Nigeria has earmarked N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations across the country as part of measures to enhance the treatment of Covid-19 patients who need oxygen. The Minister of Finance and budget, Zainab Ahmed, who revealed this at the first National Economic Council (NEC) meeting of the year said...
Read MoreNigeria currently has about 6.95 million children out of school by the end of 2019, representing a decline from 10.1 million previously, according to the minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Adamu, who spoke at the annual Ministerial press briefing on the ministry’s activities in 2020, attributed the development to the number of measures undertaken...
Read MoreMelanie Igbe’s restaurant hosted 50 people a day when it opened in Nigeria’s megacity Lagos a year ago, but fear of coronavirus has driven most diners away. However, Igbe believes, that more than the fear of the dreaded Covid-19, higher food inflation could have a bigger impact on the business. The price of basic...
Read MoreVice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the vision of the government to reduce extreme poverty by lifting at least 20 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next two years is now within reach. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja while flagging-off, virtually, the cash transfer scheme to be facilitated through a wholly technology-based...
Read MoreThe Oyo State Chairman of Western States Security Network also known as Amotekun Kunle Togun, said most commercial motorcyclists in the state are spies for kidnappers and bandits that have entered the Yoruba land from the porous borders of Nigeria.Togun, a retired General said the foreigners who were ferried inside trailers into Oyo State among...
Read MoreThe Lagos State Government has revised its school calendar for the rest of the year as the second term of 2020/2021 academic session will now last for 61 days for public and private schools. Public and Private Schools are expected to run the second term from January 18 to April 30, with mid-term break...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has accused some unidentified people of working toward ensuring the failure of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Operation Amotekun. “I have to tell you that there are people among us who don’t want Amotekun to succeed and they will use lies...
Read MoreAgainst the backdrop of the surge in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Lagos, the State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the work from home directive to all State public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to Monday, February 1, 2021. Governor Sanwo-Olu’s directive was contained in a circular to members of...
Read MoreA 12-year-old boy Nigerian who set a world record for the most consecutive soccer ball touches in one minute while balancing a second ball on his head is planning to take his skills global when he grows up. Chinonso Eche, from the city of Warri, has become an online sensation, with videos of his...
Read MoreGhana Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah has said that his office will investigate a bribery allegation against a Supreme Court judge accused of trying to influence the election of the Speaker of the country’s Parliament. A statement signed by Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo, the Judicial Secretary, in Accra, said the Chief Justice would also...
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