Bishop Kukah Donates 30-Room Hotel As Isolation Centre In Sokoto
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has handed over a 30-room hotel to the Sokoto State Government as an isolation centre for suspected coronavirus patients in the state. Announcing via Twitter on Monday afternoon, the Sokoto State Ministry of Health, said Kukah acted on behalf of the Catholic Diocese in the state. The ministry also confirmed that he handed over a...
Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Jigawa
Jigawa State has recorded its second death from the COVID-19 pandemic as a pregnant woman kicked the bucket in Miga LGA. The patient who is a pregnant woman from Zareka ward in the Miga Local Government Area of the state died as a result of a miscarriage at her isolation centre. The member of the State Task Force who confirmed the...
Transport Companies Write Buhari As Mass Sack Looms
The Association of Private Transport Companies of Nigeria (APTCON) has called the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari to the challenge of maintaining their firms amid the coronavirus crisis. ABN TV reports that the body reiterated its warning that members may embark on massive job cuts if the federal government does not urgently unveil its plans to help businesses survive the economic...
COVID-19: Reduce Interest Rates Now – Tinubu Tells Buhari
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how he can reduce the suffering of Nigerians and save the economy currently being threatened by the outbreak of coronavirus. Tinubu, in a lengthy statement he signed and made available to DAILY POST on Sunday afternoon, noted that high-interest rates are a fundamental drag...
84m Barrels Of Unsold Nigerian Crude Oil Stranded At Sea
An estimated 84 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil is currently stranded at sea, a report by Wall Street Journal has said. In an April 27 report, the newspaper said cargo ships filled with Nigerian crude had nowhere to go and Nigerian oil companies were competing to fill the “last few empty tankers still left at sea”. The tankers are reported...
82.9 Million Nigerians Living In Poverty – NBS
The 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS on Monday says 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty. This figure represents 40.09% of the total population. According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%. The last poverty data released by the...
Nine Pastors Arrested For Holding Church Services
Nine pastors have been arrested for holding church services in Bayelsa State despite the lockdown order to curb Coronavirus pandemic. ABN TV reports that the Pastors were arrested on Sunday, May 3, by the Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 They included P. B. Barima of the Methodist Church, Obogoro, Timi Aaron of Believers Love World, Akenfa, Adaba Glory of Saint...
55 Missing Cows: Imo Govt Bows To Pressure, Agrees To Pay N8m Compensation
The government of Imo State has agreed to pay a compensation fee of N8 million to some Fulani cattle rearers whose cows numbering up to 55 were declared missing. ABN TV reports that the resolution followed a meeting summoned by the Interim Management Committee chairman of Ezinihitte LGA, Imo State, F. S Onyeberechi last weekend at the council headquarters, Itu. Read...
17 Chinese Arrested For Illegal Mining In Osun
The Osun State Joint Task Force has arrested 17 Chinese nationals and 10 locals suspected to be illegal miners in the State. Abdullahi Binuyo, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, disclosed this on Sunday in Osogbo. According to him, the 17 Chinese nationals who are still suspects were arrested following a coordinated sting operation in Ilesa and Ife...
Easing Of Lockdown Not License For Lagosians To Flood The Streets – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned that the gradual easing of the lockdown commencing in the state on Monday was not a license for Lagosians to flood the streets. ABN TV reports that Sanwo-Olu, who gave the warning on Sunday while giving an update on the management of COVID-19 in Lagos, said there would be zero tolerance against the...
