archiveAugust 20, 2020

President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola on Thursday during Day 2 of a Public Hearing on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework And Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), which held at the National Assembly, Abuja....

  * 3 new additional directors in the offing President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the appointment of Mr Joseph Chiedu Ugbo as the Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company and Messrs Babayo Shehu and Ifeoluwa Oyedele as Executive Directors respectively. This renewal will take effect...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was the third virtual meeting as the nation complies with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol on COVID-19 pandemic. The governors joined the virtual...

The Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over assets belonging to a Lagos-based technology deployment solutions provider, Northrich Technologies Limited, over the latter’s failure to settle a N500 million debt. AMCON’s Head of Corporate Communications, Jude Nwauzor, said this on Wednesday in a statement titled ‘AMCON Takes over...

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said that some of its supervisors leaked exam questions before the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) began. WAEC’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrik Areghan, revealed this on Wednesday. Areghan stated this during a monitoring exercise to some schools in Yaba,...

Greek authorities on Wednesday imposed a new set of restrictions on the Aegean tourist island of Mykonos and the Northern region of Halkidiki following a spike in coronavirus infections. The measures will take effect from Friday for at least 10 days. Parties, open-air markets and religious ceremonies are now all...

The Nigerian Humanitarian Action (NIHA) has expressed commitment to assist the Federal Government’s efforts to secure the economy and lives of the vulnerables from the negative COVID-19 impact. Mr Kletsaint Akor, Convener and Chief Humanitarian, NIHA, made the pledge at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Akor noted that...

Plateau recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 186 new infections, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 593 new cases in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. The health agency noted that four deaths were recorded in the...

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes across California, on Wednesday, as nearly two-dozen wildfires continued to blaze amid a record-breaking heatwave in parts of the western United States. Firefighters were battling 367 known fires throughout the state on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted, with 23 of them...

Oil prices fell on Thursday as major producers warned of a risk to demand recovery if the coronavirus crisis is prolonged as U.S. crude inventories dropped less than expected. Brent crude was down 36 cents, or 0.8 per cent at $45.01 a barrel by 0442 GMT, having slipped 0.2 per...