Business Power Top Story

Corruption stalls uninterrupted electricity to Africa – CIPE

Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has said that huge sums lost to corruption in Africa was enough to provide 24 hours uninterrupted power supply for three years. Andrew Wilson, CIPE Executive Director, stated this at the 2020 edition of the Africa Business Ethics Conference (ABEC) on Monday in Lagos. The conference theme was: “Tackling Read More…

Business Notes Stocks

Nigeria stock market dips N38bn amid blue chips loss

The nation’s bourse opened trading for the week on Monday with a loss of N38 billion due to profit taking on Ecobank Transnational Incoporated (ETI), Zenith Bank and Nigerian Breweries. Specifically, the market capitalisation shed N38 billion or 0.21 per cent to close at N18.327 trillion from N18.365 trillion achieved on Friday. Also, the All-Share Read More…

Couture Culture & Arts Entertainment Notes

COVID-conscious Chanel streams fashion show from Loire chateau

Decked out in looks fit for a pre-revolutionary banquet, dozens of models paraded elaborate Chanel styles for the fashion house’s latest show, beamed out to audiences on Thursday evening from the hall of a 16th century Loire Valley chateau. Some luxury brands, including Chanel, had tentatively returned to the catwalk with live audiences, but governments Read More…

Notes Olympics Sports

Residents uncertain about Games as costs, COVID-19 cases rise

Japanese residents are torn between trepidation and tentative support for next year’s Olympic Games that are now set to be far more expensive than expected amid a spike in coronavirus cases. In an announcement on Friday, organisers said the postponed Games would cost an additional 294 billion yen ($2.8 billion) with the bill to be Read More…

Olympics Sports Top Story

Olympics: Surfing and breakdancing among four sports to win Paris 2024 spot

Breakdancing, surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing won a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics when the International Olympic Committee ratified their inclusion on Monday, IOC President Thomas Bach said. The Paris 2024 organising committee had last year proposed the four sports for inclusion and was waiting on a final review by the IOC’s Executive Board. Read More…

Football Notes Sports

Mourinho congratulates Arteta for ‘tough match’ as Tottenham beat Arsenal in derby

The home side returned to the top of the Premier League after beating their city rivals but the coach says it was anything but an easy winTottenham manager Jose Mourinho said Arsenal made it difficult for his side as they won 2-0 in the north London derby on Sunday, and congratulated Gunners counterpart Mikel Arteta Read More…

Metro Politics Top Story

Abiru wins Lagos East senatorial election

APC wins Lagos assembly by-election The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Tokunbo Abiru, has emerged victorious in the Lagos East senatorial bye-election conducted in the state on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that Abiru obtained a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party. Read More…

Pedestrians walk past a sign telling residents to call phone numbers if they have symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria, May 12, 2020.Sunday Alamba/AP
COVID19 Health Top Story

COVID-19: Nigeria hits 68,937 cases as 310 new infections reported

The total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country jumped to 68,937 on Saturday as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ), reported  310 new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) cases in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The country has conducted about 791,539 tests since the first COVID-19 Read More…