The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has disclaimed purported Federal Government three million naira grant. The Ministry today stated that its attention has been drawn to a link that is being shared on social media, requesting members of the public to apply for an alleged three million grant from the Federal Government. The fraudulent link is masked with bit.ly, shown below. The Ministry has thus noted that such claims are fraudulent and intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, further disclosed that any request for application will…
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The World Health Organization, has given update on the prevalence of breast cancer in women. WHO stated that the risk of dying from breast cancer before attaining 75 years of age, is 8.40% in females. In respect of the breast cancer awareness month, the World Health Organization has given safety tips to achieve a cancer free society. According to the World Health Organization, the regular in take of healthy diet reduces the risk of getting cancer. WHO recommended regular taking of fruits and vegetables. WHO also identified regular physical activity as a risk reducing factor in getting cancer. Routine and…
Chins is again conducting a mass coronavirus test on an entire city amid a regional outbreak in Xinjiang province. A total estimated 4.7m people are being tested in Kashgar, while 138 asymptomatic cases have been diagnosed. Residents of Kashgar have been denied allowance to leave the city without results revealing that they tested negative to the virus and all schools in the province have been closed down. The first positive case recorded in the province was that of an asymptomatic woman working in a garment factory in Shufu county on the outskirts of the city. After testing positive, she happen…
The World Health Organization, has today given guidelines on how to safely wear facemask during the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization, adviced people not to wear their face mask upside down or inside out. Usually face mask are worn with the upper part bridged above the nose. WHO also said that people should desist from wearing a loose facemask for instance if the face mask has become slack. According to WHO, the face mask should not be worn below the nose as facemask should be worn to cover the nose in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus.…
Corruption undermines investment and escalates poverty. Subject to The World Bank’ report launched last month, which centered on “Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption”, reveals that curbing corruption is possible. The report shows immense progress in effecting the policies and institutions structured to curb corruption. Level of accountability in place are also stronger. The declaration of assets by public officials are common, open to the public, than in the past, and many countries use electronic systems for declaration and verification. Public financial management, are made stronger by the application of technological advancement which aids to reduceghost workers,…
A Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization,Mr Yi Xiaozhun has called on ministers to bound together in cooperation on trade to boost economic recovery. Mr Yi Xiaozhun while addressing a virtual meeting of ministers organized today by the Australian government urged the ministers to cooperate at the WTO inorder to enhance a strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual meeting convened by Australia, centered on two issues: how to narrow differences and move towards an agreement in the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations, and how the WTO can best contribute to global economic recovery in the wake…
Access Bank Plc, has reiterated it’s commitment in serving their customers. The bank in a post promised to help their customers get back on track by supporting businesses both large and small scale. The bank stated that due to the ongoing unrest in the country which has resulted in imposed movement restrictions in some states, fraudulent persons might want to take advantage of the situation to defraud unsuspecting persons. The bank therefore advised their customers to be vigilant and that their platforms will be used to reach out to their customers. Access Bank stated that in their bid to deliver…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been informed by the US Food and Drug Administration about voluntary recall of one lot of Daptomycin for Injection, 500 mg/vial by Mylan Laboratories. The retract is subject to the presence of particulate matter found in one single-dose vial. NAFDAC stated that Daptomycin injection is an antibacterial specifically produced for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections and staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (bacteremia) in adult patients. NAFDAC further explained that it ude could lead to serious adverse effects such as allergic reactions, vasculitis/phlebitis, antigenic, microvascular among…
The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC) has warned motorists against engaging in panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The NNPC has assured memby of the public of normalcy in the supply of petroleum products. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Obateru, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday added that the long queues currently being experienced were due to the curfew imposed by the government in some states due to the EndSARS protests. According to Mr Obateru the curfew affected the free movement of vehicles for the supply of PMS,, he however guaranteed normalcy in few…
The International Debt Statistics which has been in existence for close to five decades now, aids policymakers and analysts by monitoring aggregate and country-specific trends in external debt in low- and middle-income countries. According to the World Bank the statistics provides a narrative of external borrowing and sources of lending by type of borrower and creditor with information on data availability and comparability. The World Bank stated that in a bid to enhance data transparency, this year’ report reveals detailed data on the creditor composition of lending from official sources. The World Bank revealed that the report which is an…
