archiveMay 30, 2020

  says administration completed 307 projects in education sector, another 236 ongoing State, building strong security architecture How we’re leveraging COVID-19 setback to improve health care system Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said, on Friday, that his administration has completed 307 projects in the education sector, while 236...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concerns over its overall inventory of unsold products worth N420 billion for the first quarter of 2020. Its acting Director-General, Mr Ambrose Oruche, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Oruche attributed...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance. The LCCI President, Mrs Toki Mabogunje, stated this on Saturday at a webinar,...

Patients undergoing surgery after contracting the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are at greater increased risk of postoperative death, a new global study reveals. Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Lagos and also Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, made this known in a statement on...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This decision was reached after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. Members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood...

    The wife of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer, who is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, has filed for divorce, according to her attorneys, ABC News reports. "This evening, I spoke with Kellie Chauvin and her family. She is devastated by Mr Floyd’s death...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 387 new cases of COVID-19, bring the total figure to 9302 in Nigeria. According to a tweet from the NCDC on Friday night, Lagos State recorded 254 cases, the Federal Capital Territory recorded 29 cases, Jigawa State had 24 cases,...

  Immediate-past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC GMD), Maikanti Baru, is dead. This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, the current GMD of the state-run oil company. He said, “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died...

  A total of 15 leaders of the African Union (AU), all of them former heads of states of their respective countries, have jointly issued a caution note to the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) over the controversy surrounding the investigation of alleged ethical abuses levelled...