Tag: Covid-19
COVID-19: Buhari’s Economic Policies took Nigeria out of Recession- Ari, ITF DG
The Director General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Joseph Ari said Nigeria recovered the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through the laudable economic policies of the Buhari administration. He noted that the ITF supported the President’s efforts through the provision of requisite skills using its acquisition programmes that helped most Nigerians recover their sources ...Storm stops Osinbajo from opening the 20th National Sports Festival in Edo, aircraft diverted
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo missed the official opening of the 20th National Sports Festival in Benin due to the storm at the city’s airport, Edo’s Gov. Godwin Obaseki said on Tuesday. Obaseki, in his address at Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the festival tagged “Edo 2020”, said the vice-president tried to be at the venue of the ...NSF: 7 athletes test positive to COVID-19, quarantined
Mr Musa Ebomhiana, the Project Manager, Media and Communications, Sub-Committee for the Edo Games, says seven athletes at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin have tested positive to COVID-19 screening. Ebomhiana confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday. He said the infected athletes ...How lack of clean water is driving up diseases in upscale Lekki
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Help! Lekki residents are exposed to water-related diseases engendered by sub-standard and unregulated sources of water supply. Increasing cases of dysentery and diarrhea-induced pathogenic bacteria infections have sparked concerns on public health in the area. Water is an essential element in human life, and inability to have access to clean water ...First Bank boss lists ways to drive growth in post-Covid-19 Africa
Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria, says the bank will leverage technology capabilities and its heritage reputation to accelerate growth post-COVID-19. Adeduntan said this on Thursday during a Digital Disruption Series webinar organised by the Surrey Business School of the University of Surrey, England. The webinar was themed: “Digital Disruption: How ...Catholics free to take Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – Vatican, Catholic Bishops
The Vatican has clarified that Catholics can take the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine even if it was the only vaccine available. Some Catholics have expressed reservations about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to a cell line from an abortion being used in its production. The Catholic Church abhors abortion and strongly preaches against ...N41.06b UBEC fund not accessed; Imo, Anambra, Kaduna are chief defaulters
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Boboyyi, says over N41.06 billion UBEC matching grants is lying unaccessed despite the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Boboyyi disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while presenting the 2020 Capital Budget Performance to the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. ...Lecture: Driving Pervasive Broadband Penetration to Deepen Digital Financial Inclusion for Nigeria’s Socio-economic Transformation
I thank the Board and Management of the Centre for Financial Journalism for considering me worthy as the Guest Lecturer for this year’s edition of its annual ‘The Bullion Lecture 2021’, holding here at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. This Lecture, being the fifth in a series, was skipped last year owing to the ...Obafemi Awolowo University announces resumption dates for practical courses
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have announced resumption dates for practical courses in some faculties, beginning from March 8, a special release from the institution has said. The release signed by the Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, on Saturday, in Ile-Ife, stated that the first group comprising Science Parts 1 – ...Buhari, Osinbajo show leadership, receive COVID-19 vaccination on live TV
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo kept to their promise as they on Saturday, at the State House, Abuja received vaccination for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The president’s chief physician, Dr Suhayb Rafidadi, administered the vaccine at about 11.52 am. The vice-president was also vaccinated by his personal physician immediately after the president received his ...
