Divers have rescued five persons from the Akaeze-ukwu River in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi as a ‘608’-model bus plunged into it on Friday evening. The bus was said to have 38 passengers on board. Mrs Stella Uchegbu, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Commander in Ebonyi, in a telephone interview that the incident involved the bus and an articulated vehicle, adding the rescued victims were unconscious and were taken to the hospital. “We can, therefore, not confirm if any person is dead or not and the FRSC team (Ishiagu unit) is still at the scene for rescue efforts.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 221 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. According to it, the new cases are confirmed from 18 states in the country. The new infections brought the total number of confirmed cases to 56,956 in Nigeria. The public health agency said that Lagos had 59, the highest number of cases, followed by Abia with 46 cases and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 22. Among others were; Rivers, 11, Bauchi, 7, Benue, Ekiti and Imo, 6 each, Kaduna, Kwara and…
Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a superb debut from Leroy Sane on Friday. It was a sensational start to the new Bundesliga season and the win sent an ominous warning to potential challengers. Also, it was the biggest opening win in Bundesliga history. Bayern Munich showed they had lost none of the sharpness which helped them to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy less than a month ago in dominant fashion. Gnabry grabbed his first goal for the hosts with a fine turn and shot in the fourth minute in…
The Federal Government will support Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, with N75 billion survival fund to cushion the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses. Alhaji Dikko Radda, Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, SMEDAN, disclosed this during the closing of National Business Skills Development Initiative, NBSDI, in Katsina on Friday. The SMEDAN boss said that the N75 billion survival loan would support 500,000 MSMEs and 333,000 artisans across the country. He pointed out that the implementation of the N75 billion MSMEs Survival Fund nationwide would help to cushion the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic on small…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on the governors of Kebbi, Sokoto and Niger States, to jointly come up with formidable strategies and assist flood victims in their various states. The Sultan spoke on Friday, when he paid a courtesy call on Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, at Government House, Birnin Kebbi to sympathise with the government and people of the state over the flood which ravaged the state. The Sultan, who noted that, all natural disasters like flood were ordained by the Almighty Allah, said that, they must be faithfully accepted by Muslims. “We are also here to…
Aimed at supporting the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region, the office is expected to become operational in H2 2021 As part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) today announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria – its second office on the African continent. Aimed at supporting the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region, the office is expected to become operational in H2 2021 and will be the first on the continent to house a team of expert engineers building for the future of Africa and beyond. Facebook’s office will be home to various teams servicing…
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation says it plans to deploy its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology to assess the credibility of the Sept. 19, Edo Governorship poll. Mr Samson Itodo, Executive Director, Yiaga Africa said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the group through its Watching The Vote citizens movement, would also deploy 500 observers to monitor the election. According to Itodo, the PVT is an advanced election observation methodology that employs well-established statistical principles and sophisticated information technology in providing timely and accurate information on conduct of elections. He added that the process will…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has complained that the Nigeria Police are laying “siege” at a hotel where Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike is lodged in Benin, Edo state capital. A statement by the chairman of Rivers PDP, Akawor Desmond alleged that over 300 policemen have laid siege and prevented Wike from going out from the hotel, while Kano and Imo governors, Abdullahi Ganduje and Hope Uzodinma, were moving freely. “The attention of the entire People of Rivers State has been drawn to the siege laid at the Hotel where the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike is lodging while on…
Flood victims in the 23 local government area of Sokoto state, have appealed to wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari to come to their aid. A statement by a concerned citizen, Zayyanu Goronyo issued to news men on Friday, requested Mrs Buhari to, through her pet project, the Future Assured Programme, assist them in all ways possible to remedy the problem they have found themselves. He noted that, it is a flagship programme that has been in the forefront of rendering assistance to the needy, physically challenged and other vulnerable persons across the country. “It is also happily noteworthy that, the…
The Credentials Committee for the 10th Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Triennial Delegates Conference, has announced that candidates seeking election into various elective offices, can begin campaign. A statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Sectary of the committee, Mr Ezeogo Boniface Okoro and Bulak Afsa on Friday said the electioneering would commence from Saturday, September 19, 2020 and end on Sunday, November 8, 2020. “As the candidates and their supporters take to the field for the campaigns, the Committee urges that issue-based campaigns, decency and decorum, should be their watchword. “The Committee warns that no form of hate…