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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has denied conducting any recruitment exercise as being speculated on social media. The Commission said in a statement Monday, that it’s attention “has been drawn to some messages and a video being circulated in the social media, wherein the Commission is alleged to have carried out a recruitment exercise where 811 persons were employed, all from Anambra State with 1 from Kano State”. According to the statement signed by SEC Head of Corporate Communications, Efe Ebelo, “The messages parade the person shown in the video as Ms Mary Uduk, the…
Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has revealed his family advised him to leave Old Trafford when he made his move to Juventus. Pogba left Old Trafford in 2012, after failing to nail down a regular first-team place under Sir Alex Ferguson. The France midfielder eventually returned to the club in a world-record deal four years later. “My brother, the United fan, told me he was really angry – even more than me – when I didn’t play,” Pogba told The Official Manchester United podcast. “He told me, ‘No, go. You can play on this team. If they don’t want you…
Veteran Nollywood Actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has announced the death of her cousin. The Nollywood actress took to her Twitter page lamenting that the health system in the United Kingdom failed her cousin. She stated that he couldn’t get proper medical care because the hospitals were focused on Coronavirus. Her cousin died from a kidney transplant complication. Omotola’s post read: “I lost a dear cousin yesterday in London. I am hurting. He didn’t have COVID-19 but died from a kidney transplant complication. “He could not get proper healthcare because the Hospitals were focused on Coronavirus and help didn’t get to him…
The leader of a cult gang, which has been terrorizing some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Moshood Oladokun, popularly known as Ekugbemi is dead. DAILY POST gathered that Oladokun, who reportedly died and resurrected a few hours after being taken to his father’s shrine, finally died Saturday night on his way to the hospital. It could be recalled that no fewer than fifteen (15) residents of Ibadan sustained various degrees of injuries when two factions of cult groups led by Oladokun and Ebila Biola engaged each other over the collection of land royalty. Oladokun was attacked at his…
Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Abdulrazaq made the confirmation in a post on his Twitter page on Sunday night. The new cases bring the number of cases in Kwara state to four. The post read: “I regret to announce that we have two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kwara state. “This brings the total number of active cases in our state to four. We will continue to intensify our efforts to trace and test suspected cases. “All hands must be on deck to flatten the curve of transmission…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that while there is no known vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some trials have shown promising results in laboratory studies. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that it takes time to obtain accurate results from such clinical trials. He said: “Some of the trials have shown promising results in laboratory studies but have not yet been proven in humans. “The best option, for now, is to avoid self-medication as it may lead to complications and death.” Ihekweazu said that…
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has strongly warned Nigerians against defying the government’s stay-at-home order. Director-General of the forum, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, on Sunday, in a statement, warned that Nigeria would record worse casualties than America and Europe if the citizens continue to defy the lockdown orders. PGF is an umbrella body of governors of states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) party. The statement is entitled, ‘Fight against spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria: Issues and factors hindering success’. The forum also suggested to the President to expand the membership of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) to include members…
A frontline Civil Rights Advocacy group-: Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned unreservedly the speech by President Muhammadu Buhari, which ordered an indefinite lockdown in its attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. DAILY POST had reported that President Buhari on Saturday, again, urged Nigerians to remain at home as the government makes effort to tackle the spread of Coronavirus across the country, He had assured Nigerians that relief materials will soon be distributed to their homes. Reacting, the Rights group said the indefinite shutdown of Nigeria and the rigid language adopted by…
The Presidency has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is taking a two-step approach to tackling the Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria. It explained that the approach has to do with the security of the lives of the people, as well as easing the effect of the virus on businesses in the country. The Presidency stated this in a tweet on its verified Twitter handle on Sunday. According to the Presidency, Buhari was taking the approach as a national response to the virus. “In Nigeria, we are taking a two-step approach. First, to protect the lives of our fellow Nigerians and residents…
Some Enugu State stakeholders have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for standing firm on the precautionary measures to checkmate the spread of the coronavirus disease in spite of pressure from various quarters. Governor Ugwuanyi had in his Easter message, declared that all precautionary measures put in place in the state to contain the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), remained in force, in the overall public interest. Reacting to the Governor’s stance, a leader of the state and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Amb. Mrs. Justina Eze, said that the governor has “demonstrated the highest…