archiveMay 2020

Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday’s Downing Street press briefing, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said another 693 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 29,427....

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mr Muhammad Babandede says NIS has generated over N62.6 billion and 41.83 million dollars in 2019. Babandede said this at the public presentation of the fourth edition of NIS annual report since the commencement of the administration in 2016 on Tuesday in Abuja. He...

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Tuesday called on Federal Government to diversify the economy in order to increase its non-oil revenue and make the country less import dependent. The Chief Executive Officer of NESG, Mr Laoye Jaiyeola, made the call at an advocacy dialogue on Webinar organised by...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) sees the short to medium term outlook for the Nigerian economy in 2020 as bleak, following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President LCCI, made the projection at the Chamber’s second press conference on the state of the economy in...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on investors to explore opportunities inherent in the capital market to create wealth in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.  A statement by Mrs Efe Ebelo, the Head, Corporate Communication of SEC, quoted Ms Mary Uduk, the Acting Director-General of the commission...

  The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, has terminated the services of  400 of its staff. This came to light on Tuesday when the university, owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, announced that it no longer needed their services. The AUN is the second Yola enterprise of...

  Lagos State government on Tuesday announced the discharge of 60 patients from the isolation centres in the state. The state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who announced their discharge, said the patients include 40 males and 20 females, from Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki isolation facilities. “The patients, 31 from the Mainland...

The National Assembly is scrutinising the National Social Register being used by the Federal Government for its Conditional Cash Transfer to vulnerable households across the country, The Nation newspaper learnt. According to the news medium, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Yusuf Yusuf, who disclosed this to reporters...

  Govenrnor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa says the state has recorded an additional confirmed case of coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases to 12. Sule made the disclosure during an expanded state security meeting on Tuesday in Lafia. The governor said the affected person is a driver with the...

The Senate on Tuesday introduced its own Infectious Disease Control Bill under a new name of National Health Emergency Bill. The Bill sponsored by the Chairman Senate Committee on Communicable Diseases and Primary Healthcare, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) scaled first reading on Tuesday. It would be recalled  that a...