Kwara has recorded nine new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the last 24 hours. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the spokesman of the State Technical Committee on COVID-19, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin. Ajakaye, also the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said that this was the situation as at 9.30p.m on Monday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state now has a total of 954 confirmed cases of the virus. According to Ajakaye, out of the 987 confirmed cases, 799 patients have been discharged, leaving 163 active cases in the state. Ajakaye said…
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The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), says it is providing solar power to 172 public secondary schools and 11 public health centres (PHCS). The Director-General of LSEB, Mr Mukhtaar Tijani, made this known during a news briefing on Tuesday in Ikeja. Tijani said that the increasing energy demand in the state due to expanded civilisation and increase in population had led to concerns over the limited energy resources. He said that the focus of the government was on a sustainable energy supply which entailed optimised use of energy to minimise pollution. According to him, the…
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained negative mood on Tuesday with the All-Share Index losing 0.33 per cent, amid sell pressure in banking equities. Specifically, the NSE All-Share which opened at 25,582.23 lost 84.91 points or 0.33 per cent to close at 25,497.32. Similarly, the market capitalisation shed N44 billion or 0.33 per cent to close at N13.301 trillion against N13.345 trillion posted on Monday. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Guaranty Trust Bank, Guinness, Zenith Bank, Union Bank of Nigeria and Arbico. Consequently, the market breadth closed…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday said that 2,884 Lagos State indigenes were rescued from traffickers in the last 16 years. The Director General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this at the State House, Ikeja during the inauguration of the Lagos State Task Force on Human Trafficking. According to her, 1,535 indigenes of Lagos State were rescued by NAPTIP and her partners, while International Organisation for Migration (IOM) returned 1,349 indigenes of Lagos from various parts of the world. Okah-Donli said that almost all the states in Nigeria were affected by irregular…
Barely 24 hours the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) resumed dollar sales at the Bureau De Change (BDC) sector, the Naira have reversed the gain made against the dollar. The Naira traded at N441 to the dollar on Tuesday, losing N6 from N435 recorded on Monday at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N585 and N515, respectively. At the BDC window, the naira was sold at N386 to a dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N585 and N515, respectively. Trading at the investor’s window saw the naira closing at…
Bayern Munich returned to training on Tuesday for the 2020/2021 season, just over two weeks after completing a title treble with the UEFA Champions League crown. Bayern Munich players underwent coronavirus tests and then had a cyber training session from their homes, with the first full session on the training ground not scheduled until Friday. Their first round Cup match against fifth tier Dueren, originally scheduled for the weekend, has been postponed to mid-October to give them more pre-season preparation time. They kick off their Bundesliga season Sept. 18 against Schalke 04 and then play UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla…
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has informed the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), shareholders and the investing public of the appointment of Mr Emeka Ogbechie as a Non-Executive Director of the bank, replacing Mr Dick Kramer, who retired in September 2019, on its Board of Directors. The bank gave the information in a disclosure posted on the website of the Exchange, signed by Mr Somuyiwa Sonubi, Company Secretary, on Tuesday. “The Board announces the appointment of Mr. Emeka Anthony Ogbechie as Non-Executive Director with effect from 27th May 2020, to replace Mr.Dick Kramer who retired from the Board of the Bank…
The Nigerian Young Farmers Network (NYFN) has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind a decision on the plan for partial importation of maize and other restricted crops. The National Coordinator of the network, Mr Promise Amahah made the appeal during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Amahah was reacting to a leaked circular from the Nigeria Customs Service on the plan to allow some crops, initially banned for importation, to come into the country to strike a balance between food imports and local production capacities to meet anticipated shortfall. The coordinator stated…
In its effort to ensure that the spread of the HIV virus is drastically reduced, the Federal Government has approved the inclusion of ”Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCP) Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made the this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Wondfo rapid test kit, could be used as a confirmatory test because of its high specification of 99.4 per cent,” she said. The coordinator said that in 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health( FMOH) approved the…
The management of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu and Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia say they are ready for the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. Team Manager of Rangers, Amobi Ezeaku, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that arrangements have been concluded for their old and new players to return to camp on Sept. 13. “In preparation for the new NPFL season, the club has signed high-profile players. We will unveil them as well as the club’s new jersey before the commencement of the new season,’’ he said on Tuesday. Ezeaku added that the club licensing…