The Lagos State government says all its facilities have been placed on high alert to pick up early trends that may suggest a third wave of COVID-19 in the state. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, in a statement on Monday, said the state was set to take steps to prevent another wave of COVID-19, following the flattening of the second wave. Abayomi warned that a trigger for a third wave of COVID-19 in Lagos was likely to be importation of new COVID-19 strains from inbound travelers. He noted that all strides gained in the fight against the…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given approval to Ikeja Electric Plc to invest the sum of N121.92 billion for infrastructure upgrade across its network within a period of five years. NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s electricity sector, also approved N93.76 billion for Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) to upgrade infrastructure across its network within the same period. The commission made this known in the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and Extraordinary Tariff Review Application for both DisCos which was obtained on Monday by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that the documents were signed…
Tech billionaire Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda have announced divorce after 27 years of marriage. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” a statement on Bill Gates official Twitter handle reads on Monday evening. The couple founded their philanthropic organisation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, together in 2000. “We have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives. “We continue to share a belief in that mission…
The Nigerian Army has refuted report alleging deployment of troops along religious, ethnic and tribal lines. The director, Army public relations, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yerima, stated this while reacting to a report online titled ‘Secret Fulani Plan Unveiled – The Compromised Army Chief’ by Opera News. He said contrary to the report, Lt. Col. Okeke and Lt. Col. Ajah do not exist on the Nigerian Army nominal roll when searched. “Ordinarily, the Nigerian Army would have ignored this illogical and pathetic narrative especially as it continues to record tremendous successes in its on-going operations nation-wide under the able leadership of…
Nigeria and other emerging markets whose economies were hit by Coronavirus (COVID-19) should take more loans to pave the way for their quick recovery from the effects of the pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said yesterday. The advice was in a report posted on the IMF website titled: “Exiting the pandemic with minimal scarring will require policy action on several fronts”. IMF Director of Research, Gita Gopinath, said more than 150 economies are expected to have per capita incomes below their 2019 levels in 2021 due to the impact of the pandemic. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data…
The Army has dismissed online reports on the alleged killing of Igbo senior officers in Fulani conspiracy as baseless and failed attempt to sow seed of discord in the Service. It said there is nothing like Fulani agenda in the Army. Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, described the authors of the report as enemies of peace, adding they are deploying their rhetorics against the sovereignty of the nation. According to the Army: “For the umpteenth time the callous and cowardly enemies of Nigeria’s peace and unity are at their worst moments of divisive and subversive rhetorics against…
Registration at the approved centres of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for the National Identity Number (NIN) now attracts between N3000 and N5000, it was gathered at the weekend. This is coming as the May 6, 2021 deadline set by the Federal Government for subscribers to link their NIN with their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards and the May 15, 2021 deadline set by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examination registration draw nearer. A mother of three and owner of a restaurant in Egbeda, a Lagos…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday raised alarm over frequent attacks on its offices nationwide, saying this could derail the 2023 general elections. The alarm followed yesterday’s attack on its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. This came as insecurity woes in the country were weekend compounded by the killing of a senior military officer by Boko Haram which attacked a military base in Ajiri village in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. This is even as gunmen killed Kogi State Commissioner for Pensions Board, Mr. Solomon Adegbayo, popularly known Akeweje, in the…
Neymar says he will do anything to help Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City, even if it means that he has to “die on the pitch” to reach the Champions League final. PSG suffered a 2-1 defeat to City at Parc des Princes in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, which leaves them with a mountain to climb in the second leg at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. Neymar is still optimistic that the French champions can reach their second successive final, however, and has promised to lead from the front in Manchester as Mauricio Pochettino’s side seek to complete…
Crude oil extended its gains at the weekend after closing at a six-week high with signs of strengthening demand in key markets, thereby piling more pressure on the ability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to contribute to the Federation Account. However, the organised labour has suggested the adoption of production cost pricing method where the price of petrol will be based on the cost of domestic crude oil production and refining in the domestic market, as a way of reducing the burden of the price disparity between the market and pump prices of petrol on the federation. NNPC…