1867 New COVID-19 Cases, 705 Discharged And 8 Deaths On January 15 1867 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-713 Plateau-273 FCT-199 Kaduna-117 Oyo-79 Enugu-58 Ondo-53 Kano-49 Sokoto-43 Ogun-37 Osun-37 Nasarawa-36 Rivers-28 Benue-24 Delta-24 Niger-24 Gombe-18 Edo-15 Taraba-12 Bayelsa-10 Ekiti-9 Borno-6 Zamfara-2 Jigawa-1 Our discharges today include 277 community recoveries in Lagos …
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Nigerian footballer, Peter Olayinka has shares lovely photos of himself and his fiancee, Nollywood actress Yetunde Barnabas, via his Instagram handle, Newsextra24 reports. He captioned the photos: “My sweet fine wine” Olayinka plays as a striker for Slavia Prague in Czech Republic. The couple announced their engagement last month
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US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet. Biden had announced the appointment of Badejo, a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. The office of White …
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VIDEO: Pigeons released by Buhari refuse to fly at Armed Forces remembrance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsrDlyQNHbs The doves, otherwise known as white pigeons, released by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony, refused to fly despite multiple attempts by the President thereby sparking a debate on …
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The National Youth Service Corps has banned all forms of religious gatherings on its orientation camps. NYSC Camp Safe Reopening Project Lead, Dr Oyeladun Okunromade, stated this on Friday at a sensitisation webinar for the 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. The event with the theme, ‘Protecting The health …
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Derby County confirm the appointment of Wayne Rooney as the club’s new manager. The 35-year-old takes up the position on a two-and-half-year deal which will run until the summer of 2023. Rooney stepped up to lead Derby’s coaching team towards the end of November after former manager Phillip Cocu parted …
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday stated that it has not approved any COVID-19 vaccine. It warned fake vaccines have started circulating in the country, urging the public not to purchase such drugs as they can cause COVID-19-like illnesses and can lead to …
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The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 15.75 percent (year-on-year) in December 2020. This is 0.86 percent points higher than the rate recorded in November 2020 (14.89) percent. Increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yielded the Headline index. On a month-on-month basis, the Headline index …
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other top government officials on Friday laid wreaths at the National Arcade, Abuja as part of activities to mark this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Buhari, who arrived the Arcade at about 10.05am had earlier inspected a guard of honour mounted by …
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Singer Waje has pledged her loyalty to the Cheerful Givers Association of Nigeria, Newsextra24 reports. The 40-year-old shared a picture of her Identification (ID) card on Instagram on Thursday. She was appointed as the minister of budget and national planning of the association. “With tears in my eyes and with …
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