COVID-19: Health workers face violence from fearful communities – Aid agencies
Healthcare workers fighting coronavirus in dozens of countries are facing violence from fearful communities who have attacked doctors and burned down clinics, aid agencies said on Tuesday. In Colombia, ambulances…
Mali crisis: Protest movement says detention of president a popular insurrection
The coalition in Mali behind mass protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign said the detention of Keita on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers was “not a military coup…
FG wades into MTN, Union trade dispute
The Federal Government has waded into the trade dispute between MTN Nigeria Communication Plc and Private Telecommunication and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN). Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of…
Imo Govt disagrees opposes Okorocha’s plan to amend suit against EFCC, others
The Imo Government, on Tuesday, opposed the immediate-past Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha’s plan to amend his suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other panels…
Malnutrition: FG, States have invested about N3.8 billion in procuring Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods – Osinbajo
The Buhari administration is making progress tackling the problem of malnutrition in the country through the implementation of various intervention programmes, and increased funding, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,…
Mompha fights back, sues EFCC for alleged unlawful arrest, detention
Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly called Mompha, on Tuesday filed a suit seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay him N5 million as damages for…
It’s N480 to a dollar as scarcity of forex worsens
The scarcity of dollars at the parallel market worsened on Tuesday in Lagos and it forced the Naira down to N480 to a dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro…
Alamieyeseigha’s brother, 23 others confirmed as commissioners in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa House of Assembly on Tuesday screened and confirmed list of 24 nominees as Commissioners-designate. The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Abraham Ngobere, had announced receipt…
GSI helps banks recover N50.32m bad loans in 9 days – CBN
Mr Kevin Amugo, Director, Financial Policy and Regulation, CBN, said Nigerian banks recovered about N50.32 million bad loans from debtors within nine days the country commenced operations of the Global…
Briton faces fresh charges in alleged P&ID scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, filed fresh charges bordering on money laundering against a Briton linked with alleged scam in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID)…