NCDMB recommends indigenous companies to NLNG for Train 7
By Michael Eboh The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, on Thursday, said it has directed the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, to evaluate the capabilities of indigenous companies, who are beneficiaries of the Project 100 programme, and engage them in the execution of the Train 7 project and other related services. In a […]
Babalakin heads NBA COVID-19 welfare committee
By Innocent Anaba The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has constituted a COVID-19 pandemic welfare committee, chaired by Dr. Olawale Babalakin(SAN). NBA President, Mr. Paul Usoro(SAN), in a statement, said: “Further to my COVID-19 pandemic NBA release, I am pleased to unveil the NBA Welfare Committee, chaired by Babalakin, and constituted pursuant to Section 12 of […]
Lockdown: Customs seizes smuggled rice, beans worth N12.7m in Kano
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command, has seized smuggled rice and beans worth over N12.7 million in Kano State. Mr Isa Danbaba, the Pubic Relations Officer of the command, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Kano. “In spite of the outbreak of Coronavirus and the subsequent measures put in place by […]
Yobe’s suspected COVID-19 case tests negative
The Yobe State Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Thursday the suspected coronavirus case in Nguru local government area of the state has tested negative for the disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Gana, who disclosed this in Damaturu, said after all the standard guidelines and protocols were followed, the person’s […]
Pelosi vows to fight Trump’s ‘dangerous, illegal’ WHO funding cut
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will “swiftly” challenge what she called President Trump’s “senseless” and “illegal” suspension of US funding to the World Health Organization. Trump stopped the funding on Tuesday, saying the WHO needs “meaningful reforms” after failing to report accurate coronavirus data from China, worsening the pandemic’s punch to the US. But […]
Africa reports 17, 247 COVID-19 cases
The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reached 910 as the number of confirmed cases hit 17,247 across the African continent as of Thursday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
