Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:17
NIGERIA'S Muslim Coalition Against Covid-19 has launched a radical relief operation aimed at getting essential food items to the needy and mobilising 700 health workers into the field to treat the sick.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 13:49
RUMOURS are rife that as much as N700bn ($1.8bn) worth of Covid-19 relief funds were lost as a result of the recent fire which gutted Treasury House in Abuja that houses the office of the accountant-general of the federation.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 13:11
Here are my 10:
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Target a minimum of $20bn from the export of processed agricultural products like chocolate from cocoa, animal feed from cassava, furniture from timber, palm oil derivatives, etc
(2) Woo every car manufacturer to open a production plant where they make at least one component in Nigeria. The job creation will boost income tax and corporation tax intake significantly
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 14:14
POLICE operating at a checkpoint on the border or Oyo and Osun states got a rude shock on Sunday when a passenger suspected to have been a victim of the coronavirus pandemic died right in front of them.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 12:33
NIGERIAN health officials have announced plans to drastically increase the number of coronavirus tests they conduct setting themselves a daily target 3,500 in a bid to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 11:36
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has ordered the mass production of face masks to be distributed to the citizens for free as part of his plan to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:51
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced controversial plans to suspend all immigration into the US as part of his post-coronavirus economic recovery plan saying that the measure was necessary to protect American jobs.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:27
LAGOS State health officials have closed six private clinics including the one where the former presidency chief of staff Mallam Abba Kyari was recently treated as they pose a serious risk to the public because their staff have been exposed to coronavirus.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 09:30
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Everyone is in a state of panic after crude oil futures prices fell to below $0 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) yesterday. Although the market will correct itself over the coming days, we are probably looking at a price of $10 a barrel for the rest of 2020
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 15:11
BRITISH charities and Members of Parliament have expressed alarm that undocumented migrants have begun dying from neglect because they are too afraid to seek help from the National Health Service (NHS) and their local authorities.
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