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May 16, 2020 No Responses

April: FG, States, LGs Share N606.196b

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N606.196 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April. Mr Hassan Dodo, Director of Information in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known in...

May 15, 2020 No Responses

EU Diplomat Seeks Independent Investigation Of Coronavirus Origin

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an independent scientific investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus. In a guest column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Friday, Borrell called on China, where...

May 15, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Climb To 5,162

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,162. The NCDC also confirmed three new deaths, bringing the total death toll in...

May 15, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Roll Out LPG Penetration Policy In June

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government will roll out its policy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as Cooking Gas, toward the end of June 2020, to ensure its penetration across...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Recovers N7billion

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday returned to positive path with key market indicators appreciating marginally by 0.06 per cent on renewed interest in highly capitalised equities. Specifically, the All Share Index (ASI) increased by 13.54 points, ...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 184 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 184 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4,871. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

NUJ Fumigates Secretariat Against Spread Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, has fumigated its secretariat in Ibadan as part of efforts to protect members from the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr Ademola Babalola, the State NUJ Chairman, said that the fumigation.....

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Uzodinma Insists On e-Payment Of Workers Salaries

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has insisted that there is no going back on the planned electronic payment of salaries of workers in the state. The governor said this while briefing Journalists after the state executive council meeting in Owerri...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

WHO: Coronavirus May Never Go Away

The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if.....

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Firm Unveils First LNG Bunkering Vessel

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard. Kawasaki will deliver the vessel at the end of September this year. Namely, it is the first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel to be operated...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Honda TO Resume Auto Production In U.K.

Honda Motor Company said it plans to resume production in the U.K. early next month, the latest automaker to restart operations shuttered amid the global coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese carmaker, which makes the Civic compact sedan at a factory in...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

NLNG Photo News

(2nd Row Right) Hon. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, His Excellency, Chief Timipre Sylva; (2nd row left) NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari; (1st row left) NCDMB ES, Simbi Wabote; (2nd row, 2nd left) Chairman, Board of Directors of NLNG, Chief...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Luxury Bus Owners Lament N12b Loss, Seeks Support, Palliatives

Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON),on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to help faciloitate loan facilities and other palliatives for its members. According to the Association, the loan facilities and palliatives will assist members ...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 146 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria has recorded 146 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections to 4,787 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on Tuesday confirmed the new cases. Of the 146 cases, the centre said 57...