archiveJuly 2020

The Federal Government on Monday said only schools designated as centres for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and in respect of the exiting classes would re-open. Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja....

The Federal Government says it has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in its teaching hospitals and medical centres across the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at a meeting with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) leadership on...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 829 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Monday. The NCDC in a tweet said the number was the highest in one day since the index case was reported on Feb. 27. Nigeria, It said, has successfully treated 18,203 cases of COVID-19. The NCDC...

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Monday, July 27, 2020 arraigned a property company, Renoccon Properties Development Limited and its Managing Director, Babatunde Morakinyo for allegedly laundering the sum of $1.29 million and N46 million respectively. The property firm and its managing director...

The Nigerian stock market opened new week on Monday on an upward trend with key indicators appreciating by 1.46 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI), which opened at 24,427.73 points, rose by 355.88 points or 1.46 per cent to close at 24,783.61, compared with 24,427.73 on Friday. Similarly, the...

Some motorists in Lagos on Monday said the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs since Friday had increased the travel time to and from the Lagos Island. The motorists, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, decried the timing for the repairs,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 27.4 million dollars grant to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilise continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. AfDB said in a statement that the approval came following April 22 meeting of extended Bureau of AU Conference of Heads of State...

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu has expressed optimism that he would win the Oct. 10, Ondo state governorship poll, under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akeredolu said this shortly after meeting with the APC Election Appeal Committee at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday. He advised the candidate of the...

President Buhari on Monday urged Malian political leaders to consider the fragile peace in the country and the likely spiralling effect on the sub-region. The president gave the challenge during a virtual Extraordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has extended the phase two lockdown by one week from the initial one month extension. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the PTF-COVID-19, Boss Mustpha, revealed this at the daily briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. “The...