Georgia forges ahead with reopening despite disapproval of Trump
Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first U.S. state to allow an array of merchants to reopen on Friday following a month-long shutdown to stanch the coronavirus outbreak, even though both U.S. President Donald Trump and health experts voiced disapproval. Gyms, hair salons, tattoo parlors, and some other businesses have been given […]
703,506 poor Nigerians received N23.7bn from Abacha loot — Report
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets, MANTRA, project, a sub-sect of Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) programme of DFID/UKAid, Thursday, released a report that 703,506 poor Nigerians received N23.7 billion from the recovered $322.5 million Abacha Loot returned from Switzerland as at 31 December 2019 under […]
COVID-19: CSO urges Buhari on regular broadcast to Nigerians
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following rising cases and deaths of Nigerians from the deadly Cornonavirus, COVID-19, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Concerned Nigerians, Thursday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari on the regular broadcast to Nigerians on situation report. This was contained in a statement signed by the Convener, CN, Deji Adeyanju, while expressing worry over […]
COVID-19: Police not responsible for petrol attendant killed in Abia — Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, says the Nigerian Police is not responsible for the alleged killing of a petrol attendant in Abia. The minister disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there had been […]
COVID-19: 3 doctors test positive in Lagos
The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr. Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild […]
Nigerian Breweries declares N83.2bn revenue in Q1
The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries has announced a revenue of N83.2 billion for the first quarter ended March 31. The revenue represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent when compared with N83.3 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2019. The company during the period under review posted a profit after tax of […]
