archiveJanuary 2, 2021

As Nigeria prepared to receive its first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines, two scientists have cautioned the Federal Government against a mass COVID-19 vaccination plan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in December 2020 revealed that the Federal Government had planned to...

  The Federal Government and the South-West Governors have been urged to urgently adopt irrigation farming to overcome the projected food shortage this year. The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji,  and two traditional worshippers in Oyo State,  Dr Biodun Agboola and Dr Fayemi Fakayode, made the call at the installation ceremony...

Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday condemned the actions of midfielders Erik Lamela, Giovani Lo Celso and defender Sergio Reguilon after the trio breached COVID-19 protocols to attend a Christmas party. Pictures on social media showed the three Spurs players together at a party along with West Ham United midfielder Manuel Lanzini....

The Board of Directors of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has said that it is currently investigating allegations of unethical conduct against its Managing Director, Adam Nuru. The bank chief has been at the centre of a marriage scandal involving Moyo Thomas, a former employee of the bank, and...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has called on the service chiefs to resign their appointments as a mark of honour over the worsening security situation in the country. According to Tambuwal, resigning was the honourable thing to do if President Muhammadu Buhari failed to sack them, adding that the Buhari-led...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,074 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 948,048 people since the first confirmed...

A new condition for SIM card replacement is that subscribers must present their National Identification Numbers (NIN). This is part of new conditions the Federal Government has announced for subscribers to replace lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged SIM cards. In a statement signed on Friday by the Director, Public Affairs,...

warns fake news carriers The government of Oyo State has clarified as fake news, a report circulated by some online media platforms which indicated that the office of the Secretary to the State Government was burgled last week. The government equally insisted that newsmen must always seek clarifications from requisite...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 3.79 per cent and 3.83 per cent to close the week at 40,270.72 and N21.057 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE Banking, AFR Bank Value, and Consumer Goods which depreciated by...