The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Nasarawa Council, has tasked security agencies to intensify efforts at finding the killers of the state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Philip Shekwo. Shekwo was abducted by gunmen from his residence in Lafia on Saturday and his lifeless body was later...
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The COVID-19 related death toll in the African continent has reached 49,412, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the total reported cases of COVID-19 cases in the continent has reached 2,057,001...
Economic recession is a consequence of macroeconomic policy’s failure to curb inflation, increasing savings without commensurate increase in investment by business firms and decrease in aggregate expenditure. The first major economic crisis Nigeria has encountered since independence was the economic recession that hit her in the 1980s. This recession...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has has directed the state’s scholarship board to fully fund 15 volunteer workers in Baga community who have been rendering volunteer healthcare services in supporting medical practitioners to cater for the well being of resettled displaced families. ...
A recession is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activities. Recessions occur when there is widespread drop in spending as is the case now. This recession issue is not something to rejoice about or heap blame on any particular government. It is basically...
In the words of Justin Merkins, a world acclaimed management consultant, there are clear thinkers, muddled thinkers and people that fall in between. Clear thinkers -are the ones that can cull everything down into the right points-are very hard to find. But if you get yourself a team of...
The University of Abuja has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with First Paramedic and Global Educational Services for quick response to accidents and emergency cases for students and workers in the university. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Alllah signed the MoU with Dr Khadijat Musah, the...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced that 56 persons across the country tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 66,439. It added that 62,241 of the confirmed cases had been treated...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on members to discern new ways of engaging with management and government in the post-COVID-19 era. The association’s General Secretary, Mr Lumumba Okugbawa made the call on Monday in Lagos in commemoration of the Africa Industrialisation...
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, Monday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to invite church leaders on how to lift the country out of recession immediately, even as they called for constitutional reform. Ayokunle stated this at the induction service of Reverend Uzoma Uzoeshi...
The Medical Director, Peace Hospital, Anyigba, Dr. Azubuike Iheanacho has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. Iheanacho’s abduction was revealed by the State chapter, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday. The body appealed to security agencies and the state government to as a matter of urgency rescue Dr. Iheanacho, who...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Air Peace airline Monday has assures its customers of restoration of full frequencies to its various destinations. This is just as it disclosed that the recent reduction in the frequencies of flights to various destinations by the airline is due to the Coronavirus lockdown and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Northern Elders Forum has slammed the President Buhari-led administration over the slow pace of work on the dreaded Abuja-Kaduna highway. In a statement released on Monday signed by its Director, Publicity and Advocacy Dr Kakeem Baba-Ahmed, the forum lamented the five-year completion time-frame as...
Amb. Mariam Katagum, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, said on Monday that transportation was an indispensable sector to maximising the potentialities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Katagum made the declaration at the AfCFTA Nigeria Strategic Workshop Series II webinar with the theme: “’Nigeria...
The Moroccan security services on Monday bust a cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) militant group and arrested three persons. The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation, Morocco’s intelligence bureau said in a statement that the suspects, aged 26 to 28, were arrested in the cities of Inezgane and...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Monday presented a budget of N140.03billion for 2021 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Speaking at the ceremony in Yola, Fintiri said that the budget tagged “Budget of Stabilisation”, was aimed at consolidating the modest achievements recorded by his administration towards...
The Kwara State Government has recorded three more COVID-19 cases, while 11 patients, who tested negative twice, have been discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and spokesman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, made this known in a statement on Monday in Ilorin. According to...
The Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) has applauded the community policing programme of the Federal Government. The National President of ASETU, Chief Emeka Diwe disclosed this on Monday in a communique issued at the end of a Two-Day Emergency Security Retreat of the group in Enugu. Diwe...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday sacked the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kola Olawoye. Akeredolu, immediately appointed a human rights lawyer, Mr Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. Mr Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made...