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#Coronavirus: Nine Test Positive in Borno as Index patient Dies Today
The Borno state high-powered response team on prevention and controlof coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has tested 55 contacts with ninepositive. Out of the 11 contact samples sent in for testing, the index patientdied today (Wednesday) in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. COVID-19 response team Chairman, Umar Kadafur, who doubles as theDeputy Governor, disclosed this Wednesday in […]
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#Covid-19: Practical Steps Large Companies Can Take to Support their MSME Partners
By Richard Gilbert, Challenge Director, Business Fights Poverty While COVID-19 is hurting all businesses, MSMEs are particularly vulnerable, especially those cash-based informal businesses in developing countries, which have no social protection and are unable to access most forms of government emergency finance, or transition to remote working. A new Action Toolkit has been published to […]
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South Africa: #COVID-19 Economic and Social Measures in Numbers
By Olawale Rasheed As at 21 April 2020, below are the economic and social measures taken by the South African government as a response to #COVID-19: -25 – the days since South Africa began a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. -58 – the lives taken by the coronavirus in South Africa […]
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Op-ed: M.B. Marwa and Ideal Chief of Staff for Buhari
By Bello Bala Shagari Nigeria is no ordinary country and its citizens are no ordinary people. Hence, its need for extraordinary people in positions of power. People who don’t know Nigeria’s history will never understand the complexity and enigmous nature of this African Giant. I seldom wonder if it is also true to say that […]
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#Covid-19: #Nigeria’s OPS Calls for Exit Strategy
The Organised Private Sector in Nigeria has called for the designing and implementation of an exit strategy from the Coronavirus lockdown as a prelude to reopening the national economy. In a proposal now before the Presidential Taskforce and other top administration officials ,the OPS observed that the current lockdown is in urgent need of review,submitting […]
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Op-ed: Governor Oyetola Should Stop Harassing Opposition and Face Governance
By Samson Adelugba About two weeks ago, the social media space was awash with news of arrest and detention by the Osun State Government of one Akinloye Zirhid nicknamed “Sure Money.” He was alleged of posting fake news on the social media claiming that those infected with Covid-19 in the state were imported by the […]
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Analysis: A Post-#Coronavirus Recovery Plan for #Gulf Arab Countries
The dual shock to GCC countries GCC countries are experiencing a dual shock: the COVID-19 pandemic and lower oil prices. The pandemic is having tragic human consequences. The necessary containment measures are having detrimental effects on the global economy and world trade, with serious consequences for the import-dependent GCC countries. The result is supply-side issues […]
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Good Night, Prof. Dauda Musa Enna, Scholar and Rare Gem
By Jeff Godwin Doki Ph.D His death is something so terribly painful because it came so surprisingly early. With brutal sadness came violent attacks of pain in the evening and Prof. Enna […]
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#OPEC is Determined to Stabilise Oil Market – Muhammed Barkindo
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would like to update the distinguished delegates to the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC) on current oil market conditions and developments. The global oil market showed relative stability and ended 2019 on a positive note, despite economic headwinds and high uncertainties regarding ongoing trade disputes, Brexit and geopolitical developments throughout the […]