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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that Sixty per cent of coronavirus cases recorded in the state are from oil workers returning from rigs. Governor Wike disclosed this on Wednesday when the Management Team of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited ...

The inflation rate for the month of March rose by 0.06 percentage points to 12.26 per cent, the highest-level recorded since April 2018. The rise in inflation was driven by a rise in all components, with core sub-index growing by ...

The recent World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reveals that Nigeria’s economy will contract to -3.4 per cent in 2020, falling from 2.2 per cent projected in 2019. A report by The Centre For The ...

No fewer than 57 trainees, who represent batch seven set of graduates being absorbed into Ecobank Nigeria as full time employees were last week hosted to a virtual graduation ceremony by the Ecobank Academy as it positions itself as a ...

The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has cautioned the National Assembly against succumbing to blackmail in probing illegal spending of N40 billion by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). NDRA Spokesman, Darlington Nwauju, noted that since the news of investigating ...

AN advocacy group, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has faulted reports by the Lagos State government that most communities in the state have been enjoying improved water supply since the COVID-19 pandemic began, describing the claim as ...

Say PMI cannot disguise its lies Amid a global health crisis occasioned by COVID-19, Philip Morris International (PMI) will gather shareholders on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (today) in a virtual meeting to applaud its continued efforts to rebrand itself as ...

The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over palliative materials worth #40.892,00 to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. Handing over the items to the representative of the ministry, Mrs Oluwakemi Adedeji, the ...

Following a review of the implication of COVlD-19 on healthcare delivery in the country, the federal government has approved a Special Hazard and Inducement Allowance of 50 per cent of consolidated basic salary for all health workers in all Federal ...

The Federal Government has blamed the rising cases of community transmission of coronavirus disease in the country on non-compliance with lockdown directives, medical advice, unauthorised treatment of patients in private homes and unaccredited facilities. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force ...