archiveApril 2020

The Osun government, on Saturday, said that the state had recorded 12 fresh cases of Coronavirus disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Osogbo. Isamotu said that the tests conducted on 167 persons confirmed 12 as positive. He said that the...

  The Managing Director of Maxifund Securities Limited, Mazi Okechukwu Unegbu, has advised Nigerian banks to grant their debtors who had suffered huge losses in the aftermath of COVID-19, a generous leeway that would enable them to bounce back and be able to settle their credit obligations. Unegbu who is...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)  All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both depreciated by 1.41 per cent to close the week at 22,599.38 and N11.778 trillion respectively. All other indices finished lower with the exception of NSE Insurance, NSE ASeM, NSE Meri Growth and NSE Industrial Goods, which appreciated by...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT, on Saturday began distribution of various food items to its members as part of efforts to ameliorate the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman of the council’s Committee on Covid-19 Intervention and Awareness, Osaretin Osadebamwen said this in a...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that there is no evidence that people who recovered from Coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be re-infected. In a “Scientific Brief” released from its headquarters in Geneva on Saturday and posted on its website, WHO warned against propagating the idea of COVID-19′ immunity passport.’ “Some...

To avoid further damage to the nation’s economy, Equity International Initiative (EII), a non-governmental organization, has cautioned the federal and various state governments against further lockdown of the country as it said this may lead to a total collapse of the nation’s economy. Addressing a world press conference in Jos,...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved special e-portals that will allow Lagos State tertiary institutions commence online lectures as part of measures to reduce the impact of Coronavirus on education. The seven schools that will benefit from the initiative are: Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State Polytechnic, Adeniran Ogunsanya...

  The Chief of Staff (CoS)to Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele has resigned from the position. Akerele, in his resignation later signed on Friday 25th of April, explained that he was still in support of the governor’s drive to transform the state. “I am solidly with His excellency...

Nigeria’s first COVID-19 mobile testing booth has been launched in Ota, Ogun State. The booth was designed by the founder of the Flying Doctors, Dr. Ola Brown. The Deputy Governor of Ogun state, Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga, and the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, were present at the flag-off of...

  TV and film producer, Funmi Iyanda, will on Friday, April 24 at 8 pm (tonight) premiere Public Eye, a series designed to answer questions and connect Nigerians irrespective of class, politics, ethnicity and religion. With the country and indeed the whole world largely locked down because of the coronavirus...