Oil crash may warrant production halt, says NNPC
Nigeria has not stopped producing crude oil but a persistent crash in oil prices may lead to a halt in production, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has declared.…
Evacuation: 72 Nigerians, 111 other Africans in China test positive
Seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The results of the tests conducted…
Despite Offer to Pay Withheld Salaries, Strike Continues, Says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday ruled out calling off its ongoing nationwide strike despite the olive branch from President Muhammadu Buhari directing the…
Coronavirus not reported to WHO on time – Pompeo insists
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed the Trump administration’s criticism of China’s early handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Pompeo said at a news conference; “We strongly…
Three doctors, pharmacist in isolation in Delta after attending to suspected coronavirus patient
Three doctors and a pharmacist at the Otu-Jeremi General Hospital in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State are being quarantined at the hospital’s COVID-19 holding facility after they were reported to have attended to a…
How I set up Micheal Jackson with Halle Berry – Babyface
Eleven-time Grammy Award winner Kenny Edmonds also known as Babyface has revealed how he once attempted hooking up late Pop icon Michael Jackson with Halle Berry. Teddy Riley and “Babyface” Edmonds gave fans hit after hit during their…
Nigerian footballer Musa dismisses COVID-19 rumours
Nigeria Super Eagles player, Ahmed Musa, has dismissed claims on social media that he had tested positive for coronavirus. Musa, who plays for Al-Nassr Football Club in Saudi Arabia described the reports as fake news on his…
Akinjide’s 12 2/3 moniker
HOW did Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide (SAN), who died on Tuesday, come about the nickname 12 2/3? It all happened in 1979 during the legal battle over that year’s presidential…
Tokyo 2020 organising committee member contracts coronavirus
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee said on Wednesday a member of the organisation has tested positive for the new Coronavirus. A man in his 30s who…
COVID-19: Chinese businesswoman donates ambulance, N20m
Chairman CIG Motors Company Limited, promoters of the GAC Motor Brand in Nigeria, Chief Diana Chen, has joined notable figures pushing the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Members…
Movement of coronavirus patients banned
The Federal Government has banned inter-state movement of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) patients. It said patients would henceforth be treated in the state where they were confirmed positive in…
Governor Ganduje seeks N15b support from FG to fight COVID-19 in Kano
Kano State Government has revealed on Wednesday that it has applied for N15b from the Federal Government to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed bythe state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, during a television…
Willian, Pedro, Giroud, other Chelsea stars who could walk away for free this summer
Chelsea sit fourth on the log with 48 points and behind high flyers; Liverpool, Leicester City and Manchester City. The Premier League was abandoned with 9 matches left to complete the 2019/2020 season. There have been talks of the…
26% of COVID-19 cases from ‘unknown sources’, says NCDC
Two hundred and three (representing 26 per cent) of the 782 confirmed COVID-19 cases are from unknown sources, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a report on Wednesday. In its…
Rosabon offers treasury note at 16.5 percent to help customer save
Rosabon Financial Services has offered for subscription, its second quarter Treasury Note of up to 16.5 per cent to help customers save during this COVID-19 period. The Rosabon Treasury Note (RTN), which is a bulk fund placement…
FG expresses concern over Kano COVID-19 cases, starts door-to-door testing in Lagos, FCT
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has said that the Federal Government is worried over the rising…
Togo returnees heading to Sokoto, Plateau test positive for COVID-19 in Ogun
Three Nigerians who just returned from Togo, heading to Sokoto and Jos in Plateau States, have tested positive for coronavirus in Ogun State. The trio were part of the 10 returnees, including a driver and a conductor, accosted at…
COVID-19: Borno, Rivers record another death, 6 more positive cases
Borno State Committee on COVID-19 has announced the death of one more person as a result of the COVID-19 disease. It also disclosed that five more patients have been confirmed positive for the viral disease. This brings the number…
COVID-19: FG reacts to report of planned national lockdown
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, has denied proposing a national lockdown to tackle COVID-19 in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari had announced a lockdown in Lagos,…
GTBank Releases Q1 2020 Unaudited Results…….. Reports Profit Before Tax of ₦58.2Billion
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020, to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all…
Coronavirus patients filmed escaping from isolation center in Kenya (Video)
In a rather sad video, some coronavirus patients in Kenya have been captured on camera while escaping from an isolation center in the east African country. President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, April 22nd, confirmed that dozens…
Ekiti records first COVID-19 death — and it’s a pregnant woman
The government of Ekiti has announced the death of a COVID-19 patient in the state. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, commissioner for health, said the patient died at the intensive care unit of Federal…
I won’t wish my worst enemy COVID-19, says recovered El-Rufa’i
Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has recovered from coronavirus after testing negative twice. El-Rufa’i, who described Coronavirus as a threat to humanity and…
Nigerian Comedian donates mansion for isolation centre
Popular Nigerian comedian, Francis Agoda, alias as I Go Dye, on Wednesday donated his mansion to the Federal Government to use as a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Isolation Centre. Agoda announced the donation on his Instagram page…