Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the compulsory use of face mask in the state as part of the efforts to checkmate the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Umahi gave the order on Friday in Abakaliki during a press conference against the background of reported spike in...
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COVID-19 cases in the African region have risen steadily over the past two months, underscoring the need for reinforced public health measures to avert a surge in infections. The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the rise will particularly happen as people gather...
Mr Silas Nwoha, the new Editor-in-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has assured the staff of the Editorial Department of an improved working condition in the bid to return the agency to its glorious days. Nwoha made the pledge on Friday in Abuja while addressing members of...
By KAYODE HENRY ODUNAYO Liverpool’s manager, Jurgen Klopp has been named the men’s coach of the year at the FIFA Best Football Awards. The 53-year-old German became the first to win the award twice, beating Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa and Bayern Munich’s treble-winning manager Hans-Dieter Flick. Klopp first won...
The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA) has hailed President Mohammadu Buhari’s directive for the re-opening of the nation’s borders.The President of the chamber, Mr Chris Ukachukwu, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Friday.Ukachukwu said the...
Access Bank Plc has been named the ‘Safest Bank’ in Nigeria for 2020 by Global Finance for its continued efforts in ensuring the protection of customers’ funds and data. Mr Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of...
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Friday urged the members staff of the organisation to be more rededicate themselves to duty in the coming years. Adeyeye made the call at the virtual 2019/2020 NAFDAC staff recognition awards and...
The Osun House of Assembly on Friday in Osogbo passed the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill after third reading. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Nov. 10 presented a fiscal proposal of N109,855,051,640 before the House of Assembly for consideration. Oyetola had said the...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it was projecting the Malaysian economy to rebound by seven per cent in 2021, supported by both domestic and external demand. Exports, which were propped up in 2020 by strong pandemic-related demand for personal protective equipment and electronic products, will...
The Food Hygiene Initiative Nigeria (FHIN), Anambra branch, has appealed to the state House of Assembly to help in sensitising food handlers on the imperatives of food hygiene knowledge and practices.The group’s Leader, Mr Christopher Okpalaugo, made the appeal when he led a delegation of his members on a...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday inaugurated an initiative it called “Operation Eagle Eye” in Abuja to sensitise road users to the need to observe safety measures during the yuletide. During the inauguration, NEMA Director General Muhammadu Muhammed, said the initiative was aimed at enlightening road users...
A customary court sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, on Friday dissolved a two-year-old marriage of a teacher, Mrs Alirat Alabi, over constant nagging and oppression by her husband, Muideen. The President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, held that peaceful coexistence was essential for any marriage to strive and its...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has gone into self isolation following contact with some personalities who tested positive for COVID-19. Tambuwal, in a statement he personally signed on Friday in Sokoto, said the contact was made during the official trips he embarked on in the last few days....
The Zamfara State government has earmarked N1 billion in its 2021 budget for the construction and renovation of Juma’at mosques, Islamic schools, cemeteries, preaching sessions and other religions activities. Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Sheikh Tukur Jangebe, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen on Friday after defending the 2021 budget...
A record of more than 114,200 people, suffering from COVID-19, were hospitalised in the United States amid a surge in case numbers, according to COVID Tracking Project data. The authorities announced 233,271 new cases and 3,270 deaths due to the virus in the past day, Johns Hopkins University reported...
The Abia Local Government Chairmanship and Councillorship elections began on a shaky note on Friday, due to the late distribution of electoral materials to the polling units across the 17 Local Government Areas.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents, who monitored the exercise in Umuahia North and Obingwa Local Government...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji successfully rescued all 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State on Thursday following credible intelligence.The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.Enenche said the rescue was...
Property worth millions of naira were destroyed as fire gutted a petrol station in the Central Area of Lafia, Nasarawa, in the late hours of Thursday. According to the eyewitness, the fire, which started at about 23. 30, lasted for more than an hour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has directed public and private schools across the state to end the first term on Dec. 18 and go on vacation immediately.This is contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, on Friday in Yola.“This is to...
The Federal Government distributed N5 million to 250 rural women in Taraba on Friday at N20,000 per head. Mr Garba Hanawiga, Director of Legal Services at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development made the disbursement in Jalingo on behalf of the minister, Hajia Sadiya Faruq....