By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell for Sub-Saharan Africa by 12.5 per cent, according to its Migration and Development Brief 33 Phase 11 entitled: “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens’’ published on […]
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Union of Lagos State Students’ (NULASS) Independent Election Committee on Thursday said that 17 candidates had been screened and cleared for various positions in the union’s forthcoming election. Paraiso Ismaila, Committee Chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that arrangements had been made for the election to hold […]
By Chimezie Anaso The Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) has commended the quality of work at the ongoing Anambra Cargo and Passenger Airport Project at Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area. The engineers, who included structural engineers and transport /highway engineers, made the commendation during a visit to the airport on Friday. The Vice Chairman […]
The possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is very high, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, explained that this was because of the inability of at least 600,000 candidates who have indicated interest to participate, to register for the examination […]
A major US fuel pipeline has reportedly paid cyber-criminal gang DarkSide nearly $5m (£3.6m) in ransom, following a cyber-attack. Colonial Pipeline suffered a ransomware cyber-attack over the weekend and took its service down for five days, causing supplies to tighten across the US. CNN, the New York Times, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal all reported […]
By Rukayat Moisemhe The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said that certain clear-cut actions by the Federal Government were crucial to attracting significant investment in the manufacturing sector. The NESG said this in its May 2021 report, published on Thursday and titled: ” Sectoral Reforms and Investments in Nigeria: A Focus on the Manufacturing […]
The Premier League has agreed to roll over its existing television deal with broadcasters for a further three years. The new deal with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport will run from 2022 to 2025. The current £4.7bn deal, agreed in 2018, represented a 10% drop in value. The Government has […]
Online retail giant Amazon has said it is hiring 75,000 workers across the US and Canada to meet growing demand as the pandemic continues. The new jobs offered across transport and its warehouses will be permanent roles. It will also offer new staff who have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 a $100 (£71.19) bonus, it […]
Several international airlines say they are temporarily suspending flights to Israel’s main airport near Tel Aviv because of the hostilities. Three US carriers – United, Delta and American Airlines – as well as Germany’s Lufthansa and British Airways have halted flights to and from Ben Gurion airport due to safety and security concerns. Airport authorities […]
Conor McGregor has beaten Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Lewis Hamilton to the top of Forbes’ highest-paid athlete list. McGregor is estimated to have made $180million (£127.75m) in the past year, despite losing in his only mixed martial arts bout of 2021. ‘The Notorious’ was knocked out by Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Fight Island […]