James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Office and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) team on Tuesday visited the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun in respect of the index Coronavirus case traced to an Italian national victim who works as a consultant to Lafarge Africa in the State. Dr […]

Golf players from 18 universities will participate in the fifth edition of the Nigerian University Golf Tournament at the Smoking Hills Golf Resort, Ilara-Mokin in Ondo State.

The trial of 47 Nigerian men charged with homosexuality, punishable by 14 years in prison, was delayed again on Tuesday, after witnesses for their accusers failed to appear in court. As in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, homosexuality is illegal in religiously conservative Nigeria, which is split between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian […]

The Nigerian domestic equities market on Tuesday rebounded by 1.70 per cent on renewed investors’ interest in high yield dividend stocks. Speficially, the All-Share Index, which opened at 25,816.57, inched 438.54 points or 1.70 per cent to close at 26,255.11. Consequently, the Month-to-Date return (+0.15%) turned positive, while Year-to-Date losses moderated to -2.19%. Also, the […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has a prominent ally as he faces a possible fight to keep his job: Elon Musk. The Tesla chief tweeted his support for the social network’s co-founder amid reports that activist investor Paul Singer wants to oust Dorsey from the helm. “Just want say that I support @Jack as Twitter CEO. […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Prof. Elias Bogoro, on Tuesday, disclosed that a total of N10 billion meant for high impact projects in selected tertiary institutions has been mopped up. The money he said, was part of the amount meant for high impact projects but regretted that […]

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) Bill, 2020 into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill was read for the third time and subsequently passed. The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, said the passage of the bill into law […]

Eminent leaders of thought, on the platform of Third Force Movement, have faulted the Supreme Court on its decision to reject the review of its controversial judgement on the 2019 governorship elections in Imo State.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State has called on community, religious and traditional leaders as well as associations and educationists to cooperate with his administration in spreading information essential for containment of coronavirus. The governor made the call on Tuesday at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the Management and Control of COVID-19 (coronavirus). He was represented […]

Twitter wants its employees to stay out of the office so they don’t come down with the coronavirus. The social media giant told all of its roughly 4,900 staffers this week to work from home if possible as the potentially deadly disease known as COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. “Our goal is to […]