archiveMay 10, 2020

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has commended the Yobe State government for ordering an investigation into the mystery deaths recently reported in some parts of the state. Lawan had expressed concern at the reports that many people have died of yet unknown cause(s), particularly in Gashua, Nguru and...

  State, UI collaborate over cure for Coronavirus As state wraps up 320-bed Isolation centres   The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are set to donate the combined sum of N350 million to support Oyo State’s containment efforts against COVID-19. The  State’s Commissioner...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both appreciated by 4.45 per cent to close the week at 24,045.40 and N12.531 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE ASeM, which depreciated by 0.18%, Thirty-nine (39) equities appreciated in price during the...

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s spokesman, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, on Sunday, announced that the kingdom will launch a COVID-19 contact-tracing application in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. “The Thai government will only want to monitor those who have had contact with the virus and...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for reopening of churches closed down over the COVID-19 pandemic. Its General Secretary, Barr. Joseph Daramola said it was wrong of government authorities to continue closing churches when other aspects of national life have started taking shape. Presiding Bishop of Living Faith...

  Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the ban on domestic flights. The governor spoke at the weekend while inspecting the ongoing asphalting of the dualized Odukpani -Calabar highway. He argued that continual closure of Nigeria’s domestic airspace was impacting negatively on...

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to liberalise the nation’s downstream oil sector. Atiku who stated this on Sunday in a press statement issued on his behalf by his...

  The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has published the names of 195 candidates who it said engaged in a series of examination infractions in the 2020 examination. The examination board detailed this in its weekly bulletin released on Sunday . It said of the 1,945,983 candidates who sat...

Lagos has discharged 21 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centers to reunite with the society after testing negative twice consecutively. The Incident Commander and Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a statement he signed. According to him, the discharged patients, who are all Nigerians, were made...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has given reasons why he demolished Prodest Hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne, both in Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Wike said the hotels were demolished after it violated an Executive Order on COVID 19, despite warnings from the State...