The federal government has alerted Nigerians to the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent COVID-19 Ransomware Application, which claims to provide updates on the virus and infections near the user. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ransomware blocks access to users’ personal […]

A Bill for an Act to provide temporary relief to companies and individuals to alleviate the adverse financial consequences of a slowdown in economic activities brought on by the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease in Nigeria has passed third reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by the Speaker, Hon Femi […]

The CBN has released guidelines for the disbursement of the N50 billion special intervention fund meant to cushion the impact on the COVID-19 disease on the economy. Emefiele had last week announced the fund as part of stimulus package by the bank. According to the guidelines for the fund posted on the central bank’s website […]

The Federal Government on Monday said Nigeria had   40 coronavirus cases and one death caused by the disease. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire,  had earlier at a press conference in Abuja on Monday said the country had 36. But at 11pm on Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its twitter handle […]

Fear heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) status. The senators last week  returned from a trip to the United Kingdom (UK), where they attended a Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) seminar in London. It was learnt that they […]

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N581.566 billion to the federal, states and local governments for the month of February. This was announced after a rescheduled meeting of the committee after it was deadlocked last week due to disagreement over revenue figures. A communiqué issued by the FAAC indicated that […]

As the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rose to 40 yesterday with the discovery of 10 new incidences and Nigeria recording its first fatality since the virus seeped into the country last month, the federal government yesterday outlined tougher steps to curb the further spread of the disease. The new measures include government’s preparedness to […]

The mechanisation of agricultural activities would begin in 632 local government areas across the country in September, the Federal Government said on Sunday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, said this during the South-South agro-industrial inspection/town hall meeting in Calabar, Cross River State. He said the country’s agricultural mechanisation initiative would be driven […]

The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) has stated its commitment to provide all necessary support and encouragement to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and other agencies under its supervision to achieve rapid industrialisation and accelerate economic growth. This commitment was re-emphasised by the Permanent Secretary of FMITI, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, in response […]

The first high profile case of COVID-19 broke sunday as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar announced that his son had tested positive for the pandemic. Atiku’s announcement came through his Twitter and Facebook platforms last night, several hours after the federal government had said eight new cases of COVID-19 in Lagos, Oyo and the Federal […]