Similar to the Soviet Union /US time-honoured race for preeminence in the world’s political sphere, the heightened exchanges in recent months between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), and the United States of America (USA), over the real/imagined cause, and origin of the dreaded Coronavirus (Covid-19), pandemic has, instead of improving the global knowledge economy or profer solution to the scourge, brought to the fore welter of diplomatic, political, socio-economic issues. From a more critical approach, aside from the need to tackle this silent crisis which some analysts labelled ‘competition without catastrophe’, which is becoming urgent, many believe that the present friction construed around Coronavirus is fueled by the Donald…
Author: Prompt News
Read More
You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an American Congressman, and the tape of the plot was discovered. Well, an Enemy of the State struck in Nigeria on Monday, but this time, it was no fiction. It was real life act of sabotage from somebody who does not wish his own country well at all, and who derived a sinister kind of pleasure from undermining the system. President Muhammadu Buhari was to broadcast to the country by…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. According to Presidential Media Aide, Femi Adesina, the extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under the chairmanship of the President. In the same vein, President Buhari equally approved that the NDDC provides intervention support to complement efforts of the Federal and State governments against further spread of COVID-19 in the nine States of the Niger Delta region,…
By Beauty John, Lafia Nasarawa state has recorded two new COVID-19 cases, barely two days after the first index case was announced. The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule disclosed while addressing a press briefing at the government house in Lafia on Wednesday. “I want to share with you that the situation with COVID-19 in Nasarawa state is actually getting worse. Yesterday, we conducted additional tests, and out of the additional tests, we have two new additional cases today,” he said. The two confirmed cases are ladies who recently returned from Lagos. The Lagos returnees along side others from other…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Apparently interested in doing the job of navigating Nigeria and Nigerians out of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic than engage in politics, the Director General of Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has washed his hands off the new bill seeking to repeal the current Quarantine Act. Answering questions from reporters at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Pandemic in Abuja on Thursday, Dr. Ihekweazu said he is more interested in the war against Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the country than get involved in the controversial new bill…
More than 1,000 graduate trainees recently recruited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are to assume duty Monday 4 May, 2020, a release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, has stated. The trainees are to assume duty first, virtually while the corporation monitors the COVID -19 situation and the Federal Government’s directives to determine a date of physical assumption of duty. The release said the option of virtual assumption of duty was necessitated by the need to comply with extant protocol on social distancing and reduced number of people in workplace, among other…
Testing, testing, testing. To defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, testing is crucial for all, worldwide. Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province in China, is no exception. As of April 23, altogether 138,700 residents in Guangzhou, including 5503 African nationals (3.97%), have been tested since April 5. Among them, 185 tested positive with 164 (88.5%) asymptomatic cases. Their cooperation is highly appreciated. Since April 16, the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangzhou has been daily briefing Nigeria’s Consulate-General by note on the numbers of confirmed cases, test result positive cases, and close contacts, as far as Nigerian nationals are concerned. Frankly, the percentage of…
I don’t know how many people remember Obasanjo’s moustache before he became president of Nigeria. In fact when news broke out that Olusegun Obasanjo who had just come out of prison was going to contest for the seat of the presidency of Nigeria and his photographs were awash in the press with his very native and unkempt moustache, I told my friends that I would not vote for him for no other reason than the moustache! Apparently somebody advised him to shave it, and he got my vote. I understand that when Obasanjo was being conscripted to be president, he…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated the Nigerian workers for marking this year’s International Workers’ Day. Gbajabiamila said although the day is being marked quietly across the globe as a result of the lockdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much to remember about the sacrifices made by Nigerian workers. Gbajabiamila, in a statement marking the Workers’ Day signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, commended Nigerian workers for their commitment and dedication to work over the years, which he said has shaped the country tremendously. The Speaker, however,…
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick says the decision on the resumption of football activities in the country will be taken after due consultations with the government and all other relevant bodies.The NFF suspended football activities in the country in March following the spread of coronavirus.The government has, however, announced plans to ease restrictions in the three states (Lagos , Ogun and Abuja) from May 4 and Pinnick has revealed the federation is in discussion with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to determine when football activities will resume.”It has been a difficult few months…