Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has upgraded its mobile banking application, introducing lots of exciting and interactive features to aid banking, whilst allowing customers to perform unlimited transactions with simple taps on their mobile phones. The award winning innovative bank which was the first to launch its chat bot Leo on […]
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Nigeria has recorded 184 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing its total infections to 4,971. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the new figures in a tweet late Wednesday, stating that 51 new cases were found in Lagos, 23 in Jigawa, 16 in Bauchi, 14 in Kano, 10 in the FCT, and 10 […]
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Knife-wielding burglars broke into Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli’s home in London early Wednesday, the England playmaker escaping serious injury after being hit in a scuffle with the robbers. Alli, 24, has been in isolation at his house with his brother, their partners and a close friend, the Daily Mail reported, ahead of Tottenham resuming training. […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 146 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 4,787 Announcing the cases in a tweet late Tuesday, the NCDC said 57 of the cases are in Lagos. Read the tweet below: BREAKING: 146 new cases of #COVID19; 57-Lagos27-Kano10-Kwara9-Edo8-Bauchi7-Yobe4-Kebbi4-Oyo3-Katsina3-Niger2-Plateau2-Borno2-Sokoto2-Benue1-Gombe1-Enugu1-Ebonyi1-Ogun1-FCT1-Rivers 4787 cases of #COVID19 in […]
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Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, has announced that one of the Nigerians that the federal government evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is dead. He announced it in a tweet on Tuesday night, saying the deceased, who had “severe underlying health condition”, died from COVID-19–related complications. Abayomi appealed to residents of Lagos to be […]
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Legal giant and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola, has said shutting down schools indefinitely over the COVID-19 pandemic is not advisable. In a statement on Monday, he suggested ways schools and universities can be reopened in four weeks and still guarantee its students of safety. Babalola listed the conditions under which […]
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The leadership of the Maritime Worker’s Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has received with shock and disbelief the arrest of 20 Dockworkers and others that their whereabouts is unknown because of their arrest by the RVSG on Saturday May 9, 2020 on their way from Essential service operation at the BUA/PTOL terminal, Port Harcourt. A statement […]
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It is not for nothing that it is said that two heads are better than one. Then Prof. Kimse Okoko modified it to ‘two good heads.’ I believe that Gov. Nyesom Wike should involve his entire cabinet members (as it appears he does not) in managing Covid-19 in Rivers State. If he does that, I […]
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Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 242 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 4,641. In a tweet late Monday, the NCDC reported 88 new cases in Lagos, 64 in Kano, 49 in Katsina and 13 in Kaduna. According to the health agency, Ogun state had nine […]
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In a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, many nations have at some point had to impose a complete lockdown in certain states or across the country. However, there are some who believe that placing Nigeria under a complete lockdown is not sustainable. In a chat with Channels Television’s COVID-19 Update, Mr Atedo Peterside […]
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