President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with the Nigerian Youth on the occasion of the International Youth Day 2020. Lawan noted the importance of the Day which was set aside by the United Nations to draw attention to issues concerning the youth at the community, national and global levels. According to the statement... Read More
The National Broadcasting Commission says it has noted with grave concern, the unprofessional conduct of Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos, in the handling of the Programme, “Morning Cross Fire”, aired on August 10, 2020, between 8.30am and 9.00am. The station provided its platform for the guest, Dr. Mailafia Obadiah, to promote unverifiable and inciting views that... Read More
NHS Test and Trace Service results in line with the recognised metric of success for contact tracing services across the world New NHS Test and Trace app to begin initial trial phase to help minimise the spread of coronavirus alongside national and local contact tracing New app features include alerts based on postcode, QR check-in... Read More
National President, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Solomon Adodo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent approval of N75 billion for the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund. Mr Solomon Adodo, the National President of NYCN gave the commendation at an ocassion to mark this year’s International Youth Day (IYD) in Abuja.... Read More
Rise in top grades as students celebrate A level results Over 300,000 students will collect AS, A level and vocational and technical qualification results today 2.5ppt rise in proportion of A and A* grades at A level Analysis shows that students have not been disadvantaged due to their background by this year’s awarding process Hundreds... Read More
Temenos technology will enable Sombank to accelerate digital transformation and offer a unified banking experience to customers in branch and online GENEVA, Switzerland, August 13, 2020/ — Sombank selects Temenos Islamic Banking (www.Temenos.com) to create innovative financial products to help with the country’s economic growth, leveraging the market-leading capabilities of Temenos Infinity and Temenos Transact;... Read More
Largest home antibody testing programme for Covid-19 publishes findings Over 100,000 volunteers have taken part in the world’s largest home antibody testing programme for Coronavirus. Findings published by Imperial College London today suggest that 6% of the population in England, around 3.4 million people, have been infected with Covid-19. A further two studies showed some... Read More
Makinde flags off the construction of new Akesan market complex …says first phase will be ready in six months Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, flagged off the reconstruction of the Akesan Market Complex, Oyo, which was gutted by fire in January 2020. The governor had, on January 8, this year, visited the... Read More
Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa will work together to co-create new, innovative products aimed at enhancing the accessibility of financial services DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, August 13, 2020/ — Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) and Airtel Africa have today announced a strategic collaboration to drive financial inclusion across key markets in Africa by providing customers with... Read More
New methodology introduced following urgent review Deaths in people with COVID-19 that occurred within 28 days of testing positive will be published daily The approach, endorsed by the four UK Chief Medical Officers, will be used by all four UK nations The publication of daily data on coronavirus deaths will resume from today, following a... Read More