Ortom directs all Benue schools to reopen September 21
…cancels third term except for JSS3 and SSS3 By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Government has approved Monday, September 21, 2020, as reopening date for all Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions in the state. The decision to reopen the schools came a few days after stakeholder in the sector resolved in a meeting that […]
FIFA estimates Covid-19 will cost global football $11 billion
FIFA on Wednesday put the cost of Covid-19 on football around the world at $11 billion in lost revenue. The pandemic has already led to over 150 football associations to seek financial help from the $1.5 billion emergency relief fund set up by football’s governing body. Olli Rehn, chairman of FIFA’s coronavirus steering committee, laid […]
Full Text: Address of Lt General Akinrinade on visit of Buratai to Osun State
ADDRESS OF LT. GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE ON THE VISIT OF GENERAL TY BURATAI COAS TO OSUN STATE TO COMMISSION PROJECTS AT KUTA AND ASAMU ON MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 Please allow me to join my Governor and the good people of Osun State to welcome you to our State, the State of ‘Omoluabi’. I am […]
Oil jumps above $41 as storm hits US output, inventories drop
Oil rose for a second day on Wednesday, gaining more than two per cent, as a hurricane closed U.S. offshore production and an industry report showed U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly decreased. More than a quarter of U.S. offshore output was shut on Tuesday due to Hurricane Sally. The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday said crude […]
Election violence: Reno Omokri, 5000 others sign UK, EU petition to ban culpable Nigerians
Former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, pastor Reno Omokri and over 5000 people have signed a petition for the United Kingdom and the European Union to place a travel ban on Nigerians found culpable for promoting or aiding election violence in Nigeria. It will be recalled that the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, […]
FG renews appointment of Registrar, Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The federal government has renewed appointment of the Mr Faruk Umar Abubakar as the Secretary-General and Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for another four-year term. A statement Wednesday by the Director, Information, Media and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health,Olujimi Oyetomi, said the Minister of Health, Dr. […]
