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The federal government on Monday lifted ban on interstate movement effective from July 1, 2020. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this during the daily media briefing. Mustapha who is also the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 said within this extended phase, there will also be a safe re-opening of schools to allow graduating students back to classes, while interstate movements would only take place outside curfew hours. Announcing the new measures, the SGF said; “I am pleased to inform you that Mr. President has carefully considered the 5th Interim Report of…

The novel coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated income inequality, experts say, stretching the racial wealth gap in the United States and making the richest wealthier while leaving many of the poorest without jobs. As the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the US, it brought with it an unprecedented financial crisis and unemployment rates at their highest levels since the Great Depression, especially among Black, Hispanic and Asian workers (16.8%, 17.6% and 15% in May compared to 12.4% for whites). At least 45 million people have filed for unemployment since the pandemic began. Between March 18 and June 17, as the pandemic raged, the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,567. Seven deaths were recorded from the virus on Sunday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 565. There was a drop in the number of confirmed cases reported on Sunday (490) compared to 779 reported on Saturday. Akwa Ibom State has so far recorded 86 cases. The health agency in a tweet Sunday night said the new cases were reported in 20 states and FCT. “Till date, 24, 567 cases…

The World Bank has accessed the impact of the rampaging COVID-19 pestilence and predicted that 95.7 million Nigerians will live below the poverty line by 2022. The report, released recently, indicated that without the COVID-19 outbreak, 90 million Nigerians were already predicted to live in extreme poverty of less than a dollar a day but with the dreaded disease, an additional six million people have been added to the number. It said: “With real per capita GDP growth forecast to be negative in all sectors in 2020, poverty will deepen for the current poor, while those households that were just…

A total of 1,001,045 persons have so far applied to the Batch C of the Federal Government’s N-Power National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The programme which opened for registration on June 26 is expected to recruit 400,000 applicants for Batch C of the scheme. Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development, tweeted on Sunday, “the N-Power portal has received over 1 Million unique applications since the portal opened almost 48 Hours ago. “The portal has been registering about 100 applications per second and as at 7:38 pm, we had received 1,001,045 applications.” According to…

Nigeria has recorded 779 spikes in the COVID-19 cases, forcing the total figure to climb to 24,077. Announcing this via its Twitter handle on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said four deaths were recorded in the country. Though no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours, NCDC stated 24,077 confirmed cases, 8,625 cases have been discharged and 558 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 779 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (285), Rivers (68), FCT (60), Edo (60), Enugu (56), Delta (47), Ebonyi (42), Oyo (41),…

A total of 32 members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council, Friday, got N1,825,000 welfare package from the union. This brings the amount to N2.150 million so far spent since the implementation of the scheme on August 2, 2019. Under the death of members’ category, each bereaved family of the four journalists received N200,000, while 13 members who were bereaved went home with N50,000 each. Under the celebration category, 15 members got N25,000 each. However, under the celebration category for last year, two benefited from N25,000 each. The second batch also recorded two beneficiaries in January this…

As the war against racism continues in the United States, an 18-year-old biracial girl in Madison has reportedly been set ablaze by some white men at an area, causing the Madison police and the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation. The assault took place early Wednesday morning when the girl was driving and stopped at a red light and “heard someone yell out a racial epithet,” according to a police incident report, CNN reports. The girl is not named in the report, but a family spokesperson identified her as Althea Bernstein, a college student and a volunteer EMT. “She…

A brilliant student from Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu-Itele in Ogun State has emerged the highest scorer of the 2020 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, according to Insideschool Nigeria. She is Miss Egoagwuagwu Agnes Maduafokwa who scored 365 out of 400 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Egoagwuagwu who hails from Ihiala in Anambra State wrote her UTME on March 14, 2020 at St. Michael Otedola Education Centre in Epe, Lagos State. The President of the Maths Club, and the 1st Assistant Head Girl of her school, she scored Use of English- 72; Mathematics – 99; Physics – 99 and Chemistry – 95. Insideschool…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will be N600 million ($1.5 million) richer when FIFA releases the COVID-19 relief fund to each of its national associations across the world. The coronavirus relief plan for world football which gulped up to £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) has been announced by FIFA. All member associations will be given a universal solidarity grant of $1m, with an additional $500,000 grant specifically for women’s football. Each confederation like CAF will also receive a grant of $2 million. The game’s governing body has revealed its three-step plan, which includes specifically allocated funding to help women’s football through…