COVID-19: NCDC confirms 339 new cases, total infections now 7,016

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,016. The News Agency of…

Buhari asks Senate to confirm Lamido Yuguda as SEC DG

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written the Senate to confirm Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant on…

NBA Benin Holds Emergency Meeting, Seeks Release Of Abducted Colleague

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch and members of Edo Civil Society Organisation on Tuesday held an emergency meeting, demanding the release of their colleague, Osobase Omo-Iyoha who was…

It was approved by the Minister of Agriuculture – Permanent Secretary speaks on paying N7bn for uncompleted building

Mohammed Bello, the permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology has defended himself after being issued a query over alleged financial misconduct as the permanent secretary of the federal ministry…

19 more staff of a company in Oyo state test positive for Coronavirus

19 more staff of a company in Ibadan South-West local government area have tested positive for Coronavirus, days after 38 staff of same company tested positive for the virus.  Governor Seyi…

Quality of Nollywood movies have dropped – Yul Edochie laments

Ace Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie, on Monday decried what he called the “drop”  in the quality of Nollywood  movies. The thespian shared his thoughts in series of posts on his…

Real Madrid, Bayern And Inter Milan To Launch European Solidarity Cup

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan will stage a new competition called the ‘European Solidarity Cup’ in 2021 to raise money for medical facilities in Italy and Spain. The…

Ronaldo Returns To Juventus Training After Two Months

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Juventus in Turin on Tuesday after an absence of over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 35-year-old arrived at the Juventus Training Centre in…

ARSENAL HAS TO SELL AUBAMEYANG

‘They could have asked for £100m’ – Arsenal must now sell Aubameyang on the cheap after ‘crazy’ mistake says Aliadiere The captain has only one year left on his contract…

Zenith Insurance profit rises 16% to N3.7bn

Zenith General Insurance Limited has released its full-year financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019, showing positive improvements on a year-on-year, YoY, basis with profit before tax rising…