archiveApril 21, 2020

  Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has appointed the trio of Dr. Anthony Adebayo Adepoju, Honourable Akeem Ige and the governorship candidate of the National Interest Party (NIP), Mrs. Bolanle Ashabi Sarumi-Aliyu, as chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Special Adviser on Tourism and Senior Special Assistant (Diaspora), respectively. A...

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigerian (ICSAN) has made recommendations to help businesses continue to prosper during and after COVID-19 disruptions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ICSAN gave the recommendations on Tuesday at a webinar themed: “Business Continuity Planning and Risk Management – during...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed in the negative territory on Tuesday as market capitalisation shed N151.392 billion, due mainly to profit-taking by investors in the local bourse. The All-Share Index (ASI) also shrank by 1.27 per cent to close at 22,629.92 even as the market capitalisation closed at N11.794...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has fumigated the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs against the pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease with newly invented locally made fumigators. The News  Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the exercise started from the Ooni’s Palace on Tuesday in Ile-Ife. Addressing...

Candidates sitting for this year’s West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) examinations would know when they would be writing the papers after the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, said this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Tuesday...

commends centre, seeks more support on testing we’re impressed with State’s commitment across all aspects of response—NCDC DG Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, hosted officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation to a courtesy visit, during which the parties explored...

The InnerCity Mission for Children, a non-governmental organization under the auspices of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International, has donated food items to the Lagos State Government to help soften the effects of the compulsory lockdown in the state which has affected many who survive through their daily means of sustenance....

Human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed at Oxford University are to begin on Thursday in the United kingdom, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Speaking at the daily 10 Downing Street press conference, Mr Hancock announced he was providing £20 million to the Oxford team to help fund...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja held an online meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the World Bank. The meeting, anchored via videoconferencing from the Presidential Villa, deliberated on how the agencies could collaborate with Nigeria in the planned additional economic stimulus packages to address...

Coca-Cola saw sales volumes of its soft drinks decline by a quarter so far in April, as people stay home to help stem the contagion of the new coronavirus. Consumers appear to have stocked up on drinks to consume at home in March, as the orders went into effect, but...