Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, increased the hazard allowance of health workers in the state public service from N5,000 to N25,000. This was confirmed in a tweet by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat. Gawat said the increment was for the month of April 2020….
One of Nigeria’s biggest car dealers, Chief Willy Anumudu has died at 68! The Chairman of GLOBE MOTORS, Victoria Island, suffered some health challenges few days ago and “was tested for COVID-19 which came out negative”. He was to be air-lifted to Germany this morning but died about 4am. A jolly good fellow, Willy was…
…Governor Condemns Stigmatisation Of Patients, Urges Muslims To Obey Restriction Guidelines As Ramadan Begins By next week, the use of face mask may be made mandatory in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Monday during a statewide briefing held at the State House in Marina. The Governor said the rise in the…
A group of seven chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Borno state have resolved to unleash what they termed “devilish campaign” against a former Governor and now Senator Kashim Shettima. The chieftains are still aggrieved with outcome of the 2019 governorship elections in Borno and regrouping ahead of 2023. The President, Coalition…
The International Monetary Fund has granted debt relief to 25 countries, mostly African nations excluding Nigeria. A statement by the Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said it would provide $500m in grant-based debt service relief to these countries. “Today, I am pleased to say that our executive board approved immediate debt…
While the First City Monument Bank, FCMB and its Shareholders defied the COVID 19 lockdown directives last week, to hold it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) by proxy and celebrate its N20.1 billion profit for the 2019 financial year, little did the shareholders know that a petition…
… We’re conscripted, not volunteers ……No one should be compelled to volunteer —Medical Guild, NMA …….. They’re voluntary warriors —LUTH Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital have alleged that they are being forcefully conscripted to work as volunteers for…
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has introduced an automated voice banking service, an interactive voice response (IVR) solution which enables customers to perform basic banking transactions by dialing a dedicated phone line through their registered phone numbers and following the prompts. By simply dialing +234 (1) 278 7000 from the phone number linked…
Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42% of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: even if we devote 100% of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will not be enough. COVID19 has wreaked such damage to the world’s economy, and…
Mr. Olatunde Adejuyigbe, a Lagos based Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has faulted the Lagos State Government’s punishment meted to star actress Funke Akindele and her hubby, after they breached the lockdown order to hold a in-house birthday shindig with more than 20 people in attendance. The actress had organized the party for her husband,…
