Bauchi state’s Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has been confirmed positive to Coronavirus. His Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, made this announcement through a statement on Tuesday afternoon. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who was confirmed to have been infected with ... Read More »

  … others advised to self-isolate Three officials in the of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Efforts to reach Presidential spokesmen to confirm most of the developments within the State House on Tuesday were unsuccessful as neither the Special Adviser and ... Read More »

An Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba, in Oji River Local Government Area of the State, Igwe Anayo Anochili. The Court presided over by Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo, held that Anochili was not qualified ab-initio to contest for the traditional stool, having presented a questionable Secondary School Certificate. Another contestant to the ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the procedure for the appointment of new permanent secretaries to fill the existing vacancies in 16 states of the federation. In a statement signed by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), on Tuesday in Abuja, the affected states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra ... Read More »

As part of efforts to consummate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated policy aimed at reducing the figure of the unbanked populace by 20 percent by 2020 and to ensure greater participation in the nation’s financial sector, Heritage Bank Plc has keyed into this initiative to drive financial inclusion and promote economic growth. CBN has mandated all banks in ... Read More »

Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. One is in Lagos state and the other in Ogun state. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveller while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case. So far,  there are 42 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative of the Coronavirus Disease despite claims his Chief of Staff (COS) Abba Kyari was diagnosed of the COVID-19 on Monday. Buhari was said to have subjected himself to be screened after result of Kyari’s test conducted Sunday came in positive on Monday. It was gathered that Kyari who’s also a close relative of ... Read More »

Lagos State civil servants from Grade Level 1-12 should stay at home for the next 14 days with effect from tomorrow 23rd of March, 2020 Read More »

Left to Right (Front Row): Deputy Rector (Admin) of Auchi Polytechnic, Engr. Zubair Adebayo; Globacom’s Regional Activation Manager (Benin), Obiora Ezeora; Vice Chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area, Umar Jeleed, and Deputy President, National Union of Local Government Employees (Auchi Branch) Comrade Agbons Uyigue, at the cutting of the tape to open Globacom’s new state of the arts Customer ... Read More »

Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced proactive measures it has taken to control the spread of the COVID – 19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The Bank’s Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, said “embedded in our corporate strategy is business continuity management that ensures the delivery of products, services and initiatives to our ... Read More »