archiveSeptember 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 90 new infections and five deaths due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country bringing the nation’s total confirmed cases to 56,478. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. According to the agency, the infections were...

 The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), says the new tariff regime approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will not affect lower electrifcity consumers in its franchise. KEDCO’s franchise include Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States. Mr Ibrahim Shawai, Head of Corporate Communications of the company, gave the clarification in...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pledged to pay the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments to workers of state-owned tertiary institutions next month. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser on Education to the Governor, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab. Academic and non-academic unions in Lagos State University...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered banks to produce account statements of some betting company owners. The apex bank order affects Adebutu Kessington and Akin Alabi, the owners of Premier Lotto, aka ‘Baba Ijebu’, and NairaBET, respectively. Also affected are Adebutu’s sons, as wells as some bureau de...

  The United Kingdom has threatened to seize assets and impose visa restriction on individuals that are caught rigging during the Edo and Ondo State governorship elections. “As a friend and partner of Nigeria we are closely following the lead up to the off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo...

Oyo State Government has approved the resumption of regular academic activities of tertiary institutions in the state to commence from Monday 28th September, 2020. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Barrister Olasukanmi Olaleye, the State Commissioner for Education who informed that schools will now operate morning...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday unveiled a framework for  implementation of family homes financing initiative to fast track the deployment of 300,000 homes across the country. The CBN said that the financing initiative was introduced to support the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability programme to fast track the...

Activities on the nation’s bourse closed on a downward trend on Tuesday,  with the market capitalisation dropping by N4 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N4 billion to close at N13.354 trillion compared with N13.358 trillion achieved on Monday. In the same vein, the All-Share Index lost 7.63 points or...

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new three-year deal, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, ending speculation over a potential exit as he entered the final year of his contract. Aubameyang’s decision to stay with Arsenal will be a major boost to manager Mikel Arteta who said he...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that four of its personnel who were abducted by bandits on Monday had been rescued with the help of other security agencies. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...