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The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union Commission for Social Affairs has endorsed a protocol for phase III clinical trials of herbal medicine for COVID-19 as well as a charter and terms of reference […]
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer, the Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar revealed that Nigeria has met its compliance obligations under the Hydrochlorofuorocarbons phase-out management plan of the Montreal Protocol. According to a press release signed by Saghir el Mohammed, […]
The Vice-Chancellor of University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, has commiserated with the family of Alhaji Shehu Idris CFR, Chancellor of the University, who died on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 at the age of 84. The Vice-Chancellor in a statement by the Head Information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, on Sunday in Abuja […]
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has commenced the phased training of over 2,000 Primary School Teachers on the integration of technological devices for instructional classroom delivery under the EKOEXCEL initiative. In his address at the commencement of the training programme, being held at CMS Primary Schools Complex, Bariga, and Vetland Primary Schools […]
FIFA has confirmed that club competition, the Club World Cup, will not take place in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Club world Cup was due to take place in Doha in December and feature the winners of each of the continental club competitions. FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino said he hoped that the competition could […]
YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation, revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), election result in Edo was consistent with its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology. Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, Board member, YIAGA Africa who made this known in a statement, said that the group deployed PVT to assess the credibility of the Sept. 19, Governorship […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as governor of Edo State. Congratulating him on Sunday in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari urged him to continue to show grace and humility in victory. The President also commended the election process […]
The Board of Directors of Polaris Bank Ltd and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has appointed Mr Segun Opeke as an Executive Director. The bank’s Company Secretary, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, announced the appointment in a statement. Osibodu explained that the development was coming on the heels of the recent appointment of, Mr Innocent Ike, as […]
The Rivers State government and energy company, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), in Port Harcourt on Thursday, September 17, 2020, inaugurated the Egi/Igburu Cluster Development Board (CDB) for pipeline communities to SPDC’s Assa North Gas project, which has a capacity for 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the recently released SEC Statement on Digital Assets and their Classification and Treatmen is aimed at boosting investors’ protection in the capital market. Emomotimi Agama, Head, Registration, Exchanges, Market Infrastructure and Innovation of the SEC speaking on the guidelines in an interview said: “The first thing […]