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COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is raging. At an African regional policy platform, I had
As the novel coronavirus pandemic is busy ravaging the whole world which Nigeria isn’t exempted, one would expect every form of empathy, help and encouragement from both corporate organizations, individuals and the government. Unfortunately, these individuals and corporate bodies have donated Billions of naira to the government, most probably believing it would get to the
It’s with great displeasure that we write to retract an earlier published article on possible disbursement of N50billion loan from the CBN. There are several contradictory reactions to that gesture and we are not very comfortable with the reports coming from it. We sincerely apologize that we had to post without due verifications and we
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the withheld February and March salaries of members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who have not registered on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information, IPPIS, platform. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has today (Tuesday) approved the
fire outbreak was on Tuesday put under control minutes after it broke out at the Jos, Plateau State Branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The fire was noticed at 9:15am when the fire alarm was triggered. A statement by the Director of Corporate Communications of the Bank, Isaac Okorafor, said in line with the
NEW YORK: US crude futures plunged more than 85% on Monday to the lowest price on record as storage space for U.S. crude was filling up, discouraging buyers even as weak economic data from Germany and Japan cast doubt on when fuel consumption will recover. Physical demand for crude has dried up, creating a global
428,941 Nigerians got cash in 24 states, 130,455 from Katsina – Buhari’s minister, Farouq President Muhammadu Buhari administration, on Sunday gave an update on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to Nigerians. But the latest information will again irk Nigerians who have been condemning the criteria. The Government announced that of the 428,941 beneficiaries that have received
Nigerians woke to a frightening news of increasing new cases of COVID-19. According to NCDC released data, Nigeria altogether recorded 86 news cases and lagos alone tops the log with 70 cases. See the statement and data below… Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina
The Bayelsa Plaza of lagos state trade fair was reportedly gutted by fire today. This ugly incidence occurred today at the lagos international trade fair as the source of the fire is still unknown. From our reliable source, many shop owners in the Plaza are yet to hear about the incidence…. More details to come…
The Nigerian social media space is increasingly becoming a succor for the common citizen as the brutality of the men of the Police force is becoming unbearable. The inspector General of Police, M.A Adamu has reacted to a viral video where two police officers were seen assaulting a lady in a very disturbing way. Below