archiveJune 2021

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has discharged additional 1,154 people who tested negative to the COVID-19 virus after receiving treatment. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. It stated that the nation’s total recoveries increased to 159,935. The public health agency stated that...

  Financial Times reported on a presentation that was circulated among top executives of Nestle this year that majority of Nestle’s food portfolio is unhealthy. The presentation revealed that Nestle, the world’s largest food company, acknowledged that more than 60 per cent of its food and drinks products do not...

Sentiments on the nation’s bourse turned negative on Tuesday closing the first trading session in June with a loss of N12 billion, amid losses in Seplat and 16 others. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened for the month at N20.034 trillion dipped N12 billion to close at N20.022 trillion. In...

  The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting has reaffirmed its commitment to a  stable global market in the mutual interest of producing countriesThe meeting gave the assurance at the end of its virtual 17th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on Tuesday. “ In view of...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution to transmit a petition from coalition of civil society groups to the Federal Government. The petition, which was an aftermath of a recently organised National Day of Mourning, will also be transmitted to the National Assembly. The House made the...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, says the era of looting billions of naira without a single voucher in the Nigeria Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) is gone. Ngige said this while inaugurating the NSITF newly reconstituted Management Board on Tuesday in Abuja. He noted that there was a...

  Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ikeja has recently organised its annual forum which was focused on reaching out and sensitising Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on how to scale up innovation and creativity in the various sectors of the economy. It revealed that in order for entrepreneurs to be successful...

flags off construction of 45.3km Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho road says Saki community’s request for extension of township road project by 1.2km granted Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the recruitment of 500 health workers to fix the gap in the health sector across the state. He added that the challenge...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that legislative interventions must be stepped-up by the National Assembly to protect Nigerians against the heightening spate of insecurity in the country.  Lawan made this known on Tuesday when the upper chamber held one-minute silence six times during plenary to honour...

pays impromptu visit to school commissions LAUTECH's High Dependency Unit promises befitting flyover in Ogbomoso Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, announced the 25 per cent reduction in the tuition fees payable by students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). The governor, who made the announcement during...