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Upsurge in COVID-19 Cases as Lagos
Lagos State witnessed an upsurge in the daily new COVID-19 cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported additional 422 infections on August 9, 2021. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday morning. It confirmed that the additional 422 cases were from nine states and the FCT. The agency […]
NHGSFP: We have fed nearly 10 million pupils – FG
Kenny Folarin, Abuja The Minister of Humanitarian, Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Hajia Umar Farouq has said that the federal government has fed nearly 10 million pupils and engaged 100,000 cook under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Farouq while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the Hand Over of Home Grown […]
HeadlinesNigeria eyes $3 billion Eurobond sale to fund budget deficits after sixth sale
Nigeria plans to issue $3 billion or more in Eurobonds as international capital markets (ICM) open up and interest rates decline, the government said on Tuesday, after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted markets last year. The West African country had planned a Eurobond issue early last year after its sixth sale in 2018, but it decided […]