The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured Corps members that it will pay the allowances for March and April despite the fact that the monthly clearance exercise will not be done due to the Corovarinus pandemic lockdown in many states. Director-General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the assurance through the Director of Public…
A man who has been consistently putting away 1,000 and 500 Naira notes in his saving box has lost it all after fire gutted his home. Facebook user, Kelly Mark who shared photos of the burnt notes to Facebook wrote: “Please guys this is what happened to me this afternoon, I have been saving this…
Barring any last-minute change in plans, the disbursement of the first tranche of the Central Bank of Nigeria N50bn targeted credit facility would begin on Thursday. The fund, which is being managed by the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has received over 80,000 applications. The Managing Director, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, Mr Abubakar Kure, confirmed the development in…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on Tuesday called on Muslims to observe the practice of social distancing when looking out for the moon in the forthcoming Ramadan. The organization specifically advised that Muslim fateful should look for the moon at their residences without going out in groups. The Deputy Secretary-General of NSCIA, Prof….
The Federal Government is set to expand the social register for palliative distribution by employing digital models including the use of Bank Verification Number (BVN). The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to questions at Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19. She noted that…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, on Tuesday, confirmed that a medical doctor contracted COVID-19 while treating the third case in the state. Yaya-Kolade said the doctor, who is now the fourth case in the state, was at present receiving treatment at the state Isolation Centre. The first two cases in the state…
Two Chinese doctors in Wuhan who were critically ill with Coronavirus woke up to find that their skin turned dark after the virus damaged their livers. Dr. Yi Fan and Dr. Hu Weifeng, both 42, were diagnosed with the novel Coronavirus while treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital in January. Their abnormal skin colour…
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 15 suspects for allegedly violating the lockdown order of the state government. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, had on April 14…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has disclosed that 17 hospitals in the state have been exposed to Coronavirus. Abayomi said the state Ministry of Health through one of its agencies Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFEMAA), is helping the hospitals decontaminate its facilities. Some of the hospitals have also been told to stop…
Four people have died and others were injured after a driver took the wrong lane in Sangotedo, Ajah, Lagos State. According to reports, three out of the four people who died in the accident are siblings. The siblings were in the area to visit their mother when they were killed this morning, April 21. A…