archiveFebruary 2020

  Mr Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of State for Works and Housing, on Friday, said the Federal Government would construct weigh bridges across the country to checkmate excessive overloading of vehicles plying federal roads. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a weigh bridge uses electronic or digital monitor to...

The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has revealed that the proportion of women who are circumcised decreased from 25 per cent in 2013 to 20 per cent in 2018. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, said this in Port-Harcourt at the Media Dialogue for Editors and Reporters...

  Some Stakeholders at a public hearing, organised by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in Ibadan, have clamoured for availability of prepaid meters for consumers as against upward review of tariffs by distribution companies. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, which held in Ibadan on...

wants skill acquisition Centre established in Yobe North President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday disclosed that his foray into partisan politics came with a vow never to deceive those who elected him. According to the Senate President, his decision to be transparent in his dealings as a lawmaker...

  To check misinformation and fake news about Coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has exposed 10 myths about the viral disease. Hand dryers are effective in killing the new coronavirus. No, hand dryers are not effective in killing a virus. The best way to protect yourself is to wash...

House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has summoned the Management of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Kaduna, to clear issues on the bank’s inability to recover the N81 billion loan disbursed to farmers under the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The Committee gave the order on Friday, when it paid...

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday ended on panic mood, as the country recorded the first Coronavirus case after Egypt and Algeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the panic mood affected trading on the exchange with the market recording only two gainers against 41...

  Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Friday, set up  a 15-member committee to monitor and checkmate Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and spread in the state. Oyetola, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Benedict Alabi, constituted  the committee at the state Ministry of Health, Abere, Osogbo. The governor said the...

  The Ogun Government said 28 people, who had contact with the Italian said to have contracted the Coronavirus, had been identified and consequently quarantined. Gov. Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this at a press conference on Friday evening, said the 28 people would be quarantined for the next 14 days....

Fidelity Bank Plc says it will hold an emergency board meeting on March 2 to consider and approve 2019 audited financial statements. The bank stated this in a notice on Friday to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the general public, signed by its Company Secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje. It said...