archiveMay 2020

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has announced the  abolition of Almajiri system for life in the state. Ganduje disclosed this while briefing the media on the state of the COVID-19 in Kano on Wednesday, insisted that the system of Almajiri system has been totally abolished in the state. The...

  Lagos State government has said that the Oshodi to Abule Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route have been completed and operation would commence on that route by July 2020. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this at the ongoing Year2020 ministerial press briefing by the Lagos government...

  The Lagos State Government has discharged 87 additional COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres, bringing to 825 the total number of successfully treated persons in the state. Announcing this Wednesday, the Incident Commander on COVID-19 in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said 47 of the discharged patients were males...

In spite United States’ call for an independent probe of the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the AfDB president has maintained that he is innocent. US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, in a May 22 communication to the bank said the Treasury disagrees with the findings...

  The Federal Government will issue guidelines for the reopening of schools nationwide and has therefore urged state local governments, school proprietors and other stakeholders to begin to take steps to facilitate it. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic and Secretary to the Government of the Federation...

  The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered the resumption of religious activities in the state Governor Akeredolu gave the order on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo State, during the weekly media briefing on COVID-19 in the state. The state, he said, has recorded its second COVID-19 related death,...

    Nigeria has been warned that the nation’s economy will be bisected with currency devaluation amidst other economic challenges due to economic contraption occasioned by the global coronavirus pandemic,. The adverse effect of the global pandemic will also have drastic impact on the banking sector due to their huge...

Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) revealed on Tuesday that the commission’s 2019 budget was inflated with over 500 non-existing projects. Pondei made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt while making clarifications on allegations of corruption levelled against the Interim Management...

A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal. The country has been under lockdown, against the novel coronavirus disease, since March 24. According to the data compiled by the Nepal Police, the suicide cases, across the country, increased by 16 per cent in the...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appointed the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Nigerian musician, producer and songwriter, Cobhams Asuquo, as its National Ambassador. UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, announced the appointment in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday. Hawkins...