Ghana hero Michael Essien is set to spend sometime on the sidelines after suffering a groin injury during Sabail FK 1-1 draw with Neftchi PFK in the Azerbaijani Premier League. According to GHANAsoccernet.com, the veteran midfielder sustained a groin injury and was substituted 16th minute of the game. Essien...
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China’s foreign trade plummeted 11 per cent year-on-year in the first two months of 2020 to 591.99 billion dollars, according to statistics released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Saturday. It is the first time the GAC has released such figures since the new coronavirus broke out...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) joined the rest of the world on Friday, to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD) by hosting a half day symposium and bell ringing ceremony for gender equality at The Exchange, Lagos. With the theme “Each for Equal”, the event focused...
The death toll in the U.S. from the coronavirus rose to 17 on Friday, as the impact of the outbreak continued to have a knock-on effect across the country. Two deaths were reported in Florida, and four more deaths were reported in Washington state, the epicentre of the outbreak, where...
By BARBARA KALU, Lagos – The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has commenced the implementation of the reforms approved by the President to strengthen the Commission’s regulatory role and make it more effective. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Lagos on Friday at a meeting...
There are now more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. The university’s dashboard reported a total of 100,329 cases across the world Friday morning, CNN reports. The figure is slightly different than the latest count...
The Kenyan government has opened a quarantine centre in the capital, Nairobi, for suspected coronavirus cases. The facility at Mbagathi District Hospital has been opened in the wake of public concern about the country’s preparedness to deal with a possible outbreak of the new strain of the virus, which...
Three Ghanaian players have been detained in Zambia, according to a report by FootballMadeinGhana. It said the detention occurred on Friday March 6 after it was uncovered that the players who play for top flight side Buildcon FC have flouted Zambian Immigration Laws. In an official statement sighted by FootballMadeinGhana,...
Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Friday that work on the Aquatics Centre was finished in February meaning that all the venues built for this year’s Olympics have been completed on time. The Aquatics Centre, which will host swimming and diving events at Tokyo 2020, was one of eight new...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has hinted that the federal government is ramping up efforts and incentives, including the Finance Act 2020, to further boost development in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country, urging that MSMEs take advantage of the initiatives. Osinbajo...
A total of 18 suspected cases of coronavirus have been identified so far in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The health agency disclosed this in its fifth national situation report on the virus, following the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus (COVID-19)...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Stakeholders drawn from countries and institutions across Africa are meeting in Abuja for a simulation exercise meant to strengthen regional preparedness and readiness capacities to Covid-19 epidemic in West Africa. The two-day event, being held at the Barcelona Hotel in Nigeria’s capital, is organized...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Bells University of Technology (BUT), Ota, Ogun State, have signed an agreement to join forces on various aspects of agropreneurship development. According to a statement by Godwin Atser, digital extension & advisory services specialist at IITA, the Memorandum of...
By OUR REPORTER Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has pledged to partner with the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to improve the welfare of civil servants in the FCT. Malam Bello made the pledge when he received...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, has outlined the provision of economic opportunities for the people as top priorities for state governors in the country. Similarly, the NGF chairman maintained that it remain a key area...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that there is an urgent need to refine processes for funding research and innovation in the country, in order to build local capacity to compete favourably with scientifically advanced economies. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday during a meeting of the...
‘OPEC will help stabilize the oil market even with coronavirus concerns’ says African Energy Chamber
‘OPEC will help stabilize the oil market even with coronavirus concerns’ says African Energy Chamber
EHIME ALEX, Lagos As oil prices sank about 14 per cent last week alone and the Brent hit a twelve-month low on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) meeting in Vienna this week would help stabilize the market. The Executive Chairman of...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Government and the Bank of Industry (BOU) are set to raise one billion naira for the purpose of enhancing small and medium entrepreneurs in seven local government areas of the state. This was the outcome of a meeting on Wednesday in Maiduguri between Governor...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has again be named as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the recently released Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2020 for the third consecutive year. According to a statement on Wednesday by the bank’s corporate communications...