Toyota Cuts Production Due To Lockdown In Shanghai

Toyota Cuts Production Due To Lockdown In Shanghai

Toyota says it will suspend operations at more production lines at its factories in Japan this month due to the coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai. The firm says the production halt will come into effect on Monday and stay in place...
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Greece Ends Lockdown, Opens To Tourists

Greece Ends Lockdown, Opens To Tourists

Greece has launched its tourist season, lifting most remaining restrictions on movement and declaring “we are putting the lockdown behind us”. Although an average of 2,000 daily Covid cases are still being reported, vaccinations are being rolled ou...
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UK Exports To EU Drop 40%

UK Exports To EU Drop 40%

United Kingdom (UK) goods exports to the European Union fell 40.7% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), while imports tumbled 28.8%.  The figures show the biggest drop since records began in 1997, and are the first...
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Lagos Extends Work-From-Home Order To February 1

Lagos Extends Work-From-Home Order To February 1

The Lagos State Government has further extended the work-from-home order to all state public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below from Monday, January, 18, 2021 to Monday, February 1, 2021.   The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive...
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Ekiti Makes U-Turn, Postpones Reopening Of Churches, Mosques

Ekiti Makes U-Turn, Postpones Reopening Of Churches, Mosques

The Ekiti State government has postponed the reopening date of worship centres earlier scheduled for July 17 to Aug. 14. Services in worship centres including Mosques and Churches had been suspended since March following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.....
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Abuja Airport 90% Complete, Ready To Resume Operations

Abuja Airport 90% Complete, Ready To Resume Operations

The Minister of Aviation, Sen Hadi Siriki, on Saturday, said the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, is 90 per cent completed and ready to reopen for business with strict compliance to COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that...
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Nigerian Crowds Welcome Return Of English Football

Nigerian Crowds Welcome Return Of English Football

The Manchester City-Arsenal game may have been played in an empty stadium in north-west England on Wednesday night because of the coronavirus pandemic but 6,500km (4,000 miles) away in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, there was little sign of any soc...
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ARCHBISHOP: CONTINUED RESTRICTION ON RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS IN LAGOS  IS UNFAIR, UNJUST

ARCHBISHOP: CONTINUED RESTRICTION ON RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS IN LAGOS IS UNFAIR, UNJUST

In a reaction to the news making the rounds that the Lagos State Government through its Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr Anofiu Elegushi, is insisting on continued restriction on religious gatherings, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev Alfred Adewale....
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Air Peace Airlifts 312 Indians From Nigeria

Air Peace Airlifts 312 Indians From Nigeria

Air Peace has evacuated 312 Indian citizens from Nigeria back to their country in a 10-hour non-stop flight. Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide, the Chief Operating Officer of the airline, explained in a statement on Sunday that the flight, which departed on...
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Eid-el-Fitri: Sanwo-Olu Implores Muslims On Path Of Spirituality, Peaceful Coexistence

Eid-el-Fitri: Sanwo-Olu Implores Muslims On Path Of Spirituality, Peaceful Coexistence

Goverbor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Muslims to continue on the path of spirituality and peaceful co-existence among every Lagos resident. Sanwo-Olu in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Saturday, congratula...
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FirstBank Targets 1m Students In Free e-Learning Platform

FirstBank Targets 1m Students In Free e-Learning Platform

First Bank of Nigeria Limited is targeting one million students in free e-learning solutions platform in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. In a statement on Thursday, First Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, explained t...
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Nigeria Govt Faults Governors On Worship Centres Opening

Nigeria Govt Faults Governors On Worship Centres Opening

The Nigerian Federal Government has accused governors of breaching the protocols designed to guide the country out of Coronavirus spread. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 control Chairman, Boss Mustapha warned on Thursday of the danger in allowing lar...
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FRSC Intercepts Truck Conveying 13 People

FRSC Intercepts Truck Conveying 13 People

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, on Saturday, said it intercepted a truck conveying 13 young boys from outside the state into Akure, the state capital. Mr Rotimi Adeleye, the Sector Commander of the corps, announced this...
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May Day: Workers Seek New Standard Hospitals

May Day: Workers Seek New Standard Hospitals

Nigerian workers under the aegis of Trade Union Congress (TUC) have appealed to the Federal Government to establish standard state of the art hospitals in each of the six geo-political zones.   In a speech to commemorate workers day, President...
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