The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19, but his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has tested positive, THISDAY is reporting. According to THISDAY, the tests on Buhari and Kyari were carried out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. While the result for the President came in on Tuesday morning, […]
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Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa during the weekend held a Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) capacity training in Onitsha where about 400 small and medium scale business entrepreneurs in Onitsha, Anambra State, benefitted immensely from the impactful training. The beneficiaries were trained in record keeping, cost reduction, stock compiling, financial and […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Monday, March 23, 2020 arraign the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoCSF, Winnifred Oyo-Ita. She will be arraigned before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja. Others to be arraigned along with Oyo-Ita are: Frontline Ace Global […]
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Heavy rain which started by 9:45 p.m., in Calabar on Saturday, March 21, has destroyed property and power installations in some parts of the state. The rain which started with heavy wind pulled off some roofs of buildings, trees and high tension wires in Atimbo and Iyanghasang areas of Calabar Municipality Area Council. In Atimbo, […]
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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has said the board has now set-up monitors at the different Computer-based Test (CBT) centres to detect candidates who indulge in examination malpractices during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking in an interview, Oloyede said the results of the 2020 UTME […]
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Nigeria has recorded 10 new cases of coronavirus, including in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja, which brings the total number of confirmed cases to 22. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, announced on Saturday, that the infection is in three states in addition to the FCT — Lagos, Ekiti, and Ogun. There is a total […]
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The Lagos State government has announced the emergence of four new cases of coronavirus in the state. Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner for health, disclosed this during a press conference on Thursday. “What we have is a combination of imported cases and local transmission,” he said. “There are four new cases. There are 11 total […]
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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has announced the launch of Beta Health, a low-cost health financing product that offers instant access to health insurance for every Nigerian. The first of its kind in Nigeria, Beta Health provides coverage for basic and essential health services such as; general consultations, treatment for malaria, Ante Natal care, amongst others, […]
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Ekiti State Government has revealed how a 38-year-old Ekiti driver contracted the virus. The confirmed case, according to a statement signed by Dr. (Mrs) Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, Commissioner for Health and Human Services, is suspected to have been infected while driving an American Caucasian, male, 27 years old, who was visiting Nigeria from Richmond, Virginia, USA […]
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To curtail the spread of coronavirus disease, Lagos state government has announced closure of all public and private schools in this state. Recall that there are currently six confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria’s commercial capital. In a statement on Wednesday, Folashade Adefisayo, said: “As part of the preventive measures against the spread of […]
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