Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Gombe APC Brouhaha: If Truth Be Told
By Sadiq Umar The recent development in Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in which seven out of 27 officials of Kumo East Ward purportedly expelled a two-term member representing Akko Federal Constituency, ordinarily should be treated as a storm in tea cup. Reason being that democracy is in itself a game
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Rivers Earmarks N2bn for Food Purchase to Feed Residents
Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government declared that it has set aside N2 billion for the purchase of food items from farmers and fishermen in the state for distribution to residents. The State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, made the declaration yesterday when he briefed journalists at Government House, Port Harcourt. Wike also
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PDP: COVID-19 Has Exposed FG’s Social Intervention as Hoax
Chuks Okocha in Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the social intervention programmes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government as a ‘total hoax’. PDP alleged that the APC leaders have been fleecing the country through the social incentives programme rather than deploying it to
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COVID-19: Ogun Confirms Two Fresh Cases
Kayode Fasua in Abeokuta As the statewide lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari entered the third day, the Ogun State Government Monday evening confirmed that it had uncovered two fresh cases of the coronavirus pandemic in the state. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who addressed journalists at his private residence in Iperu Remo, Ikenne
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COVID-19: Private Sector Relief Fund Hits N21.588bn as FG Lists Chinese Doctors’ Role
•Says foreign physicians not to practise but install equipment, train Nigerian personnel •Unfolds guidelines on use of face masks •Cases move to 238 •Lagos discharges two more patients •Survivor narrates experience •British Prime Minister Boris Jonson moves to intensive care unit Olawale Ajimotokan, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Obinna Chima, Martins Ifijeh, Funmi Ogundare
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Nigeria Seeks $7bn from IMF, Others to Reflate Economy
•To augment June FAAC with $150m from NSIA Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Nigeria is seeking about $7.050 billion, an equivalent of N2.679 trillion, from multilateral financial institutions and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. A breakdown indicates that $3.4 billion is being sourced from the International
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Pandemic: AU Report Predicts $65bn Revenue Loss for Nigeria, Angola
Ejiofor Alike with agency reports Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest oil producers, Nigeria and Angola, alone could lose $65 billion in income this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according an African Union (AU) study. The study noted that African oil exporters are expected to see their budget deficits double this year while their
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Adesina: AfDB Whistleblowers’ Allegation of Misconduct Spurious
Obinna Chima and Dike Onwuamaze President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has described as spurious and unfounded an allegation by a group that described itself as concerned staff members of the bank that he violated the code of conduct of the institution. In a statement he issued yesterday, Adesina said following
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Court Sentences Funke Akindele, Husband to 14-day Community Service
•To pay N100,000 fine each •Naira Marley to be arraigned Chiemelie Ezeobi A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lagos yesterday sentenced Nollywood actress, Mrs. Funke Akindele-Bello, and her husband, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bello, a.k.a JJC Skills, to 14 days of community service each for violating regulations on social distancing meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. The
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Govs Seek to Distribute FG’s Palliatives
•Call for single unified market-determined exchange rate Chuks Okocha in Abuja Governors of the 36 states of the federation have called on the federal government to allow them to oversee the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effects of COVID-19. The palliatives being distributed to the vulnerable are currently being handled by the Ministry of
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