Day: July 22, 2020

Nigeria’s Ekiti Governor Fayemi Tests Positive For COVID-19

Damola Oyede

  Governor of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for the COVID-19. Fayemi who confirmed this via his official Twitter account on Wednesday, stated that he had delegated critical tasks to his Deputy and had proceeded on isolation. Fayemi tweeted; “I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. “I’m generally ok and I’m already self isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. “I’m delegating critical tasks to my Deputy but will continue routine duty from home.”

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Nigerians to pay more for petrol in August as crude oil surges to $44 pb

Efe Wellington

Nigerians will, barring any unforeseen circumstance, pay above the present N143.80 per litre price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in August. Crude Oil price, major determinant for petrol price adjustment, has stabilised above $40 per barrel and on Tuesday it soared above the $43.55 price levels as some oil traders remained hopeful that the worse is over with the positive news of the development of vaccines by drugmakers. Despite the concern of new restrictions due to a surging number of COVID-19 cases, Brent crude futures gained…

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Fear as South African Minister hospitalised over COVID-19

Tim Bauer

South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, was admitted to hospital after contracting the coronavirus about a week ago, the presidency said in a statement. The move advised by a family doctor, the statement read, would enable better medical attention and monitoring for Mantashe, reports Reuters. This came as more people continue to demand that schools should be shut again. South Africa now has an average of 30,000 COVID-19 cases daily.

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Nigeria hints international flight operations may resume before October

Precious Ibekwe

  The Nigerian Government has announced that international flight operations might be resuming before October 2020. This is despite the country’s ban of flight operations from Europe, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and others. The disclosure was made by the country’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in a tweet post through his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. This is a clarification from the minister is coming after the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) had issued a routine 90-day Notices to Airmen (NOTAM). This forecloses the resumption of international…

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