May 22, 2020 – Top News Magazines.

NECO gets new registrar

May 22, 2020 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. The council announced the appointment in a statement on Friday, saying it was contained in a letter, FME/PS/396/C1/1/134, signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Obioma, a Professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, will have an initial tenure of five years, which took effect from May 14. On Wednesday, Buhari had terminated the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the council’s registrar over various offences bordering on…

COVID-19: Nigeria’s Cases exceed 7,000

May 22, 2020 topnews

339 new cases of COVID-19 was on Thursday recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 7,016. The NCDC disclosed this on its twitter handle on Thursday night. “339 new cases of #COVID19; 139-Lagos 28-Kano 28-Oyo 25-Edo 22-Katsina 18-Kaduna 14-Jigawa 13-Yobe 13-Plateau 11-FCT 8-Gombe 5-Ogun 4-Bauchi 4-Nasarawa 3-Delta 2-Ondo 1-Rivers 1-Adamawa. “7016 total cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria “Discharged: 1907 “Deaths: 211” NCDC also announced that to limit transmission of the virus, the centre is training healthcare workers to practise…

Sultan of Sokoto urges Muslims to observe prayers at home

May 22, 2020 topnews

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, has asked Nigerian Muslims to observe the congregational prayers for this year’s Eid-el-Fitri in their homes. This year’s Eid-el-Fitri to mark the end of the Ramadan amid coronavirus outbreak is slated for Saturday or Sunday and the Sultan had urged Muslims to look out for the sighting of the moon. Abubakar, who is the leader of Nigerian Muslims, also suspended all prayers, gatherings in the outskirts of towns and cities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Covid-19: States to get $1.5bn from World Bank — Zainab Ahmed

May 22, 2020 topnews

As part of economic stimulus to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank has got a proposal of 1.5 billion dollars to states, says Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed. Ahmed said this on Thursday after the virtual National Economic Council (NEC) meeting anchored from the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The first ever virtual NEC meeting and the fourth for the year, was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo “The World Bank maintains that the impact of the COVID-19 on Nigeria will lead to severe amplified human and…

Monday, Tuesday declared Eid-el-Fitri holidays

May 22, 2020 topnews

Monday and Tuesday 25th and 26th has been declared public holidays by the Federal Government to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitri. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim faithful for the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. Aregbesola called on them to replicate the life of kindness, love, tolerance, peace and good neighbourliness as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad. He also expressed his concern about ethnic conflicts that had resurfaced in some parts of Northern Nigeria. He…

Soldiers, policemen clash over traffic violation in Ebonyi

May 22, 2020 topnews

Policemen and armed soldiers clashed over alleged violation of traffic rule by the latter at Udensi Roundabout, few poles to Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki, on Thursday. The fracas started when some police traffic wardens impounded a tricycle, whose operator violated traffic light signals. An eyewitness explained that when efforts to secure the tricycle failed, the operator contacted the owner who was a soldier. Some minutes later, the soldier arrived with another tricycle and asked after the traffic police wardens who impounded his tricycle. This resulted in a fierce fight…