Category: News

African Association Of Cross Border Trade Seeks Collaboration With NSC
June 18, 2020 No Responses

African Association Of Cross Border Trade Seeks Collaboration With NSC

The African Association of Cross Border Trade has called for collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in the area of trade facilitation amongst ECOWAS countries, expansion of and compilation of trade statistics on Cross Border Trade.  The President of the Nigerian...
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‘Thunderous Lightning’ kills Three FRSC Officials In Ogun
June 17, 2020 No Responses

‘Thunderous Lightning’ kills Three FRSC Officials In Ogun

Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) died mysteriously after a flash of thunder lightning occurred in their office at the early hours of Wednesday in Ilese area of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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BUA Threatens Dangote Group With Contempt Of Court
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...
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The World Must Continue To Fight Corruption, Says Commonwealth Scribe
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...
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Laursen Assumes Office As APM Terminals Nigeria Country Manager
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...
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Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, a  new estimates by the...
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Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

The Delta State Government has granted its approval for the state to access eight billion naira loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who made...
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Ondo Approves Recruitment Of 1000 Teachers, 432 Health Workers
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Approves Recruitment Of 1000 Teachers, 432 Health Workers

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the recruitment of 1000 teachers to fill vacant positions in the state’s primary education sector. The State Head of Service (HoS), Mr Dare Aragbaiye, disclosed this on Tuesday in Akure, during a...
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Lagos To Meet Telecoms Firms On E-Learning Data Subscription
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Lagos To Meet Telecoms Firms On E-Learning Data Subscription

The Lagos State Government is to hold a meeting with telecommunications service providers on the issue of data subscription as part of measures to boost e-learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Tuesday during the Fifteenth Update on the Manageme...
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Nigeria Confirms 31 Coronavirus Deaths, 490 New Cases
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 31 Coronavirus Deaths, 490 New Cases

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 31 Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths, the highest number announced in a day. NCDC also confirmed 490 new cases,  bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17,148. A...
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USAID Trains 7,519 Rice Farmers In Delta
June 16, 2020 No Responses

USAID Trains 7,519 Rice Farmers In Delta

Delta Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Chief Silver Ejezie, on Monday said USAID has commenced  training programme for rice farmers in the state. Ejezie, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Asaba, disclosed that...
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Buhari Mourns Senator Osinowo
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Senator Osinowo

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Osinowo and the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the death of Sen. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, the Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district. The president’s condolence message was ...
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Kano To Reduce 2020 Budget By 30 Per Cent
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Kano To Reduce 2020 Budget By 30 Per Cent

The Kano State Government will reduce 2020 Budget by 30 per cent, Governor. Abduallahi Ganduje has said Ganduje made this known during at an interactive session with Journalists on Monday at the Government House, Kano. He explained that the reduction...
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Nigeria Confirms 573 New Coronavirus Cases
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 573 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed 573 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number to 16,658.  Also, four deaths were recorded from the virus on Monday bringing the total number of confirmed death...
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