US President Donald Trump has been heavily criticised for halting funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Philanthropist Bill Gates, a major funder of the WHO, said it was “as dangerous as it sounds”. President Trump said on Tuesday that the body had “failed in its basic duty” in its response to coronavirus. The head of the WHO said it was reviewing the cuts’ impact “to ensure our work continues uninterrupted”. “We regret the decision of the President of the United States to order a halt in the funding to the WHO,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom…
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A mother of four, Mrs. Mary Joseph, was yesterday taken into custody at the Akinpelu police station after she bathed her neighbour, Jumoke Gbadebo, with hot water at Oshodi area of Lagos State. Trouble started when the attacker alleged that the victim, whose turn it was to clean the drainage and surrounding of their house, spilled filthy water and dirt into the water she was going to use to bathe her children. An eyewitness who doesn’t want her name in print, narrated what happened: “I was here bathing my daughter and I heard the woman (Mrs. Joseph) shouting. She said…
Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, said wednesday that the federal government had paid over N200 billion to the power sector towards improving electricity supply. Kyari disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Abuja shortly after a closed door meeting between the NNPC; Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman, and Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Mr. Usman Mohammed. “Actually the federal government has made payment of over N200 billion for power in the last 23 days and this will go a long way to ensure that issues around power supply are…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wednesday advised Nigeria not to spare any resources in curbing the spread of COVID-19. IMF’s Director, Africa Department, Mr. Abebe Selassie, said during a media briefing yesterday, to unveil the ‘IMF Regional Economic Outlook for sub Saharan Africa,’ at the ongoing World Bank/IMF Virtual Spring Meetings in Washington, United States, that the Nigerian economy was among those to be hard hit by the pandemic. He urged the federal and state governments to roll out more fiscal measures to fight the virus, which has continued to spread in the country. “In the near term, no resources…
As part of measures to ensure that the masses get palliatives to cushion the effect of Covid-19, and the burden of such palliatives does not rest on the shoulders of the Oyo state governor alone,
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered Commanding Officers across the country to step up ongoing enforcement on restrictions and social distancing amongst vehicle occupants. This comes on the back of a fourteen-day extension of the Coronovirus lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyeyemi wants the officers to totally carry out the presidential directives by impounding at sight, any vehicle found to be in violation of the orders. In a statement made available by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, he said the agency…
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin has commended officials of Oyo State Road Manangement Authority for their sterling performance in ensuring safety on roads. He said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi at the OYRTMA Administrative Headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan. The Speaker, in strong words, commended the Executive Chairman and Officers of the Authority for a tremendous work in maintaining free flow of human and vehicular movement across the 33 local government areas of the State. He specifically expressed…
There was confusion in Dugbe area of Ibadan this Wednesday, as the commercial centre of Ibadan was gutted by fire,though no life was lost but properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno. GOALPOACHER NEWS learnt that the inferno was caused by electric spark. The inferno was finally put out by the Oyo State Fire Service. Some of the affected shops include, Pelly foam, sachet water factory, furniture store,electric and electronic stores, a big bag store,clothing materials among others while vehicles were also not left out. Wale Adepoju, one of the shop owners affected by the inferno, narrated…
Welcome to the poverty capital of Nigeria Welcome to the poverty capital of Nigeria The North evokes images of lost glory, especially with its storied past and haunted Present. The former governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima soberly expressed, “In Nigeria, poverty wears a northern cap, if you are looking for a poor man, get somebody wearing a northern cap.” Nigeria is a country of extremes. Amidst enormous wealth, exists endemic poverty. According to the World Poverty Clock, Nigeria is now regarded as the world’s poverty capital, with around 87 million people living in extreme poverty, surpassing the densely populated…