The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over the 175 workers laid off by one of its contract companies. Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, the company’s General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Brikinn said that the laid-off workers were not employees of...
The number of coronavirus cases in India topped three million on Sunday, government data showed. This is as the South Asian country logged the world’s biggest daily rise in cases for almost three weeks. India, a country of 1.3 billion, has so far reported 3,044,940 infections, with 69,239 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, the Federal Health Ministry said. India is ranked third behind Brazil and the United States in the highest number...
A Kano based industrialist, Chief Kalu Ogbonnaya, has called for the South East to produce the next president of the country after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Ogbonnaya, also a philanthropist, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Kano. Everybody knows that the right thing to do is to allow the South East to produce the president in 2023 because it is the only zone...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 601 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It said that one death was recorded in the country. The NCDC noted that till date, 51,905 cases had been confirmed, 38,767 discharged and 997 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The health...
It is safe to say that El-Rufai has long before now gained a reputation as an ethnic irredentist and a governor who is doing so little to resolve the security situation in Southern Kaduna ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Selection of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El Rufai as a guest speaker at the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA- Annual General Meeting, has been canceled following outrage and protest by thousands of Nigerians for NBA leadership to...
Gov. Godwin Obasekiof Edo and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Sept. 19 governorship election has appealed to supporters of the party to re-elect the present administration for continuity of its people-oriented programmes Obaseki made the appeal at Ogwa, ward 1, in Esan West Local Government Area, when the PDP Edo governorship campaign council held its rally. He said: “To whom much is given, much is expected. I am aware of your request...
Former Super Falcons midfielder Maureen Mmadu says the negative toll of the coronavirus pandemic on football activities has greatly affected female football. Mmadu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that a number of professional players have stayed back in Nigeria because of the lull in football abroad. The former Super Falcons’ Assistant Coach said it was painful that those who were in the country had continued to train without any form of...
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Association, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a digital platform to ensure speedy delivery of COVID-19 results in the Federal Capital Territory. Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Ilori said that the platform, called Surveillance Outbreak Response Management Analysis System (SORMAS), would be used to communicate directly to individuals through SMS alert. She noted that...
The Federal Government says the nation is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), GAVI, and others on therapeutics and vaccines against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 59th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Ehanire said that Nigeria had as of August, 19, 2020, crossed the 50,000 landmark and recorded 50,488 COVID-19 cases, this was out...
