archiveApril 16, 2020

  The killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, made this known in a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Thursday. According to the Mba, the Inspector-General of Police,...

The Federal Government has said it is working assiduously to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 lockdown through sustainable production, transportation and distribution of essential products. A statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Ibrahim Haruna, Deputy Director, Press, quoted the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Adeniyi Adebayo,...

The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reached 910 as the number of confirmed cases hit 17,247 across the African continent as of Thursday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, a specialised agency of the 55-member African Union (AU) Commission, in...

Businesses in Nigeria have identified liquidity and the safety of their staff among the most pressing business needs they are concerned about as they grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These are some of the findings from a survey conducted by PwC Nigeria. The survey findings were revealed...

  Germany’s Volkswagen (VW) on Thursday said it would not meet its 2020 forecasts, after the group saw turnover fall to 55 billion euros (or 60 billion dollars) in the first quarter, down from 60 billion euros a year ago. According to the provisional figures, operating profit fell sharply to...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presided over the meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee(ESC) set up to address the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 30, set up the committee to develop a clear economic sustainability plan to...

The Small Scale Entrepreneurs in Kebbi State has described the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) decision to set-up Economic Think-Tank Committee for economic revival as a move to make the region a global competitive block. This is contained in a statement by the Vice Chairman, Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industrialists,...

Menegian, one of the children of late Ogoni environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of Coronavirus at a London hospital. Noo, sister to the deceased, in a social media post, made the announcement. She said, “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. "He had COVID-19 combined with underlying...

The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has declared that no state in Nigeria will be spared of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ihekweazu said this on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Thursday. According to him, the Federal Government was making efforts...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the recruitment of qualified candidates for various positions in at least 18 states in Nigeria as the country is currently battling with Lassa fever and Coronavirus. NCDC said on its job portal: “NCDC is investing resources in strengthening health security at the...