ITALIAN PM ANNOUNCES €400BN STIMULUS PLAN
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday announced a new stimulus programme designed to inject up to 400 billion euros ($430 billion) into businesses damaged by the coronavirus pandemic.…
KWARA JOINS THE LIST AS NCDC CONFIRMS SIX FRESH CORONAVIRUS CASES
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed six cases of coronavirus in the country. The agency announced this in a tweet on Monday evening, listing Kwara, Edo,…
HEAVY TRAFFIC IN LEKKI AS LAGOS RESIDENTS FLOUT LOCKDOWN
Despite the lockdown in Lagos State to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of motorists were on Monday stranded in a gridlock on the Lekki-Epe Expressway. Footage…
HOUSE PARTY: MIXED REACTIONS GREET FUNKE AKINDELE, HUSBAND’s CONVICTION •Actress, JJC Skillz sentenced to 14-Day Community Service •Ex-Lagos Gov Candidate, Wife, Naira Marley in Custody, to be arraigned
Actress, Funke Akindele-Bello, popularly known as Jenifa, and her musician husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, alias JJC Skillz, were on Monday sentenced to 14 days of community service for violating…
TRIGGER-HAPPY POLICEMAN KILLS PETROL ATTENDANT IN ABIA
A petrol attendant, Chibuisi Okameme, was on Sunday shot dead allegedly by a policeman, Inspector Stanley Asu. The incident occurred opposite the Greenmac Energy Limited filling station on the…
YOU ARE NOT INDISPENSABLE -Pinnick warns Rohr
Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, has sounded a note of warning to Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, saying no one is indispensable as far as the national team…
BUHARI LOCKED DOWN LAGOS AND ABUJA SO THEY CAN INSTALL 5G -Pastor Chris
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of the Christ Embassy church, has said that the Federal government locked down Lagos and Abuja so as to install the controversial 5G…
NIGERIA READY FOR OPEC TALKS
The Government of Nigeria wishes to assure the Nigerian and international communities that it is watching developments in the oil and gas industry with keen interest. Specifically, Nigeria is…
BUHARI ORDERS DISTRIBUTION OF 150 TRUCKS OF SEIZED RICE TO NIGERIANS
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the 36 states of the federation. The Minister of Finance, Budget…
2020 BUDGET: FG SEEKS $3.5BN FROM IMF, AfDB
The Federal Government says it has requested $3.5 billion from International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) to access concessional funding to support the implementation of the…