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[My Covid-19 Diary] Day 3 – Breakfast without bread in a blackout

By Theophilus Abbah April 3, 2020 162 0

By Theophilus Abbah Blanket blackout, darkness, sweats and fatigue ruled and ruined the night before Tuesday, March 31, when life would grind to a halt and the curse, we, Abuja residents, feared most would be unleashed to drench and drown us. Blackout, because electricity supply had become so unreliable that both government and the governed […]Continue Reading

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[Covid-19: My Lockdown Diary] Day 2: It’s like the end of the world has come

By Theophilus Abbah April 1, 2020 225 0

By Theophilus Abbah Though I announced, on Day 1, that, for me, the lockdown for coronavirus started on Sunday, March 29, Nigeria’s strict social distancing, a preventive measure, officially took effect from Monday, March 30. It would be intensified on Tuesday, March 31 – for two weeks. I’m no clairvoyant, but I was still curious […]Continue Reading

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[Covid-19: My lockdown diary] Day 1: A ghostly spectacle after unusual Sunday worship

By Theophilus Abbah March 31, 2020 172 0

By Theophilus Abbah President Muhammadu Buhari’s much-delayed and anxiously-awaited authoritative speech on Covid-19, delivered on Sunday, March 29, locked down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun from Monday, March 30. That’s for millions who wake up at sunrise and retire to bed at sunset in these cities. But as for me and the multitude to whom the […]Continue Reading

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Shutting down population movement will not extinguish the Coronavirus epidemics- World Health Organization

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 31, 2020 173 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned the lockdown of countries in curtailing the spread of COVID19. In a statement by the Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it said that: “We understand that countries are trying to assess when and how they will be able to ease these measures. The answer depends on […]Continue Reading

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‘How they survived Covid-19’

By Theophilus Abbah March 30, 2020 206 0

As Covid-19 pandemic is ruining the lives of thousands of persons across the world, some survivors are telling their stories, which span the signs and symptoms of the virus attack, quality of medical support they received, the height of fear they suffered, some common social and health solutions, and how they eventually recovered from the […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19 in Nigeria: Cislac Demands Total Accountability of Donated Funds (Press Release)

By Theophilus Abbah March 30, 2020 219 0

While the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/ Transparency International in Nigeria commends and appreciates the ongoing donations by indigenous groups towards the combating the COVID-2019 virus pandemic and its socio-economic impacts, we at the same time, call for total accountability of the utilisation and distribution of funds. As we welcome the recent Continue Reading

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10 Main Points in Buhari’s Covid-19 Speech

By Theophilus Abbah March 30, 2020 185 0

Whole instrument of government mobilized to tackle pandemic Covid-19 has no cure to date Three preventive measures are (i) regular hygiene (ii) sanitary practice (iii) social distancing N15 billion set aside as response Citizens in Lagos, FCT and Ogun should stay at home Air travels suspended Relief materials for satellite towns in Lagos and Abuja […]Continue Reading

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Benue ‘strange’ illness: No test results after 2 months; death toll now 16

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 24, 2020 196 0

  ‘Bacteria count in the water was high’ I n January, this year, the Oye-Obi rural community of Igede-speaking natives in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State, came under surveillance by health officials after an ‘unknown ailment’ reportedly caused the deaths in the area. At least, 16 people have been reported dead but villagers […]Continue Reading

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Zenith Bank donates N100m support to emergency relief fund

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 20, 2020 170 0

L-R: Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Henry Oroh; Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Zenith Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Dr. Temitope Fasoranti; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadiri Hamzat; and Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Mr. Dennis Olisa during the visit by the Executive Continue Reading

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Zenith Bank fetes shareholders with dividend payout of N87.9 billion

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 17, 2020 211 0

Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc, on Monday, at the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Bank held at the Shehu Musa Yaradua Centre, Abuja unanimously approved the proposed final dividend of N2.50 per share, bringing the total dividend payment for the 2019 financial year to N2.80 per share with a total value of N87.9 billion. […]Continue Reading

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IPPIS will shut door against foreign scholars – ASUU leader Ogunyemi

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 13, 2020 172 0

The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has promised to review its ongoing two weeks warning strike it commenced on Monday, March 9 2020 following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila. ASUU National President, Prof Abiodun Ogunyemi, said at a meeting convened by the […]Continue Reading

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How to deal with economic fallout of Coronavirus

By Theophilus Abbah March 6, 2020 164 0

…Roles of CBN, Ministry of Finance Apart from being a health challenge, Coronavirus is taking its toll on the economy of many countries, including Nigeria. For instance, capital markets have been plummeting, with a huge loss as high as 10 per cent, in the last few weeks. Many economies are not functioning effectively, as supply […]Continue Reading