The Lagos State Government has said four children from the same family and their teacher who arrived the country from the United States of America (USA) have been quarantined for coronavirus. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at ...
Read More »Emefiele pledges CBN’s commitment to intervention in health sector
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has said the apex bank is committed to full intervention in the health sector following outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. He stated this yesterday at a consultative round table ...
Read More »Ogun seeks religious leaders’ support in fight against scourge
The Ogun State Government has solicited the support of religious leaders to sensitise members of the public on coronavirus disease and preventive measures to adopt. Speaking at the one-day sensitisation programme organised by the state government at the Egba Central ...
Read More »Don’t just wish, pray against disease, Lagos govt tells residents
As part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Lagos State Government has held a sensitisation rally for stakeholders at the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Participants were charged to not just wish away the disease, but ...
Read More »ISIS, Al-Qaeda are threats to West Africa region, U.S. military warns
The Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda are threats to West Africa, where international efforts to counter terrorist groups are insufficient, Head of the United States (U.S.) Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Stephen Townsend, has said, citing Stars and Stripes reports. He stated this ...
Read More »Lagos vows to keep virus from camp as MURIC seeks postponement
Besides, Lagos State Coordinator of the Corps, Eddy Megwa, has mandated close monitoring and screening of all the 2020 Batch A corps members and camp officials to ensure that no incident of coronavirus was recorded at the orientation camp. Speaking ...
Read More »NYSC begins orientation for corps members, moves to prevent coronavirus
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said it is taking proactive measures to prevent coronavirus as ‘Batch A’ corps members began orientation in camps across the country on Tuesday. There were insinuations that ...
Read More »Don cautions against financial impropriety, tasks accountants on professionalism
Vice-Chancellor of the Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Professor Lawrence Ezemonye has stressed the need to shun financial impropriety and seek a robust financial sector to boost students’ interest in the study of Accounting in tertiary institutions. Ezemonye, who stated this ...
Read More »APC bars Oshiomhole from NEC meeting as stakeholders set agenda for Giadom
The embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been shut out of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) holding next Tuesday in Abuja. It was gathered that the decision, endorsed by the acting National ...
Read More »House of Reps to criminalise stigmatisation of B’Haram, militancy victims, summon NAFDAC DG, predecessor over accounts
The House of Representatives has begun moves to criminalise the stigmatisation of victims of insurgency and militancy in the country. Accordingly, a bill sponsored by Ben Rollands Igbakpa to that effect yesterday scaled second reading during plenary. According to the ...
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