The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced eight deaths and 1,131 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 142,578. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency said that in the last 24 hours 1,131 people tested positive in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It confirmed additional eight coronavirus-related deaths also in24 hours, bringing the country’s COVID-19 related deaths to 1,702. The NCDC stated that the registered infections showed that Lagos State recorded the highest number with 297 new infections, taking…
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The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that 20 soldiers were killed by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North-East Theatre of Operation Lafiya Dole. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammad Yerima via a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, said the information was false. Yerima described the report by an online medium, titled; Nigerian Army Keeps Mum As Boko Haram Terrorists Kill ’20 Soldiers’ In Borno” as false, fake and baseless. He said the report was aimed at discouraging the public and demoralising troops on the untiring efforts in the overall fight against insurgency. According…
By Waheed Ogunjobi Ever since the Federal government, through the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) issued the new order on the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the Subscriber Identification Module, otherwise known as the SIM card by all Nigerians coupled with the issuance of deadline to that effect and the threats that follows, there have been flurry of activities around the offices of the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, by Nigerians who are eager to beat the deadline as well as a sudden reawakening on the essence of getting enrolled with the scheme. And despite the shift of…
The bears continued to dominate trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with investors losing N426 billion in about six hours of trading. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened at N21.715 trillion shed N426 billion or 1.96 per cent to close at N21.289 trillion due to massive profit-taking. Similarly, the All-Share Index dipped 814.15 points or 1.96 per cent to close at 40,696.01 from 41,510.16 recorded on Tuesday. The market loss was driven by price depreciation in large and medium-capitalised stocks amongst which were; Fidson, Chemical & Allied Products, Regency Alliance Insurance, Sovereign Trust Insurance and Sunu Assurance.…
US drug firm, Pfizer, has announced a partnership with IDA Foundation, an independent social enterprise providing essential medicines to low-and middle-income countries, to provide equitable access to quality cancer treatments, the firm said on Wednesday. The agreement covers the delivery of the cancer treatments in almost 70 developing countries across Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Western Pacific region. At least 45 African countries are covered by the supply agreement. “The supply agreement means that millions more patients will now have the potential to access innovative chemotherapy medicines for multiple types of cancer,” the drug maker said in a statement.…
NetPlusDotCom, a leading technology and digital payment company has launched NetPOS devices, Android-based Point-Of-Sale (POS) Systems enabled to process multiple types payments securely on the go. The device, launched virtually on zoom, on Wednesday in Lagos, are already certified by the Nigeria Interbank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) and come in two variants – the NetPOS Mini and NetPOS Pro devices. Both devices come preinstalled with the NetPOS Payment App, and the NetPlus Merchant Super App (STORM) which allow utilities and features that allows transactions to be conducted seamlessly. These apps are available for download on the Google Play store, the company said,…
“Operation Akpakwu” a security outfit of the Cross River Government has raided a suspected baby factory operating within Anantigha area of Calabar South, rescuing 24 pregnant ladies, 11 children and arrested two suspects. The security outfit was formed by Gov. Ben Ayade of the state to tackle all forms of illegality, especially kidnapping. The Officer Commanding 13 Brigade Provost, Maj. Stanley Ikepeme, did the handing over of the suspects to officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on behalf of the the 13 Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Abdullahi on Wednesday in Calabar. He said…
The Police Command in Rivers on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of a reporter attached to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Port Harcourt, Mrs Chidiebere Onyia. SP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers, said the command had deployed personnel to locate and rescue Onyia from her abductors. He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, AIG Joseph Mukan, had ordered the command’s tactical units to ensure the victim’s safe release. Gunmen had kidnapped Onyia, a female reporter with NTA, at about 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday around Woji area in Port Harcourt. It was further gathered…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N9.43 billion to complete the digital switch over, which had previously missed the deadline set for implementation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting in Abuja. Mohammed said the council also endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding between the ministry and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Bankers Committee for the renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos, at the cost of N31.8 billion. On the digital switch over, the minister said: “As…
Prosecutors in the US state of Georgia are pursuing a criminal investigation into whether former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the state election results. The New York Times said this on Wednesday citing unknown sources familiar with the situation. “Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including a phone call he made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Mr Trump pressured him to ‘find’ enough votes to help him reverse his loss,’’ the report said. Fulton County’s recently-elected Democratic prosecutor Fani Willis sent…