NUPENG leadership directs withdrawal of services by petroleum tanker drivers in Lagos State
The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has ordered petroleum tanker drivers to withdraw their services from Lagos from Monday, August 10. According…
World Bank approves $114.28 m for COVID-19 State level responses in Nigeria
The World Bank has approved $114.28 million financing to help Nigeria prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 with specific focus on state level responses. According to…
AFTER 30 YEARS, PRESIDENT BUHARI SIGNS AMENDED COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS BILL
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja assented to the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the…
Reverse negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic through innovations – Osinbajo tells Law Students
Though the COVID-19 pandemic presents the most challenging times in recent history, it can also be a turning point for innovative thinking especially towards resolving the numerous challenges faced by…
COVID-19: LASG says 1,683 active cases in communities are yet to turn up for admission in care centres
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi says 1,683 active COVID-19 cases in communities are yet to turn up for admission in COVID-19 Lagos care centres. Abayomi disclosed this…
Beirut blast: Husband flew from Nigeria to Lebanon to meet family but met death
Soha Saade had not seen her husband since Christmas. The coronavirus pandemic had kept 44-year-old Jihad in Nigeria, where he worked far from his family in Beirut. Once travel restrictions…
28 states, 102 LGs likely to witness flooding – NEMA warns
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted that 28 states and 102 local governments might be at risk of flooding due to impending heavy rainfall. Mr Olusegun Afolayan, Director, Operations…
Gunmen on motorbikes kill 33 in Southern Kaduna dawn massacre
Gunmen have killed 21 (locals said 33) villagers in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said Friday, in the latest deadly violence between ethnic Fulani herders and local farmers over grazing…
COVID-19 Violation: Abuja mobile court fines Naira Marley N200,000 after pleading guilty
Music star, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has been fined N200,000 by an Abuja mobile court for violating COVID-19 protocols. The FCT Administration filed a four-count charge against…
Obaseki describes Edo assembly invasion as an attempted coup d’etat tantamount to treason
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has described the takeover of the State House of Assembly Complex as an attempted coup d’état that is tantamount to treason and contrary to the…