President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday evening addressed the nation, announced a total lockdown in Abuja and Lagos.Full statement below…ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 20201. Fellow Nigerians,2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and
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The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all the 104 Unity Schools in the country on the 26th of March, 2020 as a proactive step aimed at preventing the spread of the dreaded Corona virus.A statement signed by the ministry's Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong,
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Chairman/CEO, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said that Training and Re-training of staff is sine-qua-non to productivity and excellence.The NiDCOM Chairman said this during a Five-Day Induction Course for Staff of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM) in Abuja, imploring staff of the Commission to be ready for the challenges ahead.In
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola,SAN said that the quality of infrastructural development within a country could impact quality education and the learning environment.He made the remark at the handing over ceremony of a completed internal road intervention project by the Federal Ministry of Works and
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The Federal Government on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk Coronavirus countries.The Presidential Task Force on COVlD-19 which was set up by Mr President was inaugurated and held its first briefing, Transport Day reports.You will also recall that the PTF at the end of the meeting announced the
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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has announced restriction of its operations to the 24-hrs Contact Centre, as consumers has been assured of strict compliance to all recommendations of the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on
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The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125.This, the government said, was to reflect the current crash in the global price of crude oil.President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the price reduction after the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources,
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The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday announced a N1.1tn intervention fund to support critical sectors of the economy.The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this in a statement made available to journalists.The governor in the statement said the out of the N1.1tn, about N1tn would be used to support the local manufacturing
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What is coronavirus?According to the WHO, coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).These viruses were originally transmitted from animals to people. SARS, for instance, was transmitted from civet cats
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The Honourable Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki has assured that the Federal Government will continue to support the female gender through policies that would empower them economically thereby enabling them to compete favourably in governance.Sen. Saraki made the assertion on Tuesday when the Honourable Minister of Women
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