archiveAugust 17, 2020

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu Monday revealed that the numbers of COVID-19 positive cases in some states have started to drop. The States; are Lagos, Kano, FCT, Plateau, and Borno state. He explained that the reason for the reduction in the positivity...

The Auditor-General for the Federation, Mr Anthony Ayine has described as `scandalous and embarrassing’, a report alleging that the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and him connived and withdrew N10 billion from the NHIS account. A statement signed by Ayine on Monday in Abuja, advised the general public to ignore and...

The United States has announced further measures to deny Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, access to chips produced with U.S. technology. Under the new rules, announced by the Department of Commerce, Huawei needs a special licence to obtain semiconductors, including chips produced abroad with U.S. software or technology. Reuters quoted a...

 Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, former Deputy  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the second time. Mailafiya, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 general elections, arrived the Jos office of the DSS...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday, warned Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to stop accusations and counter-accusations over the killings in the southern part of the state. The association made this known during a visit to the governor on Monday, according to a statement issued by CAN President,...

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, to 50-years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of the institution on campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 34-year-old Otema, a quantity surveyor and facilities manager, was...

The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates on Monday commenced across the country under strict COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,550,000 candidates would be participating in this year’s examination spread across 19,129 centres nationwide. The examination, which was supposed to...

Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says within a period of one year, Nigerians should expect high yielding tomato hybrid with long shelf life in the markets. Akpa gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. According to...

The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has annulled the election of Duoye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state. Lucky King-George, candidate of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), had asked the tribunal to cancel the election because he was excluded from the November 16, 2019 governorship poll. The...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on Saturday said his side lost 3-1 to Olympique Lyonnais to exit the UEFA Champions League because they lacked the perfection needed in Europe’s top competition. Manchester City fell behind to Maxwel Cornet’s strike in a sloppy first half of the quarter-final match. They then...