The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has cautioned traditional medicine practitioners to refer patients with symptoms of coronavirus to the appropriate authorities. Mamora, while delivering an address at a meeting with Traditional Medicine and Herbal Cure Claimants against COVID-19 on Thursday, said ongoing issues of looking inwards for indigenous solutions to COVID-19 […]
The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday – May 25 and 26, 2020 – as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement on behalf of the Federal Government. This was contained in a press statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, […]
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich resisted a second-half fightback by Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a 5-2 win behind closed doors ahead of Tuesday’s top-of-the-table clash at Dortmund. Bayern cruised into a 3-0 lead with goals by Leon Goretzka, the league’s top-scorer Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller at the Allianz Arena before Frankfurt rattled the hosts. Defender […]
Borussia Dortmund claimed a 2-0 win at Wolfsburg with goals by Raphael Guerreiro and Achraf Hakimi. Dortmund winger Guerreiro opened the scoring in the 32nd minute when he tapped home a cross. The visitors had a let-off early in the second half when Wolfsburg winger Renato Steffen clipped the crossbar. England winger Jadon Sancho helped secure […]
Two persons were confirmed dead while 13 others were injured in an accident involving a lorry and a commercial bus that occurred along Ihiala axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Anambra today Friday, May 22. The Anambra state Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Andrew Kumapayi, confirmed the incident and said the accident occurred at about 7.10am […]
Governor Umar Ganduje and his aides on friday afternoon congregated for the first Juma’at prayers since he lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the state. Recall that three weeks ago, the Federal government placed the state on total lockdown as part of measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the state. Despite the increasing number of […]
A senior Olympics official has warned that holding the postponed Tokyo Games next year faces “real problems” with even a vaccine unlikely to stave off the threat of the coronavirus. John Coates, the International Olympic Committee’s pointman for Tokyo 2020, indicated that officials would start deciding in October if and how the pandemic-hit Games could […]
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, however, it won’t happen in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, following rumours making the round the Federal […]
A top ISIS commander has been captured by Iraqi special forces, the country’s national intelligence service has claimed. Abdul Nasser Qirdash, once tipped to replace Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as head of ISIS, was arrested on Wednesday, May 20. “Today, the terrorist named Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, the candidate to succeed the criminal al-Baghdadi, was arrested. [The arrest] […]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. The council announced the appointment in a statement on Friday, saying it was contained in a letter, FME/PS/396/C1/1/134, signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Obioma, a Professor […]