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April 29, 2020 No Responses

INEC Deploys Additional 39 Vehicles To Task Force For COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Surveillance

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed 39 additional vehicles to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVlD-19 in contact tracing, surveillance, laboratory and infection prevention in Kano and Plateau. In a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, the National...

April 29, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19: FRSC Supports Presidential Task Force With Five Ambulances, Medical Personnel

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has approved the release of five basic life support ambulances together with teams of medical personnel of the Corps and 30 active Close User Group lines, to the Presidential Task...

April 29, 2020 No Responses

NSC Photo News

Ms. Ifeoma Ezedinma, Director, Regulatory Services, Nigerian Shippers’ Council Chief John Aluya, Vice President, Lagos Zone, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mrs. Margaret Orakwusi, Re...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

UNCTAD Unveils Ten-Point Road Map For Seaports, Customs, Transporters

As countries adopt radical measures to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, international trade and transport systems are under tremendous stress. Early evidence shows that international trade is collapsing, threatening access to goods and critical su...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Management Holds Virtual Meeting, Reviews Lockdown Performance

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reviewed its performance in the lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to check the spread of Covid-19 and identified challenges it encountered in enforcing the order. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Quarantine Centres: Hotels In Abuja, Lagos Reject Govt Request

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geofrey Onyeama, on Tuesday said most hotels in Abuja and Lagos refused to be used as Quarantine centres for Nigerian returnees. Onyeama also said the affected hotels had rather preferred to be empty than accommod...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Lockdown: FRSC Records 57 Crashes, 20 Deaths In Lagos, Ogun

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday disclosed that it recorded 57 road crashes with 20 deaths in Ogun and Lagos States in the four weeks of COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Samuel Obayemi, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in-charge of the...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Ikpea Condoles With Buhari Over Abba Kyari’s Death

Chairman and managing director of Lee Engineering Group and Allied Companies Limited Chief (Dr) Leemon IKPEA has consoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Kyari died from Covid-19 related complications....

April 28, 2020 No Responses

The Paramount Salesman of A Generation Takes A Farewell Bow – Remembering Willy Anumudu

By Pat Utomi The news came like a bolt from a stormy Sky. Brother Willy had made his last Sale. But it was...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

Tantalizers Embarks On Home Delivery

Tantalizers Plc has signed a partnership agreement with OyaNow Logistics and Concorde Express in the bid to offer customers greater ease of order delivery across major areas in Lagos. A statement explained that the QSR front-liner has signed on to t...

April 27, 2020 No Responses

Buhari’s Covid-19 Speech On Lockdown

1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some 3 million...

April 27, 2020 No Responses

FBN Holdings Shareholders Approve N13.64b Dividend For 2019

Shareholders of FBN Holdings Plc on Monday approved a total dividend of N13.64 billion declared by the company for the financial year ended December 31, 2019. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) by...

April 27, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Terminal Operators Boost COVID-19 Relief Fund With N700m

As part of its contributions to curtail the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Seaport Concessionaires under the aegis of Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) have collectively donated the sum of N700million to the Federa...

April 27, 2020 No Responses

Dead Fish: NIMASA Begins Investigation, Cautions Against Consumption

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced a scientific inquiry to identify the cause of the recent shoals of dead fish washed ashore along the Niger Delta coastline states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and...