UK to introduce COVID Passports
The United Kingdom is considering introducing, among its quarantine regime, “COVID Passports” that will allow those that have had the disease travel and return without going into quarantine on their return. Although the COVID Passports and travel corridors would allow families to travel abroad this summer, the new quarantine regime for arrivals is meeting with […]
Saudi Arabia declares Eid al-Fitr to start on Sunday
The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, will begin on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, authorities in the kingdom said on Friday. “Saturday will be the last day of the sacred holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr will take place on Sunday,” the royal court and the […]
Just in: No moon sighted, we’ll continue to fast – NSCIA
Ramadan fast would continue on Saturday, said the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA on Friday.
Buhari appoints Prof Adamu Usman as Chairman, UBEC Governing Board
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja President Muhammad Buhari has appointed Professor Adamu Kyuka Usman as Chairman of Governing Board of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC. The president, in a letter dated 15 May 2020 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, a copy of which Vanguard sighted, said the appointment of […]
Disrupted vaccinations pose deadly threat to 80 million children ― UN
The coronavirus pandemic is putting tens of millions of children’s lives at risk by disrupting routine vaccination programmes, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF said Friday. The United Nations agencies joined forces with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to warn that the pandemic has severely disrupted vaccination programmes in dozens of countries, paving the way for […]
Akwa Ibom: The making of Nigeria’s cleanest state
By Aniekan Ukpong A clean and safe environment is essential in promoting good health, conducting businesses and creating wealth. In realization of this fact, governments at all levels and in different climes, have continued to provide the enabling environment and structures that ensure clean and safe environment for their citizens and residents. Akwa Ibom has […]
Court rejects appeals against ending French football season
A Paris court on Friday rejected an appeal from relegated French Ligue 1 clubs Toulouse and Amiens as well as rivals Lyon who claimed the season had wrongly been abandoned last month. While Toulouse and Amiens were both relegated, Lyon fell short of European qualification when time was called on the campaign due to the […]
Yoruba Ko’ya launches cooperative to promote food production, entrepreneurship
By Dapo Akinrefon A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ko’ya Leadership and Training Foundation, on Friday, launched a multipurpose cooperative society to be known as Ijinle Development Multipurpose. Yoruba Ko’ya said the organisation was worried over the poor level of food production and high level of poverty and hunger in Yorubaland, hence its resolve to launch […]
Eid-el-Fitr: Kano insists on going ahead with prayers
By Bashir Bello – Kano The Kano State government has insisted on conducting the Eid-el-Fitr prayers in the state to mark the end of the Muslim Ramadan fasting month. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji in a Friday evening statement made available to newsmen by the Press Secretary, Cabinet Office, Kano, Uba […]
COVID-19: NDDC launches distribution of medical supplies, palliatives to mandate states
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on Friday opened the distribution of medical supplies, palliatives, and Public Enlightenment Campaign at containing Coronavirus across the Niger Delta. The Commission’s Acting Managing Director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, at the flag-off of NDDC’s efforts in Port Harcourt, said, “The disease has also taken a […]
COVID-19: Lagos ready with 4-page Register-to-Open guidelines
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said the state is ready to re-open its economy, with the rollout of a four-page ”Register-to-Open” guidelines. Sanwo-Olu said this at a webinar by First Securities Discount House, FSDH, Group, where Sanwo-Olu was a panelist in the online discussion that also featured Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State […]
Oyo’s Operation Burst parades robbery gang in Ibadan
By Adeola Badru THE Oyo State Joint Security outfit, Operation Burst has apprehended and paraded seven suspected members of an armed robbery gang in Ibadan. According to the newly appointed Director-General of Operation-Burst, Col. James Ajibola Oladipupo (rtd), the Seven (7) suspected robbers were nabbed by Operatives of the Task Force at Olomi on Tuesday, […]
South Africa coronavirus infections top 20,000, nearly 400 deaths
Coronavirus infections in South Africa surged past 20,000 with close to 400 deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday. In a statement the ministry reported 20,125 coronavirus positive cases, and a total of 397 deaths countrywide. The continent’s most industrialised nation has the highest number of coronavirus infections, with the coastal province of the […]
Breaking: Buhari signs executive order on financial autonomy of state legislature, judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, signed into law an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary at the state level.
Trump tells US governors to let places of worship reopen ‘right now’
United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday demanded that US state governors allow places of worship to reopen immediately, as the country moves gradually towards a lifting of COVID-19 lockdown measures. “Today I am identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues, and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services,” Trump told a news […]
IPPIS: SSANU writes FG on looming industrial dispute
Gives May 31 deadline to Accountant General to resolve dispute By Johnbosco Agbakwuru SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has sent a notice of looming industrial dispute to the Federal Government as a result of the alleged many failings of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, in the payment of salaries to […]
