tweets Monday said: “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is positive. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate. “l have designated the former Chief Medical Director of the University College, lbadan, Prof Temitope Alonge […]

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday disclosed that the country earned a total of $32.63 billion from the oil and gas sector in 2018, which it said represented a 55 per cent increase on the $20.99 billion recorded in the sector in the preceding year. NEITI has also disclosed that Nigeria’s oil revenue […]

Nigeria has recorded 20 New cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 131. Announcing this Monday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 13 of the cases were from Lagos, four from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, two from Kaduna and one from Oyo State. […]

Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients at Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. This brings to eight the total number of discharged patients from the centre. The patients, who had been quarantined at the isolation centre for weeks, looked stable and unruffled. Although, the discharged patients preferred annonimity, they expressed joy and […]

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Muhammed Babandede, has tested positive for COVID-19 The CG explained yesterday that he is already on self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. He stated, “Today, I tested positive for COVID-19. I have been on self-isolation since my return from UK on Sunday […]

All the 109 senators in the National Assembly will from this month earn half of their salaries, while the balance will be contributed to the federal government’s purse to fight the coronavirus pandemic. A decision to that effect was reached at the weekend by the federal lawmakers with the arrangement subsisting till Nigeria is certified […]

Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari, who tested positive for coronavirus has arrived Lagos and currently undergoing preventive treatment on the advice of his doctors. The top presidential aide, who was flown to Lagos in an air ambulance, was in high spirit and was not showing any symptoms associated with the […]

With effect from 11.00 p.m. today, Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria; the neighbouring Ogun State, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), would be locked down, President Muhammadu Buhari directed yesterday. The president, in a nationwide broadcast in which he outlined efforts by his administration to contain the virus, which as at yesterday […]