FCCPC shuts Chinese restaurant for declining service to Nigerians
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has shut down a Chinese eatery in the Victoria Island, Lagos State for refusing to serve Nigerians. In a tweet accompanied by…
COVID-19: US adds UK, Ireland to Europe travel ban
The United States has added the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland to its travel ban on Europe as part of measures to prevent new cases of the coronavirus pandemic….
Coronavirus: Jack Ma donates 2m masks for Europe crisis
Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate two million protective masks for distribution across Europe, with a first consignment arriving in Belgium late on Friday. A…
FRSC to begin clampdown on overloaded school buses
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Saturday ordered the field operatives of the corps to clampdown on overloaded private school vehicles plying Nigerian roads….
Nearly 2m candidates register for UTME across 600 CBTs, highest in 41-year history
Ishaq Oloyode, Registrar JAMB Almost two million candidates registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) as the exam began today, Saturday. The examination, conducted by the Joint Matriculation…
COVID-19:Â Africa may lose half of its GDP with growth falling to about 2% – ECA warnsÂ
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has raised an alarm that Africa may lose half of its GDP with growth falling from 3.2 per cent to about 2 per cent due…
COVID-19: Africa would need $ 10.6 bn in unanticipated increases in health spending to curtail virus —ECA
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says Africa would need up to US$ 10.6 billion in unanticipated increases in health spending to curtail the spread of coronavirus while on the…
Covid-19 online scam surfaces: Interpol blocks 18 bank accounts
Interpol has issued a notice to police forces around the world about various scams that have sprung up which take advantage of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Interpol said scammers traced…
All matches billed for March, April should be postponed – FIFA recommendation
FIFA has recommended that all international matches scheduled to be played in March and April be postponed because of the coronavirus. This new recommendation will affect World Cup qualifiers for…
Coronavirus: 179 contacts in isolation discharged in Lagos, Ogun, index case close to being discharged
The Lagos State Government says all the one hundred and seventy-nine people in isolation who had contact with the coronavirus index case in Nigeria, have been discharged. Out of the…