The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, recorded nine more deaths and 1,624 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 137,754. The country has so far tested 1,302,410 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020, in the country. The health agency also confirmed additional nine Coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,641 in the country. The NCDC said that the new infections were recorded in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to it, Lagos, Plateau,…
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The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has released the list of Visitation Panels to 25 Federal Polytechnics and 21 Colleges of Education as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a directive to submit their reports in six weeks. It would be recalled that on January 21, at the 2020 Annual Ministerial Press Briefing, the minister promised that the list of the visitation panels to the institutions would be released in two weeks. Adamu, while rolling out the list, in Abuja, on Friday, said the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the visitation panels would include, among others; examining the relationship…
Gunmen have opened fire on commuters and killed six along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road. A statement by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Friday, said the bandits, reported to be on the run from security agencies in the Birnin Gwari general area, took to the highway around Ungwan Dangedda. He added that as the bandits retreated, they shot at several vehicles and the driver of one of the commercial vehicles, was hit, lost control of the vehicle, resulting in its somersault. Aruwan gave the names of the six people who died on the spot…
By Tina George, Minna The Commodity Alliance Forum (CAF), has distributed farm inputs to 250 farmers in Niger state for the dry season farming. The farmers were drawn from 10 farmers cooperatives in five local government areas of the state. Flagging off the distribution in Badeggi, Katcha local government area of state, the chairman, Ibrahim Kanko said that the distribution was to ameliorate the sufferings of the farmers who may not be able to afford farm inputs because of the effect of COVID-19 and flooding. According to him, the inputs are given to farmers, which cost is expected to be…
The Fugar Progressive Union, FPU, has called on president Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammad Adamu, to unravel the killers of its son and US-based Dennis Abuda. Abuda, who was president of Fugar- American Foundation, an affiliate and partner of FPU, was killed last Saturday on his way to Lagos to catch a return flight to America after the Yuletide celebration in Fugar. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of FPU, Mr Solomon Obomighie on Friday also called on US government to support Nigeria’s efforts in bringing the perpetrators to book. The Union appealed to…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.63 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as at September 2020. NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Key Financial and Operational Data, obtained from its website in Lagos. The document showed that only Eko Electricity Distribution Company and Ikeja Electric Plc had metered over 50 per cent of their customers as at the review period. The huge metering gap for electricity customers, according to NERC, remains a key challenge in the industry. The data showed that…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday moved 482.19 million shares valued at N5.58 billion in 5,998 deals. This was in contrast with a turnover of 629.41 million shares worth N7.98 billion achieved in 4,752 deals on Thursday, representing a decrease of 23.39 per cent. A breakdown of the activity chart indicates that Union Bank of Nigeria was the most active, exchanging 78.23 million shares valued at N453.72 million. Zenith Bank followed with an account of 52.78 million shares worth N1.37 billion, while Transcorp traded 31.17 million shares valued at N31.27 million. United Bank of Africa sold 26.92 million shares…
South Korea’s drug safety agency said Friday it has approved pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc.’s COVID-19 treatment candidate on several conditions. Yonhap reports that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, said CT-P59 can be administered to COVID-19 patients at higher risk. This approval refers to people aged 60 or older, or with health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, high pressure or chronic diseases that affect the respiratory system. The ministry also announced the authorization on the condition that Celltrion submit results of the global phase-three clinical trial. Last month, Celltrion announced top-line results from its randomized and placebo controlled…
Ghana’s exports contracted by 7.8 per cent year-on-year to US$14.5 billion in 2020, mainly because of a significant drop of US$1.6 billion in crude oil export receipts on the back of low prices, the Bank of Ghana has announced. Media reports quoted a central bank report as saying gold and cocoa export earnings on the other hand, went up by 9.1 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively, due to favourable prices and production volumes. It said total imports went down by US$974 million to US$12.4 billion, underpinned by significant declines in both oil and non-oil imports. Consequently, the trade…
An American missionary and philanthropist who set up an orphanage in Kenya has been sent to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervision after his conviction for sex crime and abuse of teenage children, a US attorney said on Thursday. Acting United States Attorney, Jennifer Arbittier Williams, announced that Gregory Dow, 61, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania district, was sentenced to 15 years, eight months in prison, a lifetime of supervised release. Dow was also ordered to pay US$16,000 in restitution by United States District Judge, Edward Smith, for sexually abusing four minor children in an orphanage which the…