archiveMay 25, 2020

The passing-out ceremony for the 2019 Batch “B”, Stream 1 corps members will hold nationwide on May 28, according to the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC). Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. Adeyemi said that...

 Spain, on Monday, urged foreign tourists to return from July as one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns eased, with streets gradually filling again and some pupils returning to school. The world’s second-most visited nation closed its doors and beaches in March to handle the COVID-19 pandemic but has seen out the...

The Federal Government has said that 69 stranded persons including 50 trafficked Nigerian ladies arrived in the country from Lebanon on Sunday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this via his Twitter handle while appreciating the Lebanese Government and the Lebanese community in Nigeria for their support in...

A group, the Energy Consumer Rights and Responsibilities Initiative (ECRRI) on Monday backed Senate’s call for suspension of increment in electricity tariffs by electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). Mr Sural Fadairo, ECCRI National President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  in Lagos that the tariff increment billed to commence on...

Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has described the death of Alhaji Waheed Bakare, Saturday Editor of The New Telegraph Newspapers, as “a devastating blow and a great loss to his immediate family and journalism in Nigeria”. Oyetola, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Monday in...

  Despite the challenge posted by coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.87 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2020 the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report has shown. The performance recorded represented a contraction of 0.23 per cent compared to Q1...

  Nigeria on Sunday night confirmed 313 new cases of coronavirus. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed this in a post on its official Twitter page. Lagos recorded the highest number with 146 new cases, while FCT followed with 36. This brings the total number of cases in...

  Nigeria now has the highest cases of coronavirus in West Africa with 7,839 confirmed cases, as well as 226 fatalities. Africa has recorded over 3,000 deaths due to complications arising from COVID-19. According to the latest figure released by the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC), there are 3,246...