archiveMay 2020

  urged states to prepare spaces for isolation and treatment rged states to treat COVID-19 patients with dignity   The Federal Government has admitted that its policy on self-isolation, especially for those coming into the country by air, land or sea, has failed. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire...

  The Judge who annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, presumed to be the freest and fairest in the nation’s history, Dahiru Saleh, is dead. According to Cable.Ng, he was buried in Azare, his hometown, in Bauchi on Thursday evening. Until his death, he held the title of “Mutawallen”...

Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, says 10 people associated with the Lagos State House in Marina have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. Abayomi made this known on Thursday through his Twitter handle. The commissioner also announced that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife have consistently tested negative...

A special adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has charged people involved in research and development to team up to make inventions to tackle the novel coronavirus disease. Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works and Infrastructure, made the call in Lagos on Thursday...

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained upbeat on Thursday with the market capitalisation improving further by N110 billion following gains in Nestle and Dangote Cement. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.582 trillion rose by N110 billion or 0.87 per cent to close at N12.692 trillion. Similarly,...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there has been a 47 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the African Region in the past week. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday....

Marketers under the umbrella of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria  (IPMAN ) have said that they are looking forward to receiving a letter from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation  (NNPC ) before complying with the new petrol pump price of N108 per litre. Its National Vice President,  Alhaji...

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday recommended national unity and global solidarity as antidote to defeat COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus said at the agency’s official twitter account @WHO that, the pandemic had highlighted the importance of strong national and sub-national health systems as the foundation...

The United States has disclosed that there is a separate $319 million (N121 billion) of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France, barely a week after helping the nation to repatriate $311 million (N118 billion) stolen by the late maximum ruler. The...

  A former Works and Infrastructural Development Commissioner in Kano state, Engr. Muazu Magaji, who was sacked for allegedly celebrating the death of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has tested positive for COVID-19. The former commissioner made his COVID-19 status public in a post...