archiveAugust 2020

Torrent of tributes had continued to pour in as the remains of the highly respected Afenifere leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi was interred in his country home of Iye Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Tuesday The Governors of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his Ondo...

The Federal Government has increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million Naira. It also mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education and enlightenment on emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Tuesday...

The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 re-arraigned former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohamed Bello Adoke and Aliyu Abubakar before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 14-count amended charge of...

The Federal Government on Tuesday unveiled the new amendment to the 6th Edition of the Broadcasting Code, stressing that it will not yield to blackmail by a segment of the stakeholders opposed to the new code. Performing the ceremony in Lagos, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...

• FG to release on Thursday protocol for next stage to curtail the pandemic The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has waded asked students with symptoms of COVID-19 to stay at home as resumption of the Senior Secondary School 3 begins this week nationwide, instead of compulsory test before...

John Hume, the former Northern Ireland politician, who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his efforts to secure a peace deal in the region, has died at the age of 83. Hume’s family said they were “deeply saddened to announce that John passed away peacefully in the early hours of...

Oil prices slid on Tuesday amid concerns that a nascent recovery in fuel demand could stall as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns. This is just as major producers ramp up output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 30 cents, or 0.7...

Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and National Mirror Committee on Tourism are reviewing standards on health and safety measures for the industry post COVID-19. Mrs Chika Balogun, Committee Chairperson and Director-General, National Institute for Hotels and Tourism, said via a webinar meeting on Monday in Abuja that the draft standards...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 288 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country, which brought the total number of infections to 44,129. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The agency said that eight new deaths were reported, bringing...

Tax revenues generated by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have kept the Nigerian economy going despite the ravages of the COVID-19, Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami, has disclosed. Nami spoke on Monday in Abuja during a live appearance on the popular morning show, Kaakaki, on Africa Independent Television (AIT)...