Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, pensioners have pleaded with the management of the bank to approve the payment of palliatives for them to cushion the sufferings and hardship the rampaging coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted on them. The apex bank retirees also appeal to the management to hasten the review of their pensions as agreed […]

Iran’s president said Wednesday the United States made a “stupid mistake” by abandoning a nuclear deal and warned of severe consequences if its allies agree to extend an arms embargo. The United States is waging a campaign to extend the ban on selling conventional weapons to Iran, which is set to be progressively eased starting […]

An articulated vehicle loaded with petrol otherwise known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and heading to Anambra from Delta State crashed and spilled its contents on the Niger Bridge Wednesday. An eyewitness told journalists in Onitsha, that the accident occurred about 8:30 a.m., when the propeller of the vehicle with registration number NKR41XA, allegedly pulled […]

By Victor Young National Pension Commission, PenCom, has reassured pension contributors and the general public of their safety of the pension fund, even as it assured all clients of the First Guarantee Pension Limited, FGPL, that the company has been returned to normality. In a statement announcing the handover of the Pension Fund Administrator, PFA […]

By Victoria Ojeme Emirates Airlines is scheduled to evacuate the first batch of 265 Nigerians from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and they will arrive at 3.00 pm on Wednesday, 6th May 2020 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye in […]

The Senate on Tuesday directed the Federal Government to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation Network in Nigeria. The Senate resolution is sequel to a motion on the present status of 5G Network in Nigeria. The motion was sponsored by Sen. Uche Ekwunife (PDP Anambra), who in her lead debate said there were […]

Akwa Ibom’s Airline takes delivery of new aircraft

Ethiopian authorities have been using the COVID-19 outbreak and a state of emergency declared on April 8, as a pretext to silence critical voices and limit free speech, according to a prominent rights watchdog. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said this in a statement on Wednesday. “A new state of emergency declared on April 8, […]

Group known as Transparency and Accountability Advancement Group, Wednesday commended the National Assembly for its decision to probe the alleged financial recklessness to the tune of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

STAKEHOLDERS in the exports and imports value chain have reacted with disappointment to the upwards adjustment in the foreign exchange rate, saying it is ill timed, inhuman and capable of further hurting the economy and escalating the sufferings of ordinary masses.

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has once more disassociated itself from a group, Ohanaeze Youth Council, led by one Okechukwu Isiguzoro, alerting that such name or group is unknown to the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization.

Following the directive of His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, the state’s rapid response team on COVID-19 and the state’s security apparatus, in a coordinated sequence of events with the Delta State COVID 19 taskforce, moved swiftly yesterday, detected, contained and returned a confirmed COVID 19 case who had escaped from an Isolation and Treatment Centre in Delta State to Enugu.

THE Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, has expressed disappointment with the inability of the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria, CRFFN, to force terminal operators and shipping firms to obey directive of the Federal Government in respect of charges’ waivers.

The Keystone bank Masterclass series have come and gone, but the impact of the series will remain with those who participated. It will be recalled that on April 21 and 23, 2020, the bank put held two Masterclasses to equip SMEs and career-focused individuals with the knowledge and tools to help them grow during the […]

Malaysia reported 45 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the cumulative total to 6,428 infections. READ ALSO: Britain records Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll The health ministry also reported one new death, raising the total number of fatalities from the outbreak to 107. vanguard