COVID-19: Buhari approves engagement of 774,000 Nigerians

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the engagement of 774,000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. Ahmed disclosed this at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic and oil prices

COVID 19: Lagos announces free medical services for pregnant women, emergency

As a way of ameliorating hardships occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu,  has announced free medical facilities for pregnant women, surgery and other emergency cases in the state. The governor, who spoke during a press breifing in Lagos yesterday,  said his administration would for the duration of the restriction on