Dangote boost Coronavirus combat with N200m

The Aliko Dangote Foundation owned by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has donated N200m towards the on going efforts by the Federal Government to combat the spread  of Coronavirus (Covid-19) . The ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organisation in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus since a foreigner tested positive last month in Lagos. It would be recalled that the Dangote Foundation also committed about N1 billion to the fight against the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Africa. The Foundation…

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Behold! Nigeria’s Most Valuable Brand in banking

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has again emerged as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the recently released Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2020. For the third consecutive year, Zenith Bank has been ranked as the number one banking brand in Nigeria with a brand value of $287 million and market capitalisation of $1.62 billion, ranking 392 in the 2020 global ranking of banks. The ranking was published in the February 2020 edition of The Banker magazine of the Financial Times Group in conjunction with…

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Coronavirus: Italian patience has fully recovered, may leave isolation centre – Gov. Abiodun

Prince Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State says the Italian national who brought coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to Nigeria has fully recovered and will soon be discharged from the isolation centre. In a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abeokuta by the Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin quoted the governor to have disclosed this when the management team of Lafarge PLC, led by its Country Chief Executive Officer, Khaleed El Dokani, paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan in the state capital. “He (the patient) is…

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I’ll challenge Osimhen for S/Eagles hitman – Dessers

Heracles Almelo forward Cyriel Dessers is looking towards a healthy rivalry with Lille striker Victor Osimhen as the Super Eagles prepare to face Sierra Leone in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba later this month, Sports Extra reports. With Paul Onuachu dropped from the squad, Dessers, who has a Belgian father, was handed his maiden invitation to play for Nigeria against Sierra Leone by Gernot Rohr, after he was cleared by Federation International Football Association to play for the Eagles at international level. The 25-year-old…

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Gbajabiamila tasks new NASS Board on professionalism, in-house politics

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has urged the newly inaugurated members of the board of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to ensure that the National Assembly is manned by professionals. The Speaker also advised the members of the Commission to be wary of in-house politics which is capable of truncating their desired goals for the institution. Rep Gbajabiamila spoke on Thursday while receiving the members of the Commission, led by the Executive Chairman Engr. Ahmad Khadi Amshi on a courtesy visit to the leadership…

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“AJ’s keeping them warm for my hubby” -Fury’s wife taunts

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s wife, Paris has fired a dig at hubby’s rival boxer Anthony Joshua, saying the multiple heavyweight champion is keeping the belts warm for her husband. Fury was stripped of the titles Joshua now occupies after his well-publicised struggles outside of the ring following his win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, though has fought his way back to the pinnacle of the sport. The Gypsy King stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds last week, though the American has triggered a rematch clause with a trilogy fight set…

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“My aides after my life, steal money from my room” -Senator cries out

The senator representing Osun Central, Ajibola Basiru, said some of his aides entered his bedroom and stole an undisclosed amount of money when he was on vacation. While responding to in statement shared on Facebook pages of some of his followers on Wednesday, Basiru said two of his aides were arrested by security agents in connection with the incident. An aide of the lawmaker, Ibrahim Khalid, when contacted, confirmed to our correspondent that the lawmaker authored the statement. According to the lawmaker, the incident happened in December 2019 when he…

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Prez. Buhari removes Peterside as NIMASA DG, replaces him with Bashir

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed, Dr. Dakuku Perterside, as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency replacing with Bashir Jamoh. Jamoh replaces Dakuku Peterside, a political ally of Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency. Peterside’s tenure as NIMASA DG ends on March 10, 2020.

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