Bayelsa Airport ‘ll commence operations soon — Diri
Tasks LG PDP chairmen on unity, reconciliation By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has restated his administration’s commitment to ensure commercial flight operations begin at the state-owned airport in no distant time. Senator Diri gave the assurance when the Air Officer Commanding Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force, Yenagoa, Air […]
Ease of Lockdown: Ogun residents defies govt order on social distancing, use of face mask
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Following the gradual ease of the lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari in Ogun State, residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday, refused to observe social distancing and wearing of face masks order by the state government as they went about their normal business activities. Visit by our correspondent […]
39 CSOs kick against Control of Infectious Diseases Bill over threat to human rights
Demand public scrutiny, stakeholder consultations By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, numbering 39, Monday, kicked against the Control of Infectious Disease Bill on the floor of the House of Representatives over alleged threat to human rights. The CSOs include Girl Child Africa; Center For Liberty; Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD); Civil […]
COVID-19: Buhari participates in Non-Aligned Movement Summit
As Azerbaijan donates $5m to WHO By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja participated in the online Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group Meeting in response to COVID-19. The meeting with the theme; “United Against COVID-19”, which was via teleconference was presided over by President of the Republic […]
Buhari mourns Nigerien Labour Minister
Commiserates with President Issoufou By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the Nigerien Minister of Employment and Labour, Mohammed Ben Omar. Already, President Buhari has telephoned the Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou to commiserate with him on the death of Omar. The President according to the statement by […]
Access Bank denies plan to sack 75% workforce, close branches
Access Bank Plc on Monday denied news making rounds that it would sack 75 per cent of its workforce and as well close over 300 branches. The bank denied this in a statement signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, its Company Secretary, posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) website. It said the closure of a […]
RIFAN appeals to Delta Govt. to provide agrochemicals for farmers
The Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Delta, Mr. Silver Ejezie, has appealed to the state government to make agrochemicals available to farmers in the state. Ejezie made the appeal on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba. He expressed regret over the shortage of agrochemicals used for […]
PenCom hands over First Guarantee Pension Ltd to reconstituted board
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has handed over First Guarantee Pension Limited, a Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), to a reconstituted board. PenCom’s Head of Corporate Communication, Mr. Peter Aghahowa, who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said that the commission had dissolved the Interim Management Committee (IMC) it appointed on Aug. […]
Greeks rush to hairdressers, florists, beaches, as virus lockdown eases
Greeks were finally allowed to get their hair cut, buy books and flowers and even venture back onto the beaches on Monday as part of a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions imposed six weeks ago to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Police conducted inspections on buses, in metro stations and shops to make […]
German study suggests infections are 10 times the number of confirmed cases
More than 10 times as many people in Germany have likely been infected with the Coronavirus than the number of confirmed cases, researchers from the University of Bonn have concluded from a field trial in one of the worst-hit towns. The preliminary study results, which have yet to be peer-reviewed for publication in a scientific […]
Nigerians cautious as Coronavirus lockdown eased
In Nigeria, businesses have reopened on the first working day after the easing of a lockdown imposed on key urban areas in a bid to restart Africa’s largest economy. But in the commercial hub, Lagos, traffic jams were absent, indicating that many are remaining indoors. The lockdown began five weeks ago to contain the spread […]
