300 rural communities get electricity in Enugu
AT least, 300 rural communities in Enugu have been supplied electricity by the State Rural Electrification Board as part of the government’s effort to extend development and amenities to the rural areas and halt urban drift.
Martin Middernacht: I’ve no regrets making Nigeria my home
Martin Middernacht is the Managing Director of Cormat Ltd, makers of popular local consumer and industrial brands. Four decades ago, the Belgian took a bold decision to relocate to Nigeria. Seeing Nigeria’s huge potentials, Middernacht bought large acres of land, planted an orchid and today is a leading player in the production industry.
Why health workers are being infected — NMA
THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has attributed the infection of frontline health workers with coronavirus to non adherence to global best practice of Infection Prevention and Control,IPC, protocols.
GOV. UDOM EMMANUEL: Preparing for a new socio-economic order
By Mbakara Akaniyene, One of the major socio-economic consequences of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic is the drastic drop in the price of crude oil in the global market. For a mono-product national economy such as Nigeria’s, these dwindling fortunes of crude oil become much more devastating to budgets (recurrent and capital expenditures) of states. With […]
FG targets 2m tests in 3 months as US promises ventilators
United States President, Donald Trump, has assured Nigeria of greater support in its fight against COVID-19, promising to supply more ventilators to Nigeria to support its national response.
NCDC declares emergency phase of 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over following successive decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out by NCDC, in collaboration with World Health Organisation, WHO.
