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A six-week-old baby and mother are among the five new cases of coronavirus confirmed by Nigerian government. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Wednesday said the five new cases of Coronavirus involve two Nigerians and three foreigners, showing four recorded in Lagos and one in Ekiti. “Of the five new positive cases, three arrived from the United States, while two came in from the United Kingdom,” the minister said at a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He explained that two of the three-week old from the US are Nigerians; a mother and child making the six-week-old baby the youngest COVID-I9…

By Akanimo Sampson The Niger Delta, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region might not be a very safe area at the moment. Two oil governors: Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodinma, are locked in a seeming nasty partisan fight over the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. Uzodinma of the APC appears to be drawing the ire of Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He is alleging that Wike’s party is responsible for the attempted removal of the embattled Oshiomhole. Apparently piqued, the combative Governor Wike charged at the…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered the closure of orientation camps across Nigeria as preventive and precautionary measures against coronavirus. The ongoing orientation for Batch A Stream 1 corps members, which was supposed to end March 30, 2020, has now been cut short 12 days earlier. They said they were expecting their posting letters to their various Place of Primary Assignments (PPA) Wednesday morning. A statement by NYSC management reads: “Sequel to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which led to the cancellation of the national sports festival, management of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme wishes to…

By: Israel Umoh Death is a terminator of human life. It visits and takes away its prey. No one can question its intention or is able to reverse its visitation except God, the creator. Monarchs, peasants, the rich and the poor are equal before it. And they are equally afraid of it, a mystery to the human race. So, man dreads death and anything that leads to it. The spiritually conscious believe that their pious works on earth serve as a passport to their eternal abode. Some aged people who having fulfilled their earthly assignments do not worry about it.…

The initiative by Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel in signing a bill into law proscribing 65 cult groups is principally intended to stalk the rising menace and inadvertently dishevel the penetrating influence of secret cultism in the state. Of recent and on a daily basis, some cult groups have posed a serious threat to the security and peaceful co-existence of the hardworking people of the state. Some investors and innocent passersby have been the butt of their menacing activities. Where the cult groups do not engage in an altercation with some members of the public over flimsy issues, they turn…

By Akanimo Sampson The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted, from March 1, a one-year moratorium on all of its intervention funds. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele pointed out that the policy measures are to tackle the impact of coronavirus on the businesses and the country’s economy. The apex bank through the Deposit Money Banks has provided a total of N3 trillion to the Small and Medium Enterprises sector of the economy. This is as Lagos State Ministry of Health has confirmed that a 30-year-old Nigerian female who returned from the United Kingdom on Friday, 13 March 2020, observed…

By Akanimo Sampson Chief Executive Officer of ClipperData, Abudi Zein, says it is too early to gauge the full economic and trade effects of the Coronavirus outbreak. ClipperData is concerned with proprietary data offering, bringing a new level of transparency and accuracy to the global cargo tracking industry. According to Zein, shipping data, based on real-time observations of vessel positions (AIS) and information about the cargoes aboard those ships, already shows a change in the operational behaviour of container vessels and in the amount of oil products on the water. His analysis is seeking to put these short-term changes in…

The Consumer Price Index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 12.20% (year-on-year) in February 2020, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. In its inflation report for February 2020 released on Tuesday, the agency explained that the figure was 0.07% higher than the rate of 12.13% recorded in January 2020. The food index rose from 14.85% recorded in January to 14.9% in February 2020 while core inflation increased by 0.08% to stand at 9.43% compared to 9.35% recorded in the preceding month.

The Red Devils are unbeaten since the signing of the Nigeria forward who provided three goals and an assist this month. Odion Ighalo has been nominated for Manchester United’s Player of the Month award for March. The 30-year-old faces competition from fellow January signing Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire and Fred as he eyes his maiden accolade at Old Trafford. Ighalo has boosted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team since his temporary arrival in January and they are unbeaten in all competitions since their 2-0 defeat to Burnley back in January 22. 3️⃣ #MUFC starts 4️⃣ #MUFC goals@IghaloJude ? pic.twitter.com/3wOpU7hmZ0 — Manchester United…

The anti-cult war got a boost Monday, March 16, when Akwa Ibom State government formally proscribed 65 secret cult groups. Signing the Cultism and Other Violent Behaviour (Prohibition) Order, 2020 into law, Governor Udom Emmanuel reiterated his administration’s commitment to maintaining the state’s record in safety, security and investor-friendliness, as well as ensuring a future for the Akwa Ibom youth. Emmanuel, who penned the law during an emergency Executive Council meeting at the Executive Chambers, Government Hous,e Uyo, revoked the Cultism and other violent Behavior (Prohibition) Order, 2018, saying the new law has been expanded to cover components not covered…