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SEJA commends NASS’s decision on electricity tariff hike

Bode July 3, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos A Lagos based non-governmental organization, the Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), has commended the leadership of the National Assembly on the part it took to stop the planned hike in electricity tariff. This was contained in a recent statement signed by its National Cordinator, Barrister Emmanuel...

Nnamdi Kanu, please take is easy! By DONS EZE

Bode July 3, 2020

We totally share in the sentiments and aspirations of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for a better place for the Igbo under the sun. But we do not endorse or subscribe to Nnamdi Kanu’s method of trying to actualize his dream Biafra....

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Gov Buni resuscitates Yobe Sack Company in Potiskum

Bode July 3, 2020

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Yobe Polythene Bag and Woven Sack Company in Potiskum that was grounded for years has been resuscitated by the Gov. Mai Mala Buni. Yobe State Commissioner of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Alhaji Barma Shettima disclosed this on Thursday while inspecting facilities and equipment at...

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China’s services sector grows at fastest pace in over a decade in June – Survey

Bode July 3, 2020

China’s services sector is said to have expanded at the fastest pace in over a decade in June as the easing of coronavirus-related lockdown measures revived consumer demand. A private survey showed on Friday, though companies continued to shed jobs. The Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has risen...

COVID-19: FCTA, FMOH partner to check inaccessibility to healthcare

Bode July 3, 2020

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Federal Ministry of Health are partnering to ensure that no patient is turned away from any public hospital in the FCT for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic This was the outcome of a stakeholders’ meeting held between...

Nigeria records 626 new COVID-19 cases as total climbs to 27,110

Bode July 3, 2020

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 626 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 27,110. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle. The NCDC also said Nigeria reported 13 deaths, bringing the total to 616 deaths in 35 states and the FCT The health agency...

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HEDA queries N30bn CBN contract awarded to Isa Funtua

Bode July 2, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has raised questions concerning the award of N30 billion contract to a Nigerian company. In a statement on Thursday, HEDA said it had obtained details indicating that the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) awarded the contract to Bulet...

Ecobank Group spearheads new private sector initiative to end malaria

Bode July 2, 2020

Ecobank Group confirmed on Thursday its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based not-for-profit strategic communications and advocacy organization, Speak Up Africa, and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new programme is set out to drive private-sector...

Petroleum sector and Niger Delta region in a post COVID-19 Nigeria

Bode July 2, 2020

By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – ‘Among the many frustrations in development, perhaps none looms larger than the “resource curse.” Perversely, the worst development outcomes–measured in poverty, inequality, and deprivation–are often found in those countries with the greatest natural resource endowments. Rather than contributing to freedom, broadly shared growth, and social peace,...

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NLC condemns, rejects increment in pump price

Bode July 2, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigeria Labour Congress has lampooned the Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency over the recent increment in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly called ‘petrol’. The PPPRA had on Wednesday announced that petrol will now sell between N140.80 to N143.80 per litre for the...

NNPC allays fears of possible fire on dripping Lagos pipeline

Bode July 2, 2020

… Says leaking line contains water, not petrol The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised members of the public to discountenance reports of a possible fire outbreak from a vandalized point on its pipeline at Aboru Canal in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. NNPC, in a...

ASUU kicks against re-opening of schools

Bode July 2, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Federal Government to reconsider its decision on the proposed reopening of schools nationwide, amidst the increasing cases of the coronavirus infections across the country. Dr Dipo Akomolafe, ASUU chairman of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH),...

Lagos discharges 40 coronavirus patients

Lagos discharges 40 coronavirus patients

Bode July 2, 2020

The Lagos State Government on Thursday discharged additional 40 coronavirus patients said to have recovered. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who announced this said 17 of the patients were female while 23 were male, including two foreigners. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that 19 of those discharged were from Onikan, seven from Gbagada,...

Buhari re-appoints 12 non-career Ambassadors

Bode July 2, 2020

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved renewal of the appointments of 12 non-career ambassadors, assuring Nigerians of fairness in representation and inclusiveness in all matters of governance. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, who made this known in Abuja on...

Buratai commissions 7 Div NA Delta Camp Quick Response Force

Bode July 2, 2020

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, commissioned on Thursday, the newly established Delta Camp Quick Response Force building at the 7 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri to attend to distress and quick response calls within the Maiduguri metropolis...

House rent agreement, C of O, others must carry stamp duty, says FIRS

Bode July 2, 2020

By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has alerted Nigerians and others resident in the country to make sure that documents pertaining to rent or lease agreements for their homes or offices, Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) as well as a list of other...

Apapa customs command generates N227.3bn in 6 months

Bode July 2, 2020

Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated the sum of N227.3 billion in the first half of the year. The Customs Area Controller, Mohammed Abba-Kura told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, stated that the command was able to achieve the feat in spite of the challenges...

Edo 2020: Agba congratulates APC flagbearer, Ize-Iyamu, running mate, Audu

Bode July 2, 2020

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his running mate, Hon. Gani Audu, on their emergence as the party’s joint governorship ticket for the scheduled September...

Oil prices gain on fall in U.S. crude stockpiles

Bode July 2, 2020

Oil prices were on the uptick on Thursday as a sharp drop in oil stockpiles outweighed concerns that a spike in U.S. coronavirus infections and revived lockdown measures in California could stall a recovery in fuel demand. According to Reuters’ analysis, Brent crude (LCOc1) futures were up 21 cents or...

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Zenith Bank ranked Number One Tier-1 bank in Nigeria

Bode July 2, 2020

Zenith Bank Plc has again emerged as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2020 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. Climbing a whopping 29 spots from 415 in 2019 to 386 in the 2020 global ranking of banks, Zenith Bank...