African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has provided a set of guidelines, noting that the regulators should implement the common alerting protocol (CAP) to enable authorities to effectively prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19
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COVID-19: Presidential Advisory Council recommends measures to stabilise Nigerian economy

Nigeria gets 60 per cent of government revenue and 90 per cent of its foreign exchange from the sale of oil. (Image source: skeeze/Pixabay)
Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Council had warned that in the midst of the falling price of oil due to the ravaging COVID-19, Nigeria risked sliding into recession
Nigeria expects to spend less on importing refined products

Nigeria is expected to spend less importing the refined petroleum products in 2020. (Image source: Talpa/Pixabay)
With the price of oil dropping in the international market, Nigeria expected to spend less on importing refined products
Nigeria sets up budget review committee

Timipre Sylva, junior minister petroleum resources, will be a member of the committee. (Image source: Blossom Ozurumba/Wikimedia Commons)
In light with the COVID-19 situation, the Nigerian government has set up a committee to review 2020 preparatory to cutting down on its spending
Nigeria restates the reasons for border closure
According to Nigerian officials, it was imperative that it closed those borders. (Image source: robnaw/Adobe Stock)
Muhammad Buhari, Nigeria’s President, has restated that the closing of the border with the country’s neighbours was in Nigeria’s best interest