Nigeria should not start celebrating a recent consistent decline in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country, the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has said, attributing the decline to the low number of samples collected from states. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force…
Top English Premier League club, Donny Van De Beek , are set to make Donny van de Beek their first signing of the summer transfer window. The club are closing in on the Ajax midfielder after the two clubs agreed a fee in the region of £40 million. The fee is reportedly £35.7 million (€40…
The latest survey on health of States in Nigeria is out, and Rivers State has joined the few States that have the highest rate of unemployment. Worried by this report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it has paid about N2.28 billion which is over $5.9 million as tuition and stipends owed stranded scholarship student in United Kingdom. In a statement released on Monday, the Director Corporate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili, disclosed that the commission has disbursed this payment to 197 beneficiaries of its…
After expressing his desire to leave Barcelona during the summer transfer window, Messi was said to have informed club officials that he would not be taking part in coronavirus tests ahead of Ronald Koeman’s first session. This left the new manager to take charge of his first training session without the super star Lionel Messi,…
As part of its further response to deal with the global economic challenge occasioned by COVID-19, Heritage Bank Plc has reiterated commitment to deepen its support to young entrepreneurs in Nigeria to grow their businesses either as start-ups or prospective business owners. This is in line with its culture as timeless wealth partners, which would…
Nigeria’s next-generation marketing communications group, SBI Media Limited is now poised to launch 9PSB, a pioneer player of payment service banking. The imminent launch of 9PSB was given the green-light after the Central Bank of Nigeria announced the approval of an operational license to provide immersive financial services to Africa’s most populous market and more…