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COVID-19: FG won’t allow self-isolation for returning Nigerians – Onyeama

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2020

The Federal Government says it will not accept the request to self-isolate, by Nigerians abroad willing to come back home. “We will not accept the request to self-isolate because it will be difficult to monitor them. That is our position,” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said

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NCDC, WHO redeploys 17 personnel to Kano

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation have redeployed 17 persons to Kano State to support the fight against coronavirus in the state. The National Coordinator, PTF, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said this during the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, on Thursday. According to him, additional lab equipment […]

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FG, States, LGs share N780.926bn

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2020

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N780.926 billion as March Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States, Local Governments and relevant Agencies in the country. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations in the Office of Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in Abuja on Wednesday. Ogubike said

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Atiku asks Nigeria to build oil reserve to prevent post-COVID-19 economic crises

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2020

Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday asked the country’s government to build its own oil reserve to preserve potential economic crises after the coronavirus pandemic. “I believe that the time is right for Nigeria to build a strategic crude oil reserve, with massive storage capacity that can hold at least a month’s worth […]

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COVID-19: Atiku calls for strategic oil reserve

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2020

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the federal government to build a strategic crude oil reserve with massive storage capacity that can hold at least a month’s worth of Nigeria’s OPEC production capacity. Atiku, in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, said, “If we build such infrastructure, we will not have to […]

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Northern governors seek more COVID-19 testing centres, ban almajiri system

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2020

Northern state governors on Tuesday called for more COVID-19 testing centres in the north and banned the almajiri system for fear the children could be exposed to the virus. The Governors met for the second time in one month via teleconferencing, according to a press statement. The meeting was presided by the Northern States Governors […]