Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That’s the conclusion of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the virus Feb. 27, Feb. […]

As concerns increase around Coronavirus (COVID 19) globally, with information shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, UNICEF urged the public to trust information only from verified sources. UNICEF has become aware of messages being circulated that are being falsely attributed to the organisation and stressed that all genuine information can be found on […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A 21-year-old carpenter who parades himself as a soldier has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command. The suspect was paraded alongside 43 other criminals in Ibadan yesterday. In the course of his illegal activities, the suspect and his partner in crime were alleged to have a 17-year-old girl. […]

The airwaves have recently been flooded with a stream of new artists wielding their unique sounds and diverse methods of delivery, stemming from a new generation of more experimental and multilayered artists both home and abroad. One such artiste is fast-rising singer Ekama Great, popularly known as Gazzy. He is a fresh face on the […]

The Ekiti government has warned commercial farmers in farm settlements to utilise the land allocated to them or risk revocation. The General Manager, Directorate of Farm Settlements and Peasant Farmers Development (DFS&PFD), Mr Oludare Asaolu, gave the warning on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti at a meeting with farmers. Asaolu recalled that some farmers in the past […]

Erling Haaland’s father has admitted that his son would fit in well in La Liga and has suggested that a move to Spain is a possibility in the future, amid links to Real Madrid. Borussia Dortmund secured the signature of the highly sought after 19-year-old in December, and the forward has got his career in […]

Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, has said that the N-power scheme will collaborate with anti-graft agencies to come after beneficiaries who abscond from duty. Imoukhuede spoke with journalists on Thursday in Abuja while expressing displeasure over increasing reports of beneficiaries who fail to go to […]

As Nigeria spends $500m annually on palm oil importation With deficit of 3 million metric tonnes of tomatoes By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Morocco fertilizer giant, OCP Africa, has signed N40 million pact with selected agricultural institutions in Nigeria, which include, National Horticultural Research Institute, NIHORT, Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, and […]

The Ekiti chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, rejected the appointment of a former Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, as the new Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party. The party, in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr Ade Ajayi, also described as null and […]

Coronation Merchant Bank Limited on Thursday announced a profit after tax of N5.09 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The profit after tax represents a growth of 14 per cent when compared with N4.48 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. Its total assets also grew by 14 per cent to […]

Air Peace airline has taken delivery of a new ERJ-145 aircraft to help boost its domestic and regional operations. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BXG, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 19.30hrs on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, from Morocco.

The Kogi State government says it has received the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of $100 million (N36 billion). The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday. Àccording to him, the state needs the loan to establish a food processing […]

A Nigerian, who returned from France three days ago, has been put in isolation, Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has stated. He said the suspected case is at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba. Abayomi at a briefing on Wednesday said the patient was referred to the Infectious Disease Hospital by a private hospital […]

The Katsina state Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Ahidjo Yahaya says seven out of the 1,800 Batch “A” corps members who served in the state will repeat their service year for violating the rules the scheme. Yahaya stated this during the passing out parade of Batch “A” corps members on Thursday in Katsina. […]

The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom, Mr Julius Amusan, said on Thursday that five corps members serving in the state died during the 2019 Batch  “A” service year. Amusan who made the closure during the passing out parade of the corps members in Uyo, said the corps members died in different circumstances. […]