Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 31st March 2020
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BREAKING COVID-19: US Death Toll Tops 3,000, More Than 9/11 Attack
The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, making the outbreak more deadly than the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,977, but the number of daily fatalities are expected to soar over the next two weeks. Reported cases climbed to more than 163,000 as the number of new infections jumped at
26 Americans Arrive Lagos Airport Without Screening
CHIOMA UMEHA;OLUSEGUN KOIKI;TOYIN ADEBAYO LAGOS / ABUJA – Reports emanating from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, indicate that no fewer than 26 Americans on Monday morning arrived the country through the airport without the necessary medical screening despite the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. A source close to the terminal, confided
Nigeria Earned $32.63bn From Oil, Gas Sector In 2018
ABUJA – Nigeria earned a total of $32.63 billion from the oil and gas sector in 2018, the latest oil and gas industry audit conducted by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed. The latest audit was made available to newsmen in Abuja in a statement signed by Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Director
Herdsmen Kidnap Two Chinese Expatriates In Ebonyi
ABAKALIKI – Two Chinese expatriates working in Ebonyi State have been kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. The incident, according to sources, happened in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of the state. The sources said three Chinese were initially taken but one of them was later released by the abductors. They were said to be working for
Soyinka Faults Lockdown, Says Nigeria Not In A War Situation
LAGOS – Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has faulted the total lockdown imposed on residents of Lagos, Ogun and FCT by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying Nigeria is not in a war situation. In a statement on Monday, Soyinka, who said that President Buhari has no constitutional backing to declare a total lockdown in the three
FG Exempts Banks, Finance Houses From 14-Day Lockdown
LAGOS – As Nigerians thronged banks to do last minute banking on Monday in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, and Ogun states, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have secured exemptions from President Muhammadu Buhari to allow banks and finance houses operate during the 14-day lockdown. This was contained in
Shutdown Begins As Nigeria Confronts COVID-19 Headlong
TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI; AKINWUNMI KING LAGOS – Nigeria on Thursday February 27, 2020 confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos State. The patient, whose name was not disclosed, is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and had just returned from Milan to Lagos on the 25th of February 2020. He was confirmed by
COVID-19: NIAS Urges Govt To Save N16trn Poultry Industry From Collapse
ABUJA – The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has appealed to the government to ensure that the N16trillion worth of investment in the poultry industry is not allowed to collapse amidst Covid-19 ravaging Nigeria and the world at large. The NIAS has also called on the government to ensure that the livestock industry was
COVID-19: CISLAC Demands Accountability Of Donated Funds
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International (TI) yesterday called on governments at all levels to show accountability of the utilisation and distribution of funds donated to the country by both public and private organisations in the country and beyond to combat the COVID-19 virus pandemic. This is as the organisations commended
Oil Prices Record 17-Year Low As Coronavirus Spreads
Oil prices extended losses yesterday and languished at 17-year lows, with the coronavirus crisis escalating around the world and no end in sight to a vicious price war. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate, WTI, fell 5.3 percent to trade at $20 a barrel, while International benchmark Brent crude was off 6.5 percent at $23. The
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