By Victor Young Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, decried the increasing exposure of health workers, especially nurses to the deadly coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The union said: “As at last week, about 200,000 health workers are estimated to have been infected with COVID-19. Out of this number 260 nurses have died from the Covid-19 infection.” […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday applauded the sacrifices and commitment of Nigerian nurses towards the well-being of the citizens.

Lagos State Government has announced the death of a 32-year-old male who was among the 256 Nigerians recently evacuated from the United Arab Emirate after succumbing to COVID-19 related complications.

 House of Representatives on Tuesday requested President Muhammad Buhari to direct that security agent implicated in the human rights abuses and killing of innocent Nigerians during the enforcement of covid-19 lockdown order be immediately fished out for prosecution and punishment according to law.

Frenkie de Jong can be pleased with his first season at Barcelona and has the potential to successfully replace club legend Sergio Busquets, according to Ronald de Boer. Netherlands international De Jong has faced criticism from some sections since joining Barca from Ajax in a reported €75million transfer last year. De Boer believes his compatriot […]

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged Africa leaders to find a permanent solution to the ill-treatment being meted to Blacks by the global community, insisting there would a problem if allowed to fester.

By Theodore Opara Stallion Empowerment Initiative, SEI, the charity arm of Stallion Group, has partnered with Morsun Mobile Clinics to offer free medical consultation and drugs to residents of Lagos across 11 clinics. The group’s CEO, Mr. Anant Badjatya, in his remark to the press stated that the medical outreach will treat over 70 common […]

FOLLOWING reports of illegal entry of people from other states into Oyo State despite the inter-state lockdown order by the Federal Government, Fulani cow traders and herdsmen have been warned to stay off the state till the authorities vacate the restriction order.

By Michael Eboh The Federal Government, Tuesday, vowed to intensify its monitoring activities and impose strict sanctions on companies found to be violating its laws concerning expatriates quota in the Nigerian petroleum industry. In a statement in Abuja, the Federal Government stated that it had come to its attention that Manpower Supply Companies that had […]

*Forbearance on financial assets of banks By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor By end of this week, the Nigerian economy would be completing its second month under an unprecedented stimulus regime. The businesses which are just wriggling out of a lockdown would have been fully or partially adjusted to a new normal in terms of the […]