Undocumented migrant workers make crime-fighting difficult – Keyamo
Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, has called on the Nigerian Immigration Service and all relevant agencies to work together in curbing the influx of…
LASG SET TO PILOT ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH FRIENDLY BIKE SHARE SCHEME
April 23, 2021 Lagos State Government, through the Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP), in conjunction with Messrs AWABIKE Ltd, is set to pilot an environmental/health-friendly non-motorised transport initiative tagged “Bike…
COVID-19: African trade finance sees $5bn in portfolio outflows in Q1 2020 but opportunities exist – report
April 23, 2021 Constrained global financial conditions caused by Covid-19 have led to massive portfolio outflows from Africa, exceeding $5 billion in the first quarter of 2020, a new continent-wide…
LASG launches agricultural, food systems roadmap, projects to generate $10bn by 2025
April 23, 2021 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has projected that the total investments in the agricultural sector in the State would run to $10B in the next five…
WASH-NORM: 171 million Nigerians still off SDG’s target of safely managed drinking water supply services
April 23, 2021 The percentage of Nigeria’s population with access to basic water supply services has steadily increased from 67% in 2015 to 68% in 2018, and 70% in 2019….
COVID-19: 16.6m African children miss measles vaccine doses since Jan. 2020 – WHO
April 23, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 16.6 million children in Africa missed planned supplemental measles vaccine doses between January 2020 and April 2021 due to the…
Normalcy returns to Kano prison after inmates’ riot
April 23, 2021 The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says normalcy has been restored to the Kurmawa Custodial facility in Kano metropolis following violent protest staged by the inmates on Thursday….
Agitations: NEC directs states to hold consultations, dialogues
April 23, 2021 The National Executive Council, NEC has emphasised the need to address the problems of agitation in parts of the country. This was part of resolutions at the…
Nigeria’s ECA stands at over $72m
April 23, 2021 Nigeria’s Excess Crude account, ECA, stood at $72, 413,008.60 million as at 22nd April, 2021 according to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed. She disclosed this while giving…
Mass sack: Labour to embark on five days protest
The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will withdraw services from both public and private organisations in Kaduna State for five days to protest mass sack of workers by the state…