Nigeria
Heritage Bank, WHO canvass COVID-19 high-tech fight, attention for malaria scourge
…want elimination of the life-threatening disease by 2030 Amid growing concerns that the current high-tech fight against COVID-19 pandemic might douse malaria...
After 40 days, ex-VP Atiku’s son, Mohammed, bounces back from COVID-19, discharged
After spending about 40 days in isolation, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, COVID-19 patient and son of Nigeria’s former Vice-President, has recovered from...
Buhari gets Senate’s nod for another N850bn loan to fund 2020 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to obtain a fresh loan of N850 billion as additional funding for some projects in the 2020...
Two Of A Kind: How Timipre Silva And Mele Kyari Are Changing The Oil & Gas Industry
The two are from diverse backgrounds but seem driven by the same passion- the desire to make things better. Timipre Silva, Minister...
FG says States without coronavirus case aren’t running enough tests
The Federal Government said states yet to record coronavirus case have not done enough testing. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF),...
Banks Fraud, Financial Rape and its System Cruelty on Nigerians
Akowe John-Duke ‘Selime It is exceptionally bothersome and wearisome to be acquainted with the fact that the Nigerian banks have mastered an assortment...
Coronavirus: Nigeria in dire straits, needs test kits desperately – NCDC DG
…to date Nigeria has conducted 10, 061, Ghana 100, 622, S’Africa 161, 000, Egypt 90, 000 With the rising cases of COVID-19...
COVID-19: NNPC-led Oil & Gas intervention donates ambulance, equipment to Kano Govt.
… to build world-class medical facilities in nation’s eight zones. In continuation of its intervention across the states of the federation,...
Journalists rights’ violation: MRA, IPC drag Ebonyi Governor before Code of Conduct Bureau
…want him removed, barred from holding public office for 10 years. For his recent attacks on journalists and alleged breach of oath...
COVID-19: Some Nigerian lawyers slam $200bn damages on China
As Nigeria battles the virulent COVID-19 with several fatalities, some Nigerian lawyers have concluded plans to institute a $200 billion suit...
COVID-19: SERAP invokes FoI, wants governors to rechannel security votes, life pensions into healthcare
…demands details of coronavirus spendings, palliatives, beneficiaries Worried by the steepy rise in the COVID-19 fatalities and community spread of the pandemic,...
Abba Kyari: Gatekeeper to the President – Financial Times
Abba Kyari was an unlikely svengali. The most prominent African victim so far of coronavirus, who has died at the age of 67,...
COVID-19 death: Bank’s Regional Manager’s family accuses Kano Govt., NCDC of abandoning rescue attempt
(Listen to her plea for help above) Grief-stricken septuagenarian mother-in-law of a Kano-based bank’s Regional Manager has cried foul over...
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 1,000 mark with whooping 114 fresh cases
COVID-19 confirmed cases in Nigeria have galloped to 1,095 on Friday with fresh 114 cases nationwide. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
In spite of business upsets, UBA records impressive N32.7bn profit-before-tax Q1 2020
… retail, electronic banking businesses hit all-time high Buoyed by modest growth and efficiency, the Pan African financial institution, the United...
