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June 17, 2020 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover Records Surprise Sales Surge

Jaguar Land Rover said it’s seeing the beginnings of a demand rebound in China as the world’s second-largest economy opens up after months of inactivity following the coronavirus outbreak.While JLR lost 501 million pounds ($630 million) before tax in the three months ended March 31,...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Unveil Single Window Project, Deploy Scanners At Seaports

As part of measures to curtail importation of fake and substandard products into the country in line with established protocols, plans are underway to operationalise the National Single Window project as well as deploy scanners at the nation’s seaports befor...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

BUA Threatens Dangote Group With Contempt Of Court

BUA Group on Wednesday threatened to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Dangote in three days, if it fails to remove the excavators and trenches used in barricading the entrance of Obu Mines. The BUA Group, in a statement in...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

The World Must Continue To Fight Corruption, Says Commonwealth Scribe

Countries’ response to Covid-19, their long-term development and the meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are all threatened by the “invisible infection” of corruption, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has warned...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Laursen Assumes Office As APM Terminals Nigeria Country Manager

Klaus Holm Laursen has been appointed as the new Country Manager for APM Terminals Nigeria. In his new capacity, the Country Manager will oversee the operations of APM Terminals in Apapa, Onne and Kano. Until his appointment, Mr. Laursen was...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The defendant, who resides at Gidan Kwana, Kwanar Dangora Village, is facing a...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Labour, NECA Seal MoU To Boost Productivity, Protect Jobs In Nigeria

Organised Labour and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), toward boosting productivity, prevent jobs loses, promote health and preserve means of livelihoods of all citizens.The MOU was signed b...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Records N119b Loss

Nigerian equities market resumed trading on Monday with a loss of 0.91 per cent as a result of profit taking in some blue chips. Speficially, the All-Share Index which opened the week at 25,182.67 lost 228.35 points or 0.91 per...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Vessels Conveying Fuel, Fish, Bitumen, Others To Berth At Delta Seaports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday disclosed that nine vessels laden with fuel and other items are expected at the Delta ports.NPA in its daily publication, ‘Shipping Position’ identified some of the expected vessels to incl...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Naira Marley: FG Suspends Executive Jet Service

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has ordered the suspension of a private airline, Executive Jet Services, from operating in the country with immediate effect. The airline had conveyed musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, to Abuja for...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Edo Varsity Workers Protest 11 Months Unpaid Salaries

Workers of Edo Government-owned Tayo Akpata University of Education on Monday protested over 11 months unpaid salaries and pension. The workers, who protested before the state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Anthony Okungbowa, lamented that their families had been m...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Edo 2020: The Dilemma Of Edo Central People

By Ehichioya Ezomon, 08033078357 It’s official. Governor Godwin Obaseki will not contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020 governorship poll in Edo State. The party has disqualified him from the June 22...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Senate President Mourns Osinowo

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has received with shock and sadness the news on Monday of the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo. Lawan condoled with Senator Osinowo’s family, friends, political associates and also the government and people of ...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

West Blue Delivers COVID-19 Response Portal In Ekiti State

West Blue Consulting, the award-winning ICT firm reputed for delivering innovative tech-based solutions to public and private sector entities across Africa, has roll-out of an Epidemic Response Hub on behalf of the Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The Epide...