Tag: FRESH LOCKDOWN
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JUST IN: CBN rejects fresh lockdown, retains interest rate at 11.5 percent
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday urged the Federal Government not to consider another round of lockdown. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja at the end of the first MPC meeting in 2021. The CBN governor said the Bank will work with the fiscal authorities…
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FG may impose fresh nationwide lockdown-Sani Aliyu
The Federal Government has said it will be left with no option than to impose a fresh lockdown in the country if the number of COVID-19 infections continues to rise. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, revealed this on Friday during a media briefing in Abuja. Aliyu noted…
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FG unhappy Nigerians are disregarding Covid-19 rules; speaks on plans to impose fresh lockdown
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday said the Federal Government is unhappy that Nigerians are disregarding measures put in place to curb the second wave of the deadly disease, Covid-19. Lai Mohammed, however, stressed that the government has no plan to impose a fresh lockdown on Nigeria as the country battles…
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COVID-19: British PM enforces fresh total lockdown on London
Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and large parts of southeast England and told the public across the country to avoid travel, in a desperate attempt to stop a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in the UK, Bloomberg reported Saturday. After emergency talks with his most senior officials,…