archiveJuly 2020

The winner of Season Five of Africa’s popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija will walk away with a N85m grand prize. The grand prize which includes a N30 million cash prize makes this season’s winnings the biggest since it began in 2006 and highest prize for the reality TV...

The Federal Government has released fresh guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools in the country even as no dates have been given for the reopening. The new guidelines was released by the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja on Monday and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam...

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Chairman, Prof. James Momoh said on Monday that the proposed tariff increase that has been suspended will not affect poor electricity customers when it takes effect. In his presentation to the Senate Committee on Power in Abuja, Momoh told the lawmakers who were in...

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has assured the Federal Government of the readiness of private schools under its fold to resume for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and other terminal examinations. The association’s clamour for resumption follows the withdrawal of Nigeria’s participation in...

The brother of Tottenham Hotspur’s Cote d’Ivoire defender Serge Aurier has been shot dead in France, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Monday. The brother, Christopher Aurier, was shot at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning in the southern French city of Toulouse, according to...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 12 COVID-19 related mortality were recorded within 24 hours in Lagos State on July 12. The NCDC made the disclosure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for July 12. According to the centre, 16 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in...

The management of University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says arrangements for Virtual lectures has reached 70 per cent, saying it is working toward ensuring that lecturers and students have minimal physical contact to halt the spread of COVID-19. The institution’s Director of Academic Planning, Prof. Isaac Adimula, told newsmen in Ilorin...

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has inaugurated the governing councils of 13 federal universities in the country. Adamu, during the inauguration in Abuja on Monday, charged the chairmen and members of the various councils to foster harmonious relationships while carrying out their duties in the next four years....

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Kakuri, Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has distributed food items to 180 teachers and securitymen in eight private schools in the area. Distributing the items to the beneficiaries on Monday in Kaduna, the YMCA Secretary, Mr Jeremiah Elisha, said the gesture...

No fewer than 35 medical doctors in Kwara State have so far tested positive to COVID-19 pandemic in the state. State Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Dr. Kolade Solagberu told reporters in Ilorin, the state capital at this year Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association. Solagberu, however, said that...