Seventy trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses
A five-storey hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou on Saturday trapping about 70 people, state media said. A video stream posted by the government-backed Beijing News site showed rescue workers in orange overalls clambering over the rubble of the Quanzhou Xinjia Hotel and carrying people towards […]
Liberia suspends petrol import licenses over fuel shortages
Liberia has suspended all petrol import licenses and will conduct performance reviews following a crippling fuel shortage in which importers were accused of inflating their reserves. The government said it had sacked a deputy managing director of the state-owned company charged with ensuring consistent oil supplies on Friday, as well as suspending import licenses. The […]
ECOWAS judges seek more women inclusion in Nation building
The Community Court of Justice Women’s Forum for ECOWAS on Saturday in Abuja sought for more women inclusion in Nation-building for the betterment of humanity. The women made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during an event to mark the International Women’s Day 2020. NAN reports that the theme of […]
Coronavirus deaths rise to 145 in Iran, infections near 6,000 — ministry
Iran’s death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran, officials and local news agencies said. READ ALSO: South Africa confirms second coronavirus case Announcing the latest deaths from the virus, a health ministry official said […]
Cultism remains greatest challenge in Ogun — CP
Ogun Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson, on Saturday said that cultism remained the greatest challenge facing the state police command. Ebrimson said this in Abeokuta when students body in the state led by Azeez Adeyemi, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Student Matters, paid him a courtesy call. He intimated the students’ representatives that it […]
NOGIG 2020: Beginning of a new era
By Jacob Ajom Thirty-Six years is a long time in one’s life. For some, it could be a lifetime. At 36, even a business establishment that could survive that long, particularly in Nigeria must have learned a lot and given a lot to be termed as a worthy member of the corporate community. Having navigated […]
