Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said a new batch of Nigerians willing to come back home would arrive on Friday from the United Kingdom.
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“We will get through this much stronger economically and much stronger as a people because of our resilience. There are a lot of challenges but they offer significant opportunities for us to turn things around.”
This was made known by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily briefing on Friday in Abuja.
The Federal Government has said that 200 Nigerians abroad are due to return to the country next week.
Dr. Fiona Braka, Officer-in-Charge of the World Health Organisation in Nigeria, has advised Nigerians to practice physical distancing and imbibe respiratory etiquette to keep safe from Coronavirus Disease.
Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has enjoined Christians and indeed all Nigerians to endeavour to keep love alive and continue to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate despite present difficulties.
COVID-19: Cititrust supports Osun, others with relief materialsNigerians have been enjoined to lend individual and collective support to ongoing efforts of the federal and state governments to completely eradicate the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service to the 36 states of the federation.
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately constitute an Eminent Nigerians Group to manage donations from the private sector and palliatives from the Federal Government to ensure that such interventions reach the desired persons in the overall effort to check the health and economic impact of COVID-19 in the country.
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has called on the Federal Government to immediately devise ways of providing relief for poor Nigerians whose daily livelihood will be affected as a result of the restriction on movement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has appealed to market leaders nationwide to close down the non-essential parts of their markets, leaving such essential parts as drugs and food stuff, as one of the preventive measures towards curtailing the spread of the deadly Coronavirus in Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja reiterated the commitment of his administration to the welfare of Nigerians, especially with the current happenings around the world.
The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately brief Nigerians on efforts by the government to address the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has cautioned Nigerians to reduce the culture of handshakes and hugs to avoid contracting coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Nigerian Railway Corporation says the possible delay in the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project owing to the outbreak of Coronavirus is better than jeopardising the health of Nigerians.
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it is concerned that majority of Nigerians are still exposed to unsafe and contaminated water.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reiterated commitment to protect the health of Nigerians in response to the first COVID-19 case detected in Lagos.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to disregard an ongoing online job recruitment by the agency.
The Northern Elders Forum has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for failing Nigerians in critical sectors of the nation’s life.
The Chinese Government on Monday reiterated its commitment to safeguarding the lives of Nigerians and other nationals living in that country.