75-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 complications in Ekiti
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State government has recorded second COVID-19 death. The patient, a 75- year old woman, was the last COVID-19 index case recorded in the state, who had been hospitalised in one of the tertiary hospitals in the state before the disease was detected in her. The health commissioner, Yaya-Kolade […]
No fraud in N16bn NDDC job, contract approved by FEC – Rodnab
Nigeria’s indigenous construction company, Rodnab Constructions Limited, has denied social media reports alleging fraud in the N16.2billion contract awarded to it for the building of the permanent headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
NASS leaders must stop blackmailing IMC of NDDC — UNDEDSS
ABUJA—Coalition of civil society groups in the Niger Delta region, United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the National Assembly to desist from blackmailing the Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Herdsmen Attacks: Our kingdoms are under siege, Delta monarchs cry out
DELTA State Council of Traditional Rulers, yesterday, lamented that their kingdoms were under siege by criminal elements suspected to be armed herdsmen, who have established camps in far away bushes from where they launch attacks on their subjects.
Lagos running out of bed spaces, FG raises alarm; mulls community mgt, home isolation
THE Federal Government said yesterday it was considering issuing a new set of guidelines with regards to COVID-19 case management in the country, saying Lagos State, Nigeria’s epicentre of the pandemic, has currently ran out of isolation and treatment spaces.
Eid-el-Fitr: JNI suspends Eid prayers, asks Muslims to pray at home
Sokoto—Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Sultan of Sokoto-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has directed Muslims in Nigeria to pray at home with their families on Sallah day, as the eid prayer congregation remained suspended, due to the rampaging and highly contagious coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.V
Edo: Pro, anti-Oshiomhole forces fight dirty
AN end to the steaming crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, especially in Edo State, is far from over. Concerned stakeholders of the party in Edo, yesterday in a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, said that the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s “unforced losses” and waging of “endless unprovoked battles against Edo APC” may hurt the party’s chances in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
FoodCo unveils Nigeria’s first true online supermarket
FoodCo Nigeria Limited, a diversified consumer goods company with interests in retail, quick service restaurant, manufacturing and entertainment, has announced the unveiling of FoodCo online, Nigeria’s first true online supermarket.
OPPO officially unveils Reno3 Series
OPPO, on friday officially unveiled the Reno3 and Reno3 Pro in Nigeria via an online launch event streamed live on the OPPO Nigeria Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages; in accordance with the recent health guidelines.
‘This is the end of Hong Kong’: China pushes security law after unrest
China’s parliament said it will introduce a proposal Friday for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move the US warned would “highly destabilising” for the financial hub. The announcement late Thursday was quickly decried by pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as “the end of Hong Kong”, with fears it […]
Trump says he finally wore a mask and ‘it looked very nice’
United States President, Donald Trump, said Thursday he’d finally overcome his aversion to wearing masks against the coronavirus — but didn’t want be photographed. Touring a Ford auto factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where workers have converted to building respirators and other medical equipment for fighting COVID-19, Trump held up a mask and claimed to have […]
Benefits of last ten days of Ramadan
Ramadan is rolling to an end with about eight days to go. It is not too late to do what you have not been doing very well. The remaining days can still earn you fantastic rewards, you can still make up for the lost twenty days in ibadah despite the pandemic. Seek forgiveness of sins, […]
Congregational Eid-il-Fitr: Whether or not to hold?
As the nation prepares for the end of the fasting in the Holy Month of Ramadan of this year, there are confusing directives from the Nation’s Authorities on the performance of Eid-Prayers at Eid-Praying Grounds across the Country. While the Federal Government has extended the partial lockdown across the Federation to prevent further spread of […]
COVID-19: FG appeals to traders, transporters not to hike prices
The Federal Government has appealed to traders not to hike prices of food items and transportation as the country battles to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, made the appeal at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He […]
Soaring food prices push up inflation rate to 12.34%
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose for the eight consecutive months to 12.34 percent in April, driven by higher food prices prompted by the COVID-19 induced restrictions across the country.
CIBN former President advocates ethical leadership in banks
The immediate past President/Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Dr. Uche Olowu, has called on stakeholders in the banking industry to leverage emotional intelligence to build ethical leadership in the industry.
