archiveSeptember 6, 2020

Business mogul, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has confirmed his membership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as he made personal appearance at Saturday's mega rally in support of the APC candidate for the October 10 governorship poll in Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Ibrahim, who hitherto had pitched his tent with the...

  The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced the reopening of two of its recreational parks for public use, stressing that visitors to the parks must comply with the subsisting COVID-19 protocols. Mrs Titilayo Ajirotutu, the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Parks and Gardens (LASPARK), disclosed this in a...

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Okonjo-Iweaka underscored the role of the global trade body in Geneva at a reception held in her honor by the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the UN while appealing for...

  A non-governmental organisation, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to make life more meaningful for the citizens. The group’s President, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, gave the advice in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Okei-Odumakin expressed concern at the hardship being faced by...

Representing 84% of N36.3bn donated to FG The Federal Government said it has spent N30,540,563,571.09 donated funds to fight COVID-19 from 1st April to 30th July, 2020. A total of N36.3 billon was donated by Nigerians to the Federal Government under the CACOVID initiatives at the perk of the pandemic....

  Over 500 people from four communities in Lagos State have benefited from the picking of pet bottles under the Double Double Initiative in the last six months. The Chief Environmental Officer, African Clean-Up Initiative (ACI), Mr Alexander Akhigbe, disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The one-day summit, according to the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday will deliberate on...

 The Defence Headquarters has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and adjoining states that the military and other security agencies had been on red alert to ensure their safety. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, has warned against the reopening of schools without provisions for schools to meet COVID-19 precautionary guidelines. Its chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated this in a release he made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday. Akinwole stated that...

Two Nigerian suspects have been arrested for alledgedly defrauding a Germany company of ‎€14.7 million in a COVID-19-related scale, Nigerian police said on Sunday. 50-year-old Babatunde Adesanya and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, who is 41years old, were accused of cloning the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one...