archiveAugust 2020

Liverpool Manager, Jurgen Klopp, has been named Premier League manager of the season after guiding the club to their first league title in three decades. The 53-year-old German beat Chelsea’s Frank Lampard, Leicester City’s Brendan Rodgers, who Klopp replaced at Liverpool in 2015, and Sheffield United’s Chris Wilder. Liverpool coasted...

Lagos’ e-hailing operations guidelines commence August 27 The Lagos State Government says the new guidelines for e-hailing operators will commence on August 27. The government made this known in a Press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, and made available to newsmen. The release states: “The issues...

...urges all residents to contribute to devt of state Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, insisted that he would always ensure fairness and equity among all religions and the people of the state. Governor Makinde, who was speaking at the 8th Day Fidau of the late Engineer Lere...

India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday. Modi made the revelation while also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen. In annual celebrations, held at the 17th-century...

  Bayern Munich handed Barcelona historically humiliated in UEFA Champions League quarters on Friday As the German leader trounced Lionel Messi and Barcelona 8-2 Bayern Munich are now just one match away from competing for the Champions League trophy following a decisive 8-2 win against a toothless Barcelona side in...

  Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Friday, August 14, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Chidi Okafor to one-year imprisonment for fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count amended charge of criminal breach...

  The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of four Internet fraudsters, Kunle Omoniyi;  Bassey Odo, Paul Adebisi and Temitope Samson, who were arrested in different parts of the state recently. The convicts were all charged with offences bordering on possession...

  The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it described as the renewed clampdown on the media and gagging of free speech in the country by the Federal Government. The party’s reaction is coming in the backdrop of the N5 million fine imposed on a broadcast station, Nigeria Info,...

  The market capitalization on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday depreciated by N20 billion or 0.15 per cent, N13.145 trillion from N13.165 trillion achieved on Thursday. Similarly, the NSE All-Share Index lost 37.13 points or 0.15 per cent, to close at 25,199.84 from 25,236.97 recorded on Thursday. CAP...

 Uche Uwaleke, Professor of Finance and Capital Market, on Friday said the country’s unemployment rate in the second quarter (Q2)of 2020 was worsened by the negative impact of COVID-19. Uwaleke, a Professor of Finance and Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, disclosed this in an interview with the News...