PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Harambee Africa Nigeria has recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 31,987. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The NCDC said that as at July 11, 664 new confirmed cases and Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalty kicks, both awarded for handballs and the second in the last minute on Saturday, as Serie A leaders Juventus twice hit back to draw 2-2 with Atalanta. The draw helped the defending champions to move closer to a ninth successive Serie A title. The Portuguese forward Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: LASEMA Dr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, says the state government will enforce the law on demolition of distressed buildings. The commissioner made this known during a visit to the site of the two-storey building which collapsed in the early hours of Saturday on Freeman St. Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Evening Standard Lionel Messi notched a 20th assist of the season to help a lacklustre FC Barcelona secure a 1-0 win away to Real Valladolid on Saturday in the 2019/2020 La Liga. The win helped the La Liga champions to maintain the pressure on leaders Real Madrid. Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal struck Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Mudashiru Obasa The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the family of late Tunde Braimoh who died on Friday, saying that his death hit him “like thunder”. Obasa, who is also the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, made this known in a condolence Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: FRSC The Lagos State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Olusegun Ogungbemide has commenced a tour of motor parks in Lagos to sensitise public transport operators on the need to maintain strict adherence to COVID-19 precautionary guidelines. Ogungbemide told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the development had become Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: FINANCIAL TIMES The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 14 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from Saturday to July 25. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: TheCable The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it had sealed a private medical laboratory conducting COVID-19 tests inside a pharmacy at Banana Island in Ikoyi, Lagos. The ministry, through its Twitter account, said that the lab; Acouns Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Centre, situated inside a pharmacy,was carrying out COVID-19 Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: AS English Nigeria announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country within 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 31,323 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC said via its official twitter handle that as at Friday, July 10, a total of 20 deaths caused by the coronavirus were Read More…
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Stears Business The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday that the total public debt portfolio of the Federal and State Governments as of March 31 stood at N28.63 trillion. The NBS made this known in its Nigerian domestic and foreign debt report released in Abuja. The bureau said that further Read More…