Italian PM says sports training can start in May, but no date for Serie A re-start
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave the go-ahead on Sunday for professional sports teams to start training again in May following the novel coronavirus outbreak. Conte however did not set a date for football’s top-flight Serie A championship to resume. The prime minister, announcing measures to ease the lockdown during a televised address to the […]
Tension mounts in Kano as death toll rises
Fear and anxiety have gripped residents of Kano, following the death of no fewer than 14 prominent citizens of the state within the last 48 hours.
Coronavirus: Edo govt takes delivery of 1,800 bags of 50kg rice from FG
The Federal Government has delivered 1,800 bags of 50kg rice to the Edo State Government, as part of palliative measures to cushion the effect of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The consignment of the 1,800 bags of 50kg rice were delivered through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to […]
‘Double wahala’ in South-West over handling of expired palliative rice, Covid-19 pressures
Like the immortal lyrics of Afro legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, ‘double wahala for dead body and the owner of dead body’, some South-West governors were at the weekend faced with double jeopardy of handling the burden that comes with supposed expired palliative rice sent to the region by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government while still struggling to […]
Record label structures in Nigeria not solid – Music Consultant, Nwafor
The founder of a music distribution and marketing firm known as Sound Genie Nigeria, Frank Nwafor has set his sight on making a difference in the business of music. The Estate Management graduate of Bells University, Ota, Ogun State is silently carving a niche for himself as a music consultant of note and A & R expert.
Ortom vows to step on toes to fight corruption as committee uncovers questionable deals in Benue SUBEB
By Peter Duru Makurdi ….. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has vowed to step on toes to fight corrupt practices in the state irrespective of who is involved, to achieve his dream for a better and prosperous Benue state. He sounded the warning at the weekend while receiving the interim report of the investigative […]
Your sinister intention for Nigeria won’t happen, APC tells PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) condemns in very strong and unequivocal terms the latest attempt by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rubbish the commendable efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in tackling the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world. This is yet another infantile and desperate attempt by the opposition […]
COVID-19 cases in Africa hit 30,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 30,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Sunday. “Over 30,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent with over 9,000 […]
COVID-19: What you should know about face masks, hand gloves
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a great deal of interest in what people are doing to avoid getting infected. One of the methods strongly encouraged is physical or social distancing, which is regarded to be the most important step that can contain the transmission of the novel coronavirus but it must be in combination with […]
FG takes 84% of N850bn credit to the economy in February
Credit to the economy rose by N850 billion in February with lending to government accounting for 84 percent valued at N720 billion.
Profit taking in Dangote Cement, Nestle, others cost equities N168bn
EQUITIES valuation declined by N168 billion last week following profit taking in some blue chip stocks, even as securities dealers reiterated call for caution given the on-going Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.
