The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says people within the 31 to 40 years age bracket are more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. According to the centre, however, more deaths have been recorded among older people of 60 years and above. In a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, the NCDC said that data also showed that men were two times more likely to get the virus as shown in its latest demographic data on COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths by gender and age in the country.…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at the federal government for slashing the 2020 budget by ‘a mere’ 0.6% amidst the coronavirus pandemic and dwindling revenue from oil. In a statement on Thursday, Atiku, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, posited that “Debt will be the death of our economy and bonds will put our people in bondage.” Prompt News recalls that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, at its first virtual cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, had on Wednesday, announced reduction of the 2020 budget of N10.594 trillion by just N71…
The Oodua Peoples Congress on Wednesday donated N3 million for food and procurements of essential items to patients of the deadly COVID-19 disease across the six states of the South West and Kwara and Kogi States. The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, who is also the National Coordinator of the group, said the palliative was aimed at assisting the governments in ensuring better treatment for all the patients that have been receiving treatments at the various isolation centres across the states. Iba Adams stated that the new measure became imperative following the intervention and initial efforts…
Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, and music star, 2face Idibia, will on Friday, May 15 join Funmi Iyanda on Public Eye Live on Instagram. Popularly known as MC Oluomo, Mr. Akinsanya will break down the struggles of the ordinary people, particularly essential workers in the transport sector as Nigeria tries to find solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. Songwriter, record producer and social activist, 2face brings the authentic and uncensored honesty he is known for to the programme. He will give insight into the life of the rich and famous during the coronavirus lockdown, and the…
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha in attendance. Also in attendance are security and service chiefs as well as some cabinet members, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ra’uf Aregbesola are also attending. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered that the meeting would deliberate on national issues, including the impact of COVID-19 pandemic…
The Oyo state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Kehinde Ayoola has died at the age of 55. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, confirmed his death while speaking with Governor’s office correspondents on Thursday in Ibadan. Ayoola was the speaker of the State House of Assembly in 1999 during the tenure of former Gov. Lam Adesina. (NAN)
Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP-Plateau North) has called for thorough investigation into the killing of a 300-level University of Jos student by security personnel. Gyang made the appeal in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Protocol, Mr Musa Ashoms, a copy of whic was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos. The senator, also Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, said the killier of Rinji Peter Bala, very promising young man from Hwolshe in Jos, must not go unpunished. “Instances abound of reports of extra judicial killings across the nation of trigger…
The Bayelsa government has approved the distribution of 10,000 face masks to vulnerable residents across the state. Mr Freston Akpo, the Permananet Secretary in the Bayelsa Ministry of Information, said in a statement on Thursday in Yenagoa that Gov. Douye Diri approved the distribution of the masks. Akpo, a member of the COVID-19 Task Force in Bayelsa, said the distribution of the cloth face masks was part of efforts by the taskforce to curtail the spread of the virus in the state. According to him, the distribution of the 10,000 face masks is the first stage in a phased exercise…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja approved the amendment of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework of 2020 to 2022 as well as amendment to the 2020 budget. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, made this known at the end of the virtual session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), held at the Council’s Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja,President Buhari had in December 2019 signed the 2020 appropriation bill of N10,594,362,364,830 into law.The budget was increased from N10.33 trillion to N10.594billion by the National Assembly with…
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, on one-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence.The offence is against Section 1 (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.The victim of his alleged crime…