To lessen the effects of the elimination of the gasoline subsidy, the Federal Government announced a N5 billion palliative to each state of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).This information was provided by Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, during a discussion with State House reporters on Thursday in Abuja following the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting.Vice President Kashim Shettima presided over the NEC meeting on Thur...

The State of Osun Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu has today disclosed in a statement that Osun state has now have 12 new cases were of the novel coronavirus which are recorded in Osogbo, Ife, Ede, Ikire and Ejigbo.Isamotu said the fresh tests were carried out in the last two weeks of the lockdown, adding that the lockdown has proven effective in containing spread of the virus.He said this brings the number of active COVID-19 cases in Osun to 13.It will be...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has later today announced that sixteen new cases of #COVID19 in the country.This was made public through a tweet from NCDC twitter handle.The tweets goes : Sixteen #Covid19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina.As at 09:30 pm 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.Lagos- 130FCT- 50Osun- 20...