Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development ((LINKS) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have secured a N10 billion intervention fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revive companies impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the sensitization meeting on Kano Turnaround Project, on Monday, in Kano, the Director […]

By Peter Okutu Abakaliki-A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, yesterday said it would rule on the matter challenging the dissolution of the Ward, Local Government and State executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State by the National Leadership of the Party on Wednesday, 20th of January 2021. The ruling which was supposed to be […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Residents of Kano State on Tuesday woke up to sad news of the demise of a Chairman-elect, Alhaji Ali Namadi, Bebeji Local government area, days after he won the election. Recall that the state had on Saturday conducted it Local Government election which saw late Namadi emerging as one of […]

US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the fractious transition of power. “On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26,” tweeted Jen Psaki, Biden’s […]

The Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home  from Tuesday, untill further notice, following the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba. The state government also imposed a fresh ban on the activities […]

At least 15 labourers were crushed to death by a truck in India early Tuesday while they were sleeping by a road, police said. The accident took place near a village in the Surat district in India’s western state of Gujarat, area police chief Varadbhai Patel said on phone. The dumper truck ran over the […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 1,617 new cases of the  CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website  on Monday. Recall that the country has so far tested 1,172,234  people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020 in the country. The […]

The Kaduna State University (KASU) on Monday said it was ready to reopen on Jan. 25 for the 2020/2021 second semester academic session if given the approval. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Muhammad Tanko, made this known in Kaduna during a stakeholder’s meeting on the reopening of schools, organised by the Kaduna State Ministry of Education. […]

By Ediri Ejoh Chief Executive Officer of Century Power Generation Limited, Dr Chukwueloka Umeh, says that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC’s, failure to increase electricity tariff in smaller, steady steps from 2015, as stipulated in the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, has made the almost 100 per cent increase for some consumers very discomforting, especially […]

***As Elumelu’s Heirs Holdings’ subsidiary, Tenoil, comes on stream in Q2’21 By Udeme Akpan Nigeria’s oil production capacity is set to increase by additional 3,500 barrels per day, bpd, following the expected coming on stream of Ata Field in the Second Quarter (April-June) of 2021. Ata field, located at Oil Production Licenses, OPL 2008, belongs […]

…No accord with states to re-open schools Jan 18 — FG …Partial compliance with safety rules as schools reopen …No COVID-19 test required for resuming students — FG …NMA decries re-opening amid second wave infections …Low turnout of students …Nigeria records 77 deaths, conducts 100,000 tests in one week …To sanction second batch of 100 […]

By Ediri Ejoh Oil prices fell more than two per cent on as concerns about Chinese cities in lockdown due to coronavirus outbreaks tempered a rally driven by strong import data from the world’s biggest crude importer and U.S. plans for a large stimulus package. Brent crude fell $1.32, or 2.34 per cent, to settle […]

by Hiroshi HIYAMA Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic. “There is no work. Absolutely none,” said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutching a small plastic bag of essentials on […]

By Joseph Erunke THE Coalition of South-East Professionals Network in Nigeria and Diaspora, CSEPNND, has picked holes in the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s opposition to Igbo presidency, saying that the group is being sponsored to destabilise the South-East geo-political zone. The IPOB had on Sunday given reasosn for its refusal to support Nigerian president […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela A 57-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police, Okubo Aboye, and his mechanic, Niyi Afolabi, 39, were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High for receiving a stolen vehicle from kidnappers. The court also sentenced seven other persons— Solomon Ayodele Obamoyegun 39, Femi Omiawe 40, Damilola Obamoyegun 20, Bose Sade Ajayi 30, […]