PPMC slashes depot price of petrol to N108, diesel to N164/litre
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Wednesday, slashed the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N108 per litre for the month of May.
Over 90,000 health workers infected with COVID-19 worldwide
No fewer than 90,000 health workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protective equipment, the International Council of Nurses, ICN, said on Wednesday. The disease has killed more than 260 nurses, it said in a statement, urging authorities to keep more accurate […]
Falling oil prices: Don’t quit our land, no matter what, Egi people beg Total E&P
As firm delivers food palliatives By Egufe Yafugborhi AS impact of coronavirus crashes global oil prices to record low, Egi People, host to Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58 in Rivers state have appealed to Total Exploration and Production (Total E&P), operator of the OML not to quit even if the business was no longer profitable. […]
COVID-19: I did not recommend self-medication — Gov. Mohammed
The Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammad, said by revealing the drug used while in isolation, he was not encouraging self-medication by people that contracted the Coronavirus disease. Gov. Bala Mohammad had on Wednesday, April 29, said that the state’s medical team had used chloroquine and Zithromax to cure him of the deadly novel virus. The […]
Fayemi seeks support of transport unions to curb inter-state travels
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has called for the support of the road transport unions in the state in enforcing the ban on inter-state travels to prevent further spread of the Coronavirus.
COVID-19: 34 doctors in Kano test positive, one dies
The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the […]
Suspected leader of cult group terrorizing Ikorodu communities arrested
By Evelyn Usman A suspected leader of a cult group that has been terrorizing communities in Ikorodu area of Lagos during the lockdown that was recently eased, has been arrested. His identity was given simply as Mukaila. But he is popularly known as Actor. He was arrested alongside a suspected member of his group by […]
FG decries violations of guidelines on COVID-19 lockdown
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, on Wednesday, decried the continued violation of the new guidelines put in place by the Federal Government as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Adebayo, who spoke at the weekly briefing of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) of the Committee […]
Plane conveying Nigerian returnees from Dubai makes U-turn
A chartered plane conveying Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) made a u-turn back to base after a pregnant woman reportedly goes into labour. Vanguard had earlier reported that 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 […]
YYAS 2020: Greensprings student beats other African contestants
Zanita Akinkugbe, a Year 10 student of Greensprings School has beaten other African contestants to emerged one of African best scholars for Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program 2020.
COVID-19: FG grants 2-month licence fee waiver to broadcast stations
The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country as part of measures to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) […]
‘Losers’: Trump hits back at makers of fiercely critical ad
A biting new anti-Trump ad by a group of dissident Republicans, including the husband of a top White House aide, prompted the US president to lash out Tuesday at the “losers” who created it. Tens of thousands of Americans have been killed by “a deadly virus Donald Trump ignored,” according to the one-minute online video, […]
Trump backtracks on scrapping of White House coronavirus task force
President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to backtrack on plans announced the previous day to shut down the task force advising him on the coronavirus pandemic. The White House’s earlier suggestion that the high-level team could close around the start of June was Trump’s latest signal that he thinks it’s time to move on from […]
Plateau places 11 contacts of COVID-19 patient on ‘supervised isolation’
The Plateau Commissioner for Health, Mr. Lar Ndam, said on Wednesday that 11 family members who had contact with a COVID-19 patient have been traced and placed on supervised isolation. The commissioner disclosed this to journalists in Jos, the state capital. He said: “We traced the family members of a patient who lives in Enugu […]
2020 Budget: FG slashes projected revenue, oil earnings to N3.9trn, N1.1trn
The Federal Government, Wednesday, announced significant changes in key parameters in the 2020 budget, cutting down its projected earnings from the oil and gas sector by 80 per cent to N1.1 trillion and also slashing its total projected earnings by 54.65 per cent to N3.9 trillion.
NDDC: Senate probes IMC over alleged squandering of N40bn
THE Senate has begun probe into alleged financial recklessness to the tune of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
