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By President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 26 March wrote Nigerians, briefing them on the efforts by the government on COVID-19 and what the new stimulus plans were. Read President Buhari’s letter below: Over the last few days I have received extensive briefings on the state of the nation as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic, from the relevant Federal Government agencies as well as the Lagos State Government. Accordingly, I approved the following: The immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grant to Lagos State, which remains the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria. This grant…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that 14 new cases of coronavirus have been discovered in Lagos and Abuja. The disease control centre made the announcement on Thursday evening as the total number of confirmed cases rises to 65. “Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. Two cases in the Federal Capital Territory  and 12 in Lagos. “Of the 14, six were detected on a vessel, three are returning travellers into Nigeria and two is close contact of a confirmed case. The NCDC did not explain how the remaining three persons contracted the virus.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the unity of purpose in fighting spread of COVID-19 in the country, particularly the willingness for self-isolation, social distancing, and contributions of public spirited individuals and institutions who consistently mobilize resources to supplement efforts of federal and state governments. The President also extolled state governments, religious bodies, health workers, federal government agencies, including security outfits, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria for rising to the occasion to protect the country and its citizens, assuring that the government will remain steadfast in deploying more resources to lessen the burden of the…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension of four lawmakers, Moshood Oshun, Raheem Kazeem, Rotimi Abiru and Wahab Jimoh. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, made the announcement at the start of plenary activities on the floor of the House today, Thursday, March 26, 2020. According to Obasa, the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) which was presided over by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and attended by other party leaders such as, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, Dr. Abayomi Finnih, Prince Rabiu Oluwa, Chief Lanre Rasaq aka KLM, Alhaji…

Sequel to the directive of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday on more restrictive measures to break the cycle of transmission of Corona virus (COVID-19) in the State, the State Government today set up makeshift markets for food and agricultural produce in selected schools across local governments in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal who disclosed this noted that that the aim of setting up the makeshift markets was to provide Lagosians access to food supplies during this restrictive period in order to prevent panic buying following the directive of the State Governor that…

Bashir Ahmad, the personal assistant on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari has described as fake news a voice note that the President and his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have been flown abroad for COVID-19 treatment. Reacting to the news, Ahmad said the voice note was deliberately recorded to cause chaos and fear among citizens. In a tweet on Thursday, he wrote, “The voice note that President Buhari and Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have been secretly flown out of the country is totally untrue. “It was intentionally recorded to cause chaos and fear. This fake news was originated…

The United States has charged Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, and other senior officials in the country with drug trafficking crimes. The move, which will increase tensions between the two nations, was announced by Attorney General William Barr. The US also offered a $15m (£12.5m) reward for any information leading to Mr Maduro’s arrest. It has long accused him of leading a corrupt and brutal regime, a charge he has repeatedly rejected. Washington backs opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who last year declared himself interim president. The new charges represent an escalation in the longstanding US pressure campaign on Mr Maduro, which…

…Says relevant committees will ensure strict application of N6.5 billion by NCDC Senate President Ahmad Lawan has called on the Federal Government to immediately devise ways of providing relief for poor Nigerians whose daily livelihood will be affected as a result of the restriction on movement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawan made the appeal against the backdrop of a meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly and some Ministers and Heads of Government Agencies on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the Senate President, besides mulling a total lockdown of business activities in the country, a plan must be…

Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs, widow of the founder of Moni Pulo Limited, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, has described the response of her stepson, Dumo, to the issues raised against an advertised Coroner’s ruling he (Dumo) allegedly procured as a litany of falsehood. Lulu-Brigg’s widow in a statement issued by her spokersson, Oraye St. Franklyn, said the reply from his stepson is dotted withmere inconsequential fallacies and are at best diversionary. The statement reads, It is sad that at a momentous era as this in world history when the entire globe is endangered by the raging COVID-19 pandemic,…

The Nigerian Government on Thursday said it plans to ban inter-state travelling in the country.