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Handling Companies Explain Position On Demurrage Payment

[This Day] Recently, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos Chapter protested against the request by aviation cargo handling companies' insistence on the payment of demurrage for delays in clearance of goods imported during the Coronavirus lockdown. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS

Nigeria: How We Can Defeat COVID-19 - Osinbajo

[Premium Times] The challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic can only be defeated through careful coordination and collaborative efforts of the government, public and private sectors, as well as philanthropists, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said. via LATEST NEWS

COVID-19 Cases Hit 5,000 Mark

[Premium Times] Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded 5,000. Three people also died from the virus on Thursday. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS

How We Can Defeat COVID-19 - Osinbajo

[Premium Times] The challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic can only be defeated through careful coordination and collaborative efforts of the government, public and private sectors, as well as philanthropists, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS

Nigeria's School Feeding Programme During COVID-19, Ploy To Steal N13.5bn —PDP

The People’s Democratic Party has accused the Nigerian Government of planning to steal N13.5bn while disguising the plan as feeding school children during COVID-19 pandemic. Kola Olognondiyan, PDP spokesperson, in a statement, questioned the rationale behind feeding school children while schools were indefinitely shut due to Coronavirus outbreak. The statement reads in part, “While it is clear that the APC-led administration’s school feeding programme had always been a scam, the claim to feed school children even when schools are closed is a colossal racketeering taken too far. “This goes to further expose that stealing and corruption are deeply engrained in the DNA of the APC and its administration.  “While the PDP has nothing against any transparent effort to provide succour to Nigerians, particularly our children, at this critical time, our party rejects the on-going fraud in which school children, who are in their respective homes, bearing the brunt of the failur...