Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane will sponsor Leyton Orient’s shirt next season with the space on the front to be given to charitable causes, the League Two (fourth tier) club and the English striker confirmed on Thursday. The club said the home shirt will display a thank you message to healthcare workers on the frontline battling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, while the away and third kits will carry logos of a children’s hospice and a mental health charity. “It is with great pleasure to announce that Harry Kane has taken our front of shirt sponsorship for the 2020-21 season,”Orient said in…
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government will roll out its policy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as Cooking Gas, toward the end of June 2020, to ensure its penetration across the country. Sylva made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the performance of the sector. He said that government had planned to roll out the policy around the end of April 2020 but could not because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “We had a roll out date in April ending, but because of the COVID-19, gathering…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says the downstream oil sector was deregulated on March 19, with the reduction in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit(PMS) also known as petrol. Sylva made the clarification at a ministerial briefing giving a score card of the performance of the sector in Abuja, on Thursday. He said that the monthly price modulation introduced by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) was to ensure that Nigerians benefited from the development in the sector. “I am not just announcing deregulation today , let us try and understand ourselves…
Austrian league leaders LASK Linz have been accused by their rivals of holding training sessions which break coronavirus rules but have themselves complained that they have been victims of industrial espionage. Eleven of the 12 teams in the Austrian Bundesliga, which is due to re-start in June, said they had been presented with “clear video material” that showed Linz had ignored guidelines which restrict training to small groups of players. “These videos clearly show that the league leaders have disregarded the guidelines for small group training set by the ministry (of sports),” a joint statement from the other teams said…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, over the death of his close associate and Commissioner for Environment and National Resources, Kehinde Ayoola.The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Thursday, said PDP was saddened over the death of Ayoola.Ologbondiyan described the late Ayoola as a very loyal and dedicated party member, who had always stood behind Makinde and played key roles in his governorship campaign and eventual victory at the polls.He recalled the commitment with which Ayoola carried out his duties and the…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in collaboration with the Global Citizen Nigeria, has announced plans to launch a solidarity fund designed to provide additional support for Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fund, according to a statement on in Abuja on Thursday, will enable Nigerian Citizens resident at home or in the diaspora as well as international donors to come together and directly contribute to Nigeria’s fight against the pandemic. The announcement was organised as a virtual live streamed event hosted by the NSIA and chaired by the Vice President, Profesor Yemi Osinbajo. Also…
To reinforce the measures instituted to contain the community spread of COVID-19, the Lagos State Government has begun an extensive Public Enlightenment campaign, which will go across all the 20 Local Governments and 37 LCDAs. Speaking on the commencement of the campaign, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, said the exercise was initiated after the discovery that members of the public did not comply with the directives issued by Governor Sanwo-Olu as the lockdown was eased in Lagos. Omotoso said: “It was disappointing that residents threw caution to the winds immediately Mr. Governor announced the partial lifting…
Although the Coronavirus pandemic has affected lives and livelihoods of Nigerians in different ways, it, however, offers an opportunity for the Nigerian people and government to have a reset in critical sectors of the economy and social services, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday, at a virtual launch of the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, NSSF, – an initiative of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the Global Citizen, and other partners. The Vice President joined the event from his office.The NSSF is designed to provide additional support for Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
The Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen has charged Muslims in Nigeria to pray fervently in the last ten days of Ramadan to God to rid the world of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National President, Dr. Shafi’i Abdul Azeez Bello gave the charge in a statement signed by the General Secretary, Dr. Tajudeen Abefe Oladejo in commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen, founded on 28th February, 1994, equivalent to Ramadan 17, 1414 A.H.Dr. Shafi’i also advised those saying that COVID-19 was a deceit to take it serious and abide by government directives. “COVID19 is real and requires strict obedience of government directives…
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to be briefed by the latter on the plan by the Federal Government to amend the N10.59 trillion 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in December last year. The meeting which had in attendance principal officers from both chambers, was presided over by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The Senate President, in his welcome address told the Executive arm of Government to ensure that the interest of Nigerians remains…