The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudiness and rains from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja predicted cloudy morning over the north on Sunday with prospects of isolated thunderstorms over Southern Borno, Adamawa and Taraba. According to it, few thunderstorms are expected over Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi, […]
By Foster Obi Despite the position by the federal government barring Emirates Airline from operating in the country, the Airline said it is still committed to serving its Nigerian customers. According to its spokesperson: “Emirates remains committed to serving its two Nigerian points, Abuja and Lagos, to connect our customers to and through Dubai to […]
After months of being shut down, the Lagos State Government has approved the full reopening of worship centres in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during a briefing in the state on Saturday. According to him, churches are now allowed to observe their mid-week services, while the mosques are also allowed to carry out […]
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) strike has paralysed health services at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH Ituku- Ozalla near Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the situation, observed that some wards in the hospital were without patients as many of them were alleged to have been moved to private […]
Oil prices rose for a fourth day in a row on Friday, putting crude on track for a weekly gain of about 10 per cent, after Saudi Arabia pressed allies to stick to production quotas and banks, including Goldman Sachs, predicted a supply deficit. Brent crude was up 18 cents at $43.48 a barrel by […]
The project contractor handling a building that killed four persons and injured others on Wednesday has been arrested by the police in Abia state. The state government arrested the suspect, Bassey Afokwalam who was initially on the run following the tragic incident. This was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, during an interview […]
The Federal Government has apologised for its tweet ordering all account holders in the country to obtain and fill self-certification forms. In a directive contained in a series of tweets (now deleted) on Thursday, the Federal Government said each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. In another tweet on […]
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is still in the race of becoming the next Director-General World Trade Organisation (WTO) even after the international body reduced the number of candidates to five. WTO in a Tweet on its official handle @wto on Friday announced that the five “candidates will be moving on for members’ further consideration in the […]
A Nigerian doctor, Dr. Chidi Ochu Uzoma Esike of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakakliki in Ebonyi State has found a new way of stopping women who started having uncontrollable life-threatening bleeding after delivering their babies from bleeding to death. The final treatment to keep such women alive before now was to remove the […]
Low income countries in Central and Western Asia, Northern Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa would need to spend nearly 16 per cent of their GDP or $80 billion to close the social protection financing gap worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest policy brief from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has shown. The study released on […]