A 15-year old Senior Secondary School I student, Nike Adewumi, has appealed to Nigerians for N2 million to enable her undergo a Scoliosis surgery at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. Nike, a student of Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Omu-Aran, Kwara, is suffering from Idiopathic Scoliosis, a disease which prevents her from walking straight. She said that doctors at the National Orthopedic Hospital told her that the surgery should be done before…
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened trading for the week on Monday with a loss of N35 billion, amid weak sentiments. Market capitalwithion, which opened at N13.145 trillion inched lower by N35 billion or 0.27 per cent, to close at N13.110 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) lost 67.17 points or 0.27 per cent to close at 25,132.67 from 25,199.84 achieved on Friday. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Dangote Cement, Vitafoam Nigeria, UACN, International Breweries and United Capital. Analysts at United Capital Plc predicted that the market would witness…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s inflation rate has increased by 12.82 per cent (year-on-year) in July 2020. This is according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July 2020 report released on the NBS website on Monday. The CPI measures the average change over time in prices of goods and services consumed by people for day-to-day living. The current 12.82 per cent increase is 0.26 per cent points higher than the rate of 12.56 per cent recorded in June 2020. The urban inflation rate increased by 13.40 per cent (year-on-year) in July 2020 from 13.18 per cent…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) on Monday blamed the power failure in some locations under its franchise areas of Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States on vandalism of its equipment.KEDCO’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Shawai, said this in a statement he issued in Kano.“The recent surge in transformer vandalism and transformer oil theft have affected some communities and led to low or lack of supply in those communities.“We have given a red alert to our security unit to liaise with security agencies over the issue, with a view to ensuring that the activities of these saboteurs are brought to…
A total of 24, 545 exit students on Monday began their West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Kano State, amid strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 11, 400 of the 27, 454 students were from public schools while the remaining 16, 460 registered for the examination in private schools in the state. The examination was being conducted in 538 designated centres in the state. A NAN correspondent who monitor the examination at some of the centres, reports that the schools had put in place measures to facilitate compliance to the COVID-19 guidelines.…
Exit Secondary school students in Enugu State on Monday commenced the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council(WAEC) by observing COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools visited during the examination complied with the COVID-19 safety protocols as the students wore facemasks and sat two meters away from one another. At the Federal Government College (FGC), Independence Layout, Enugu, the Principal, Mr Ejeh Usman, said that no fewer than 506 students were participating in the examination. Usman said that the school deployed infrared thermometers to check the temperature of students…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has expressed the determination of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to maintain its rightful place in the Peace Support Operations (PSOs) across the world. Olonisakin said this on Monday in Abuja at the project launch of Strengthening National and Regional Capacities for PSOs, Centre for Strategic research and Studies (CSRS) and National Defence College (NDC).He was represented by Maj.-Gen. Henry Ayamasaowei, Director, Peacekeeping Operations, Defence Headquarters. Olonisakin expressed delight at the project funded by the Government of Japan through the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), noting that such collaboration would help Nigeria…
Coca-Cola China and its bottling partners said it would continue to expand investment in local supply chains to improve efficiency, ensure supply, and serve domestic consumers’ demand. The beverage giant said it achieved good second-quarter results in the Chinese market, despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, and continues to set up new factories and production lines in China to meet evolving consumer needs. In the second half of 2020, Swire Coca-Cola, a bottler of Coca-Cola, plans to put six new production lines into operation, with a total investment of 250 million yuan (about 36 million U.S. dollars) and an…
More than 100,000 people have volunteered to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials in Britain, the British government said on Monday, encouraging more to sign up for the National Health Service (NHS) COVID-19 Vaccine Research Registry. Researchers want volunteers from all parts of society, especially those who are more likely to benefit from a vaccine, including the over 65s, frontline health and social care workers, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. “To enable large-scale vaccine studies to take place across the UK, the aim is to get as many people as possible signed up to the…
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba has stated that the capacity-building programme organized for special Advisers and Technical Assistants to the ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria supported by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) is key to the formulation of Medium and long-Term National Development Plans. Agba made this assertion during the closing ceremony of the four-week, seven-batch capacity-building programme for ministerial aides on Monday in Abuja. ‘’This training could not have come at a more auspicious time than now that the Federal Government is in the process of developing new Medium –Term National…