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                          Image Via Dailypost Introduction In the early days of his presidency, Bola Tinubu has been commended by the World Bank for his determination and commitment to addressing Nigeria's challenges. Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, expressed his support for Tinubu's efforts during their meeting, emphasizing the importance of implementing the right reforms to ensure Nigeria's sustainable development. A Constructive Discussion During their meeting, President Tinubu and Ajay Banga engaged in a constructive discussion about Nigeria's priorities and the necessary steps to address its current situation. Banga commended Tinubu for his early actions, acknowledging the difficulty of implementing macroeconomic and fiscal reforms. He highlighted the importance of stability and emphasized Tinubu's determination to make the right decisions for the country. World Bank's Commitment Ajay Banga reaffirmed the...

Northern governor forum The Northern Governors’ Forum has met over the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for a coordinated response to tackle the virus in the region. Chairman of the forum and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong chaired the meeting via a teleconference. The governors met on Monday to discuss the impact of the virus in the region, stressing that they cannot lock down the entire north. In a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor, Simon Macham, members of the Forum resolved to strengthen preventive measures against the pandemic. Part of these measures include enhanced border controls and surveillance as well as greater collaboration to ensure that there is synergy among them in movement restriction. While noting that the lockdown in some states in the region had varying levels of success, the governors also raised concerns that enforcing cross-border movements remains a challenge as some of the cases recorded in some states were importe...

  Photocredit: Daily Trust  Legal luminary, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has said that the Federal Government has said that anyone who has up to N200,000 in their bank account will not be entitled to the cash transfer of N20,000 which is a stimuli the government plans to help the citizenry as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world. Falana in an interview with the Tribune of Nigeria said that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari with all the stimuli failed to address the problems confronting Nigerians. He said: ‘ Having failed to address any of the problems confronting the people, the government has carelessly lost the popular goodwill.  Because of official alienation from the people, the federal and state governments imposed the lockdown without any arrangement for the poor and the vulnerable people as well as daily income earners. At the time it dawned on governments that inncentives had to be provided, there were no reliable data to work with. The fact that governmen...