Ministers entered into pact with IMF to increase powers tariffs next year as a means of repaying Covid-19 loan

NIGERIAN ministers secretly entered into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase electricity tariffs across the country as from next year as part of the pact to secure the recent $3.4bn loan to offset the effects of the Covid-19 shutdown.

 

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First batch of Nigerian evacuees from abroad due to arrive in Lagos this Saturday aboard BA flight

NIGERIAN evacuees returning to the country from abroad are due to start arriving on Saturday after the Lagos State government secured a 300-bed facility  to accommodate any of them who test coronavirus positive.

 

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Security guard stabs man to death in Onitsha after altercation over nor wearing a facemask in public

POLICE in Anambra State have arrested a security guard for killing a member of the public by stabbing him in the chest with a knife following an altercation over not wearing a facemask in defiance of the government's social distancing restrictions.

 

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Madagascar to build new factory so it can mass-produce the herbal remedy Covid Organics

MADAGASCAR has announced plans build a factory that will mass produce its new coronavirus herbal remedy known as Covid Organics as part of a programme to get it universally accepted as a cure for the pandemic.

 

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NCDC boss warns that Buhari may have to re-introduce lockdown because public ignores guidelines

NIGERIA Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) director-general Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has warned that the federal government may have to extend the lockdown introduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic because of a lack of public compliance with guidelines.

 

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Should Buhari consider declaring a state of emergency in Kano for six months to save the rest of Nigeria?

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Kano State is fast becoming the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria as it is now number two behind Lagos State in terms of affected people. As of this morning, it had 365 cases, of which there have been eight unfortunate deaths

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Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education alumni pledges to mass produce facemasks for Lagosians

ALUMNI of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) in Lagos State have pledged to mass-produce facemasks for all students of the institution and its surrounding community in the Oto/Ijanikin area.

 

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NUAHP asks Buhari to reverse lifting of lockdown after 80% of tests in Kano prove positive

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) to reverse the recent government decision to lift the lockdown as 80% of all samples taken in Kano State have proven positive.

 

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Lawmaker writes to national Assembly asking it to ban retailers from hiking prices of essential item

ZARIA lawmaker in the Kaduna State House of Assembly Hon Suleiman Dabo has written to the National Assembly asking it to place a ban on the increase in essential item prices while the coronavirus pandemic still rages.

 

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CBN bans all commercial banks from retrenching staff in response to the coronavirus pandemic

NIGERIAN commercial banks have been asked to put all plans to lay off staff on hold until further notice by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) because of the impact such redundancies will have on the economy.

 

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