Tag: COVID-19 Lockdown
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Stop disturbing me for money, I’m broke – Angry Yul Edochie tells fans
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has expressed his frustration as people continued to send their account numbers to him begging for money in the midst of Coronavirus lockdown. Edochie took to his twitter page on Monday to tell people to stop sending him their account numbers as he also is affected by the lockdown which had…
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COVID-19 Lockdown: PDP demands immediate suspension of ATM, electricity charges
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the suspension of charges for use of ATM cards and low amount mobile fund transfers during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja, the suspension of such charges should be part of the panacea…
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Ghana Relaxes Movement Restriction Amid 1,042 Covid-19 Cases
The government of Ghana on Sunday lifted targeted lockdown on two major regions in the country citing improved testing of the coronavirus pandemic across the Country. The President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addoh declared the lifting of the lockdown in a national Broadcast. Ghana is the first Country to relax the restriction of movement among African…
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COVID-19 lockdown: Not a single Lagosian has so far benefited from Buhari’s cash transfer programme – Falana
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has described the Federal Government’s plan to continue with the School Feeding programme during the ongoing lockdown as an insult to Nigerians. He stated this while reacting to a statement credited to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, whose ministry coordinates the programme. Farouq had, in aligning…
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Nigerians with 5000 naira and below in bank account to benefit from palliatives-FG
THE Federal Government has disclosed that people with over N5, 000 in their bank account will not benefit from its palliatives. The government added that it will use the mobile networks, to know people that top up the credit units for their phones with may be N100 or less. Besides, the state governments will now…
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COVID-19 lockdown robberies: Lagos launches ‘Food Kitchen’ to feed 100,000 youths daily
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced a programme, tagged: “Food Kitchen” aimed at feeding 100,000 youths daily to cushion the effect of Coronavirus lockdown in the state. The governor disclosed this while giving update on the Coronavirus situation in Lagos in Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. According to Sanwo-Olu, “in the next…
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COVID-19 lockdown: Outcry in Osun over government’s distribution of spoilt palliative rice
The Osun State Government has commenced an investigation into some adulterated bags of rice shared to residents as palliatives to cushion the effects of lockdown in the state. There was an outcry in some parts of the state, following the distribution of 6020 bags of rice shared by the state government on Wednesday, as residents…
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Omo-Agege doles out N85m as palliatives to constituents
As part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has commenced the immediate disbursement of cash to some low income persons across the eight Local Government Areas that make up Delta Central Senatorial District. The eight local government…
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COVID-19 lockdown: Our relief packages not meant for all Lagosians – LASG clarifies
The Lagos State Government on Monday said food and other relief packages being distributed across the State were not meant for all Lagosians but for the indigents and vulnerable. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement said in the past few days, the social media had been awash with biased opinions about…
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COVID-19 Lockdown: 10 simple ways to beat boredom indoors
Following a presidential ‘stay-at-home’ order which took full effect on Tuesday, March 31 as part of efforts to contain further spread of the coronaviurs disease [COVID-19], some Nigerians are already complaining of been bored even from the first day. To kill time and make maximum use of this free and compulsory holiday which might be…