The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)isworking with other Ministries and Agencies through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to address challenges faced by travelers to Nigeria. The NCDC identified the travellers as those using the Nigerian International Travel Portal. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. NAN, reports that the PTF on COVID-19, announced the resumption of international flight to Nigeria with measures in place. The measures included – “All travelers arriving in Nigeria must have tested negative for COVID-19 by PCR in county of…
Author: Ayo Oye
Read More
Members of the University of Calabar Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protested non-payment of their allowances at the university premises on Wednesday. Addressing the protesters, the Chairman of the chapter, Dr John Edor, said the allowances had been owed for several years. “We are demanding full payment of our entitlements from the management of the University of Calabar. “Some of the entitlements include promotion arrears, fellowship and conference allowances and other entitlements. “Some of the arrears have been owed for more than five years, depending on the individual and all efforts to make the management pay…
The Federal High Court, Abuja has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against several requests for adjournment in the ongoing money laundering charge against former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke. Adoke is being prosecuted alongside Aliyu Abubakar, a businessman. Justice Inyang Ekwo warned the anti-graft agency at the resumed trial on Wednesday after the EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga asked the court for an adjournment following the absence of the fifth prosecution witness in court. Justice Ekwo told the prosecuting counsel to note that there was a limit to the number of adjournments he could request for. Sanga…
FBNQuest Funds, the merchant banking and asset management arm of FBN Holdings Plc, on Wednesday said that it had invested over N20 billion in private equity since 2003. The company’s Vice President, Alternative Investments, Mr Christian Ekpo, disclosed this at a virtual FBNQuest engagement session organised to provide some industry insights into its business. Incorporated in 2003, FBNQuest Funds is an alternative investments platform of FBNQuest. The company is one of the oldest private equity firms in Nigeria originally created to manage a pool of funds set aside by FirstBank for SME investment. Ekpo said that the private equity firm…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has intensified efforts to achieve a strong derivatives market with the training of capital market operators. Mr Oscar Onyema, NSE Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday that the training was organised to equip the operators ahead of the launch of derivatives trading. Onyema said that derivatives had contributed to the impressive growth in the global financial market over the past 20 years. “Today, the global derivatives market is the main pillar of the international financial system and the economy as a whole,” he said. Onyema said that NSE had built…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has requested the state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) to help promote Sunshine Stars FC and other sports to get sponsors. Akeredolu made the request when officials of the association came to decorate him as state ‘SWAN Patron’ on Wednesday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that during its 2020 Week-long celebration, Ondo State SWAN had conferred on the governor and his wife, Betty, patron and matron respectively. The governor, who said there was not enough money in the state to successfully sponsor the team by the government…
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved a marraige involving a trader, Sadia Abass, and her husband, Azeez, over a missing underwear. Sadia had petitioned the Court to dissolve her marriage over allegations that he had stolen her underwear for ritual. She told Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, that she feared that her life might be in perpetual danger if she continued to live under the same roof “with a man planning to use me for something diabolic”. Sadia added that her husband’s attitude had made the marriage “so miserable and unattractive to me”. “When…
The Bauchi State Government says it is committed to ensuring gender equity, fairness and transparency in the conduct of its affairs among its citizens. Gov Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said this in Bauchi on Wednesday during the swearing-in of two-newly appointed female commissioners and three permanent commissioners for the state Independent Electoral Commission respectively. The newly appointed commissioners are: Mrs Maryam Bagel and Mrs Asama’u Ahmed. Also, the three permanent commissioners appointed into the state Independent Electoral Commission are: Adamu Zakari,Abdulmalik Wakili and Dauda Gayus. He said that his administration was poised to ensuring gender participation in a participatory…
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kwara Chapter, has sought the partnership with the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in sensitising the residents on the dangers of drug abuse. The newly elected Kwara PSN Chairman, Mr Juwon Otelaja, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin. Otelaja said this was part of programmes he outlined for his administration. He stressed that youths, who majorly engage in drug abuse, must be sensitised on the dangers the habit poses. “We will be engaging the youths in terms of public enlightenment on the…
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government is committed to stopping all forms of attack on educational facilities in the country. Adamu disclosed on Tuesday in Abuja at the commemoration of the International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The minister who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajuiba, said the country had endorsed the Safe School Declaration (SSD) to protect all institutions from attack. He said that the safety of schools, learners and educational personnel remained a collective responsibility which all must work towards achieving. Adamu noted that the attack…