The African Development Bank has through funding from the African Development Fund’s (ADF) Regional Public Goods window, initiated a training and research capacity building programme which has awarded 90 Master’s and five PhD scholarships to further strengthen the capacity of inclusive and green growth policy formulation in Africa. A total estimated grant of $6.8 million was used to boost the Research Capacity and Knowledge Enhancement for Africa’s Transformation Project implemented by the African Economic Research Consortium. A total of 100 persons were beneficiaries of the graduate training programme which was initiated between 2016 and 2019. The beneficiaries of the training…
The World Trade Organization has given measures of safeguarding trade. According to the WTO a member may take a safeguard action by temporarily restricting imports of a product. inorder to protect a specific domestic industry from an increase in imports of any product which is capable of causing serious injury to the industry. The WTO stated that safeguard measures were usually available under the General Agreement on Tarriff and Trade. Though they were inconsistently used, and subject to the fact that some governments preferred to protect their industries through voluntary export restraint arrangements on products. The WTO in furtherance noted…
The World Trade Organization has today given update on “US tarriffs on Chinese goods”. WTO, revealed that United States has appealed the panel report in respect US tariffs on Chinese goods. According to World Trade Organization, The United States made known it’s decision to appeal the report given by the panel, in the case brought against the US by China regarding “Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China” The US made this known to the dispute settlement body on the 26th October 2020. Recall that the panel report was circulated to World Trade Organization members on 15 September, 2020.…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has today informed the general public that information has reached them from the United States of America’ Food and Drug Administration on an increased risk of a false positive result with BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for the BD Max System test. According to NAFDAC, the manufacturer discovered that approximately 3% of results were false positive results. The BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for BD Max System test is manufactured to detect viral nucleic acid from the virus that causes COVID-19 in upper respiratory specimens, such as nasal swabs. However this warning applies…
The University College Hospital Ibadan has in a post noted that they are aware of plans by suspected hoodlums to attack the University College Hospital, Ibadan. In lieu of this, the Federal Ministry of Health has alerted all Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres, Specialist Hospitals and other tertiary hospitals in Nigeria of the planned attack on them. All Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) have therefore been ordered by Ministers in various ministries to provide adequate security around their facilities. UCH has therefore taken bold steps to ensure the safety of lives and properties within the Hospital. The…
The management of Zenith Bank has today 26th of October 2020, disclosed to their customers and the public at large that financial operations have resumed at the bank. Zenith Bank in a post on it’s page stated that, the bank has resumed branch banking operations and other states of the federation where the imposed curfew have been relaxed by state governments. The bank thereby stated that banking operations will take place between the hours of 9a.m to 1 p.m starting from Monday 26th of October. However their branches at Lekki, Ikota and Ajah are exempted from the resumption of banking…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today hinted the public on the dangers of smoking especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO stated that smoking causes damage to the lungs and other parts of the body which makes smokers more liable to coronavirus infection. According to WHO it’s high time smokers quit smoking inorder to enjoy a safer and better health which can be countered by smoking. The World Health Organization further stated that continuos smoking might result in severe COVID-19. Smoking ordinarily causes damage to the lungs by blocking the airways in the lungs which causes lung diseases such as…
The management of Access Bank Plc has today announced the close down of some of its branches in Nigeria. This was related to the general public on the bank’ page. According to the bank the close down of it’s brancy was done in respect of the 24 hours curfew issued by the government. Access Bank noted that the temporary close down of its branches are effected in locations where the curfew have been imposed by the government. The there bank thereby urged their customers who might want to perform any banking activity to make use of their ‘Digital Banking Channels’…
The World Health Organization has given more non-pharmaceutical measures for containing the spread of coronavirus. WHO today gave recommendation on the type of face mask people should wear while on a flight. The World Health Organization in a post stated that a medical face mask is recommended for people above 60 years of age and people who have underlying health condition. WHO noted that wearing medical face mask for those above 60 years or those with chronic illness, protects them from others who may have this virus. According to WHO people who are healthy and don’t feel any symptoms of…
The African Development Bank has invested $1.3 million in urban poor sanitation improvement in Uganda. As a result of this there has been an improvement in the decline of Typhoid fever and Diarrhoea significantly in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Kawempe being a subdivision of Kampala has developed rapidly over the years, but water and sanitation infrastructure in this area dominated by swampy lowlands has been scarce. Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP), carried out in the area from 2013 to 2018, has helped to reduce typhoid fever cases by 7.7% and diarrhoea cases by 49.3%. The project was highly successful…