archiveFebruary 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged all countries to evolve more strategies to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Its Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who made the appeal at a news conference in Geneva on Friday, said “no country should make the ‘fatal’ mistake of assuming that it...

  The Lagos State Government says there is no cause for panic, even as the state records the first coronavirus case in the country. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu allayed the fear of residents on Friday during a news conference held in Lagos on the intervention and measures deployed to arrest the...

  Inaugurates of National Council on Skills   In addition to the efforts made by the Federal Government in the past four years to address unemployment, the inauguration of the National Council on Skills will further boost the employability of young Nigerians and as a result reduce unemployment in the...

Nigeria’s largest retail bank, Access Bank Plc., has been named as one of the top 500 global banking brands, according to leading business valuation and strategy consultancy, Brand Finance. Access Bank has demonstrated growth since it was last ranked as the fifth most valuable Nigerian bank in the 2017 Banking...

Mr Isola Akingbade, Coordinator, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Ondo, Ekiti and Kwara, says the 2020 Finance Act will address all the issues relating to tax multiplicity in Nigeria. Akingbade made the remarks at the enlightenment workshop organised for Business Owners at  Ikeja in Lagos. The title of the...

  The Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) has reacted the 0.14 per cent GDP growth rate recorded in the fourth quarter of 2019, saying that it is a strong indications that Nigeria was not be ready for the AfCFTA commencing in July 2020. The reaction of MAN is contained in...

  Governors dismiss allegations of depletion Media speculations regarding the Excess Crude Account being depleted have been dismissed by state governors who explained that the operation of the Account is conducted with their knowledge and due approvals of the National Economic Council (NEC). Answering reporters’ questions at the end of...

The House of Representatives has mandated its works committee to investigate “the slow pace of work on three critical projects” and a perceived conflict of interest due to Julius Berger’s involvement in the projects. The committee was also tasked to ascertain the capacity of the company to deliver the projects...

  The Ministry of Health in Lagos State has confirmed its first case of COVID-19 and reported it to the Federal Ministry of Health. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the outbreak in China in...

says state ready to collaborate with Commission   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday that his administration has started reaching out to former office holders in the state, who have been discovered to have withheld state’s resources, to return same or risk being reported to the Independent...