Day: November 21, 2020

COVID-19 cases surge, as threat from antimicrobial resistance grows – WHO chief

More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic, the UN health agency chief told journalists on Friday, as he launched a new report on the threat posed…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

Guterres pledges support for sustainable industrial development in Africa

The COVID-19 crisis impacted on Africa “well before the pandemic spread across the continent”, the UN chief said on Friday, marking Africa Industrialisation Day, arriving at a point when many economies were expanding and “poverty was declining”.   “Technology and…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

Fayose meets Ondo Deputy Governor, urges him to return to PDP

Former Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has urged the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Agboola Ajayi, to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose made the call in a statement issued on Saturday in Ado Ekiti by…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

We can now restore LAUTECH’s lost glory, says Gov. Makinde

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the state government has a renewed opportunity to restore the lost glory of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso.   A statement issued on Saturday by Mr Taiwo Adisa, his Chief…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

Obasanjo, Osinbajo, others pay tributes, as Revd. Ola Akande is buried

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday extolled the virtues of a former General Secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), the late Revd. S. T. Ola Akande. They both described the late cleric as a courageous…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

NRC apologises over failed locomotive on Abuja-Kaduna route

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has apologised to passengers that boarded the Abuja-Kaduna train, which broke down due to failed locomotive along the route on Friday.   The Managing Director of NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, in a statement on Saturday,…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

Military task force arrests 27 suspected cult members in Jos

The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in Plateau has arrested 27 suspected cult members operating in various communities in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, the Commander of the task force,…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·

Police arrest 2 suspects for allegedly eating roasted police officers’ flesh

The police in Oyo State have confirmed the arrest of two suspects, allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during the recent #EndSARS protest.   The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times · 1

Strike: FG agrees to pay ASUU members’ salaries without IPPIS 

The Federal Government has agreed to pay the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), using a different mode of payment other than the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).   The Minister of Labour…

November 21, 2020 · by komolafe times ·