Standard Chartered donates USD11.8m for immediate COVID-19 relief efforts across Africa
Standard Chartered today announced donations totalling USD11.8 million to the Red Cross, UNICEF and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Government Partners providing emergency relief in countries across Africa and the Middle East impacted by COVID-19.
Police in Akwa Ibom arrest medical doctor, 6 others over alleged sale of 5-month-old baby
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested a medical doctor and six others over alleged sale of a five-month-old baby. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Fredrick Nnudam, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Uyo, Unudam said that the doctor was an employee of one of the teaching hospitals in Calabar. […]
COVID-19: OPEC puts Nigeria’s oil output at 1.78 m/bd last month
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria’s oil output, excluding Condensate, at 1.78 million barrels per day, m/bd, in April 2020.
We’ve paid retired civil servants’ gratuities till Feb 2014 – Cross River govt
The Accountant-General of Cross River, Mr Joseph Adie, says that the gratuities of retired civil servants in the state had been paid up till February 2014. Adie made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar. He said that although government had cleared the payment of 2013 gratuities, its monthly allocations from […]
Ikpeazu bans street trading in Opobo junction, Aba
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has banned street trading at the popular Opobo junction, Igbor Hill, Aba, and directed the Traffic and Indiscipline Management Agency of Abia State, TIMAAS, too, rid the area of forms of street trading. Ikpeazu gave the directive to the General Manager of the agency, […]
COVID-19: How pandemic has impacted Nigerian Economy- Jide Afolabi
The Coronavirus pandemic as a global issue has strained the wheels of most economies of the world, leaving it almost at crashing points after a long period of economic inactivity.
OIL PRICE WATCH Bonny Light price rise, trades at $24.59
The prices of crude oil at the international market recorded a marginal increase, as Nigeria’s premium grade, Bonny Light, traded at $24.59 barrel per barrel against $23.52 recorded yesterday.
LABOUR UNREST: NUPENG tackles SPDC, Total contractor over unfair practices
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has petitioned Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, and Total E &P Nigeria Limited over the termination of employment of their members and refusal to pay their entitlements by one of their contractors, Valiant/Vicadis.
Customs intercepts N12.7bn smuggled vehicles, rice, others
The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted various items of contraband worth N12.7billion between January and April 2020.
The Unit also intercepted a vehicle with Covid-19 sticker used for smuggling frozen chicken into the country from Benin Republic.
IPPIS: SSANU, NAAT, poise for showdown with FG
NON-teaching teaching staff of universities are poised for a showdown with the Federal Government after the lockdown over the irregularities experienced in the payment of salaries since they enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
HP, AU partner for Distance Learning in 55 African countries
HP and the African Union Commission, AUC, have agreed to join efforts to expand digital learning opportunities for all youth in 55 AU member states. Both entities have agreed to collaborate on various initiatives including exchange of information and expertise, as well as promotion of online platforms to support digital learning. Africa has the youngest population in the world with more than 400 million young people aged between 15 to 35 years.
