Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday dashed the hope of religious leaders in the state, when he announced that places of worship would remain closed until further notice, even as he disclosed that schools would resume on August 3 for graduating students. The governor, who made this known during his 16th coronavirus briefing as Incident Commander, also said all public events remained suspended. Meanwhile, the 454 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria yesterday have taken the tally to 27,564, with 11,069 discharged and 628 deaths. Sanwo-Olu’s decision is coming on the heels of calls by religious leaders that…
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The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has rewarded 16 secondary school students for their outstanding performance in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The NSE this year, instituted a scholarship award to encourage candidates who intend to study Engineering and STEM related courses in the university. The 16 students will enjoy a scholarship of N1,000,000 each, for a five-year period after gaining admission into the university of their choice studying Engineering. Some of the students who received the award and their scores in the UTME include; Miss Agnes Maduafokwa with…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday took another step towards unifying the naira exchange rate by adjusting the rate at the official Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) to N380/$1. The rate was formerly N360/$1. One of the officials explained: “Yes, it is aimed at moving the rate closer to that of the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, which traded at N386/$1 yesterday. From time to time, adjustment would continue to happen, either upward or downward in line with market fundamentals. Certainly, no single rate can be achieved, but we would keep moving towards I&E rate.” With this N20…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday appointed Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State as the Chairman of its Edo State Governorship Campaign Council, with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State as his deputy. Wike, who spoke to newsmen last night, expressed appreciation to the party for selecting him to lead the Edo campaign and said he was fully prepared for the job. The governor declared: “I have accepted the job given to me by my party and I am fully prepared for the task. I have a mandate to ensure that PDP wins the…
Eighty six Nigerians on Friday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, via Air Sudan. The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a tweet but did not disclose where they returned from. According to the NIDCOM boss, the returnees will go on a 14-day isolation, in line with the guidelines set by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as well as the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/1278990235364450304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1278990235364450304%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.channelstv.com%2F2020%2F07%2F03%2F86-nigerians-arrive-nnamdi-azikiwe-airport%2F Also, NIDCOM tweeted on its handle that the returnees had tested negative to COVID-19. https://twitter.com/nidcom_gov/status/1278991967599419394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1278991967599419394%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.channelstv.com%2F2020%2F07%2F03%2F86-nigerians-arrive-nnamdi-azikiwe-airport%2F On Wednesday, 172 Nigerians citizens arrived Abuja from Uganda…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it received with great shock and consternation the news of the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit known as ‘petrol’ from N121 to N143. The increase, according to reports, is consequent upon a “monthly review meeting” by the Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency, PPPRA. Referring to a statement released by the Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Saidu Abdulkadir, purportedly on June 28, 2020, NLC said the PPPRA contradicted itself when it said that the latest price increase described as an “advisory” was meant to regulate a product that government claims had…
The United States’ COVID-19 emergency aid to Nigeria has risen to $41.3million (N15.5 billion). In a statement on Thursday, the Department of State said the amount was part of a $1.3billion COVID-19 aid for 120 countries. For Nigeria, a sum of $3.3million (N1.2billion) was budgeted for health assistance. Also, $34million (N12.7 billion) was earmarked for “humanitarian funding for risk-communications, water and sanitation, infection-prevention, coordination and emergency food assistance”. Additionally, $4.1million (N1.5billion) is for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable people, including internally displaced persons. America said the aid “joins more than $8.1billion (N3 trillion) in total assistance for Nigeria over the past…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday disrupted the unveiling of an alleged COVID-19 herbal syrup in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Paul Oni, a herbalist, had concluded arrangements to unveil his syrup at a briefing on Thursday at the Centenary Hall in the Ake axis of Abeokuta. However, officials of NAFDAC stormed the venue in the company of policemen and officers of the Department of State Services, DSS, disrupting the gathering. Channels Television reports that Oni was later led to the factory where he planned to produce the anti-COVID syrup. The factory was subsequently sealed…
A genocide expert and former Congressman Frank Wolf have warned that violence being committed against Christians in Nigeria and the U.S. government’s “failed” response to it could lead to another genocide like the ones that occurred in Rwanda and Darfur. Wolf, a longtime Republican representative from Virginia who is the namesake of the International Religious Freedom Act passed by Congress in 2016, joined Genocide Watch’s Greg Stanton, Nigerian bishops and other religious freedom advocates on a Zoom call with reporters last week hosted by the advocacy group In Defense of Christians. “When the world and the U.S. ignored genocide in Rwanda,…
Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has displayed the forms of the incumbent Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the forthcoming election in the State, Godwin Obaseki, and those of 13 others. The Commission displayed the particulars at its annex office, located at the former state secretariat of the PDP on Sapele Road in Benin, Edo State on Thursday. INEC’s Information reveals that Governor Obaseki obtained the West African School Leaving Certificate in 1973 and Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.), 1979, as his qualifications. The Governor did not present his Higher School Certificate…