Officials of the Nigerian Football Federation are being made to undergo compulsory testing for Covid-19. General Secretary of the Federation, MOHAMMED SANUSI, said the tests begins Thursday, August 20, 2020, at the NFF Secretariat within the National Stadium Complex in Abuja. SANUSI said the compulsory coronavirus test is to determine if a management staff who recently contracted…
The Lagos State Government has offered one hundred million naira grant to twenty-three young innovators and pioneer tech firms. The fund was released from the two hundred and fifty-million-naira seed capital that was set aside by the state government last year, as Research and Innovation Fund. During the presentation of the bank cheques; Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, said…
The Lagos State Government has paid respects to late Doctor STELLA ADADEVOH who died in 2014 while helping to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. The Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI, paid the tribute as the world marked International Humanitarian Day yesterday. Professor ABAYOMI also said an organization that was set up in honour of…
The Federal Government is yet to meet all the demands by the National Association of Resident Doctors. Representatives of the association are holding another round of meeting with government officials, but it is not clear if the doctors are considering going on another strike. The First Vice President of NARD, Doctor JULIAN OJEBO, said the association was…
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the victory of Governor DOUYE DIRI of the People’s Democratic Party in November last year. The Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh governorship election in the state within ninety days. The judgment read by Justice YUNUSA MUSA was based on a petition…
The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has observed the reduction in the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus diseases in Nigeria. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, also stressed the fact that no new death was recorded from the disease as of Wednesday, August 12, 2020. However; MUSTAPHA…