For the vaccines alone, more than 100 billion dollars will be needed to ensure everyone globally can access the tools to fight COVID-19, The Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus says. Ghebreyesus stated this during a virtual news conference in Geneva. “This sounds like lots of money and it is. “But it is small in comparison to the 10 trillion dollars that have already been invested by G20 countries in fiscal stimulus. to deal with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic so far.” He said that the coming three months would present a crucial window of opportunity to…
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French football champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) announced on Monday they have signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Chinese consumer electronics and home appliances company Hisense. The deal comes as Europe’s top football clubs all look to increase their foothold in the lucrative Chinese market. “We are proud to be working with such a leading global brand from Asia Pacific. “This is a meaningful partnership for the club, demonstrating our growing commitment to the region,” said Sébastien Wasels, Asia Pacific managing director for PSG.
Atletico Madrid’s fears of further disruption to their trip to the UEFA Champions League “Final Eight’’ tournament in Lisbon have been eased. This came after the rest of the squad tested negative for COVID-19, following two positives the previous day. The club’s morning training session was postponed due to the positive cases and their plans to travel to Lisbon were put on hold. But the club have now said in a statement they would have one final session before flying out on Tuesday, a day later than planned. The statement revealed that the two players to test positive were forward…
The Cross River Government has embarked on the project monitoring and evaluation exercise to assess the Community Based Target (CBT) projects of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO). Dr Inyang Asibong, Commissioner for International Development Cooperation, who monitored the exercise in Ikot Ene-Obong and Ikot Effanga Mkpa communities both in Calabar Municipality, said the exercise was to assess the beneficiaries level of progress. Asibong said that the YESSO programme, which is supported by the World Bank, is targeted at improving the financial status of the vulnerable in the society. According to her, the exercise marks the end of…
The Nsarawa State Hosue of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Ottos, over alleged insubordination. The House also suspended the Deputy Chairman, Karu Local Government, Lawal Yakubu Karshi, over the same allegation. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, announced this after the Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali, moved a motion on the activities of the affected council officials at an emergency sitting in Lafia on Monday. Abdullahi alleged that the chairman of Nasarawa local government and Deputy Chairman, Karu Local Government abandoned their…
Mr Adebayo Hassan, Secretary, National Union of Petroleum and National Gas Workers (NUPENG) Sango-Ota Chapter, has appealed to the Lagos State Government {LASG} to urgently intervene in the strike by the Petroleum Tanker Drivers that started on Monday. Hassan made the appeal on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun. NAN reports that the Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos State on Monday withdrew their services as directed by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) . The state Chairman, NUPENG, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, confirmed the development to NAN on Monday…
The Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), has refuted recent online claims by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), that it was operating an illegal stamp duties account. This is contained in a statement signed by Franklin Alao, NIPOST General Manager, Communications, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The Director of Communication and Liaison, FIRS, Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, had in a reaction to a tweet by NIPOST’s board Chairman, Maimuna Abubakar, accused it of illegally running a stamp duty account. Abubakar had twitted about FIRS stealing the idea of NIPOST and accepting payments for stamp duties.…
The University of Ilorin says its Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, recently won the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) $80,000 { approximately N30.3 million} grant. It said that the grant was meant to deepen the study and practise of laws relating to the physically challenged persons in the country. The institution’s management disclosed this in its bulletin issued on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara. It said that the grant would assist the department in its service delivery capacity as well as deepen the study, practice and understanding of laws related to the rights of the disabled in the…
The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19 says the state has tested 14,356 samples out of which 2,860 were positive. Prof. Temitope Alonge, the Coordinator of the Oyo State COVID-19 Isolation Centres, made the disclosure on Monday in Ibadan. He, however, said the state had 1,420 recovered cases while there were 31 deaths. Alonge said that the isolation centres run by the state had recorded zero fatality since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state in March. “Oyo State’s isolation centres are those at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan; Chest Hospital, Agbami, Ibadan; Igbo-Ora in Ibarapa; Saki in Oke-Ogun;…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said that 18 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and foodstuff. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. It listed the contents of the ship as general cargo, containers, bulk wheat, petrol, fertiliser, base oil, bulk sugar, soya bean oil, corn, raw sugar and bulk gypsum. It said that other 15 ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with containers. The authority said it was expecting 12 other ships with…