Edros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has thrown his weight behind the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, even as a surge in the Delta variant drives a resurgence of COVID-19 around the world and the event faces continued opposition just days before the opening ceremony. Speaking to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, says he does not have “soap” to cut for anyone. Cubana, who made this known in an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Tuesday, advised youths to work hard and earn a better life. “Soap” is a lingo used in Nigerian social circles to affirm the…
The police command in Imo has confirmed the death of a senior Pastor in Owerri, Thompson Onyekwuru, while trying to separate a fight between a couple in the state. The police confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Mike Abattam. Abattam said that the incident occurred at Umukoto Nekede…
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has paid an additional nine months of consequential adjustment arrears occasioned by the new minimum wage increase of 2019 to the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) pensioners. Mr Gbenga Ajayi, the PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, stated this in a statement issued on behalf of Dr Chioma Ejikeme, the Executive…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 143 new COVID-19 cases, with one death. In its official website handle on Tuesday morning, NCDC said the total infections from the virus had risen to 169,678 as at July 19. The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicated a decrease from the 203…
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after the Department of…
Yoruba leaders, including monarchs, have rallied support for Yoruba rights activists, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who has been arrested in Benin Republic. Some of the leaders, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday morning, said meetings are holding on the matter. The source also told our correspondent that lawyers…
Transaction on the Nigerian stock market closed on a positive note ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration with a marginal growth of 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 5.47 per cent to close at 37,952.65 against 37,947.18 achieved on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation rose by two billion naira or 0.01 per cent…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has partnered with some cyber security stakeholders to launch a new cyber awareness campaign tagged ‘# NoGoFallMaga’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative was launched in collaboration with Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of the Nigeria Financial Industry (CCISONFI) and Cybersafe Foundation (CSF). Mr…
