The Third Force Forum has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governors Forum to start the fee of between N20,000 to N40,000 to low-income earners and self-employed Nigerians as “COVID-19 Intervention Fund”. The discussion board stated the fee must be made to individuals, who earn beneath N50,000 month-to-month. The group posited that pressing actions…
MALACCA: The authorities has assured enough provide of meals and agricultural produce during the Movement Control Order (MCO) as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic, stated Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I, Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. He stated the federal government had applied numerous measures to make sure the nation’s meals and agricultural merchandise provide…
The harmful use of alcohol causes roughly Three million deaths yearly and the general burden of illness and accidents attributable to alcohol consumption stays unacceptably excessive. The tempo of improvement and implementation of alcohol insurance policies has been uneven in WHO areas, and assets and capacities for implementation of the WHO Global technique to reduce…
JOHOR BARU: Only immediate family members are allowed to accompany a body when it is taken to a Muslim cemetery, in efforts to contain Covid-19 virus, during the Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been extended until April 14. Johor Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi said this is one of the guidelines which…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is deferring deduction of its settlers’ income for repayment of crop and socio-economic loans for the month of April to June to help them cope with the situation brought about by the Covid-19 crisis. Its general manager, Datuk Dr Othman Omar, said it would involve their harvest…
KUCHING: The use of digital tracking tag to monitor the movement of individuals who have just returned from abroad is not a punishment, says Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas (pix) today. He said the wearing of the tracking tag in the state is a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19…
KUCHING: The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) announces that seven districts in the state are Covid-19 red zones (hotspots), today. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas (pix), who is also the committee’s chairman, said the city of Kuching had the most hotspots with 69 areas. “This is followed by Samarahan with 16…
As expected, the Vice Chancellor’s response on the barrage of lies that Babalakin tried to peddle about the suspension of the 51st convocation of the university, elicited anger and rage from a faceless and dishonest ‘Concerned Stakeholders’ and a group of delinquent non-academic staff making scrupulous releases requesting for the Vice Chancellor to proceed…
Elites Network for Sustainable Development, a Kwara-based civil society organisation, has urged Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, to provide palliatives for poor people in the state. The government has ordered residents to stay at home as part of efforts in curbing the spread of the pandemic in the country. ENetSuD, in a letter jointly…
Mudashiru Obasa Mudashiru Obasa Google At the resumption of plenary on Thursday at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, announced the reinstatement of two suspended lawmakers, Moshood Oshun and Raheem Kazeem. The two lawmakers were suspended alongside Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh; and Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru, who were demoted on…