Fire guts Oando tank farm in Lagos (Punch) Fire on Thursday gutted a tank farm in the Oando Depot on Gaskiya Road, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State. Confirming the development, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency,…
Pandemic cuts global foreign direct investment in half – UN report
A United Nations trade report issued on Tuesday says that foreign direct investment (FDI) has plunged by 49 per cent around the world in the first half of 2020 from the same period a year ago. FDI is on course…
US imposes sweeping new sanctions on Iran
The United States is imposing sweeping new sanctions on Iran to curb Tehran’s nuclear, missile, and conventional arms threats after Washington asserted the United Nations arms embargo on Iran was reimposed indefinitely late Saturday. White House National Security Adviser Robert…
*Low turnout as schools resume in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Benue after COVID-19 break (Guardian)*Sanwo-Olu asks judges to be fair, just (Punch)
Low turnout as schools resume in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Benue after COVID-19 break (Guardian) Schools in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Benue states yesterday resumed for the 2020/2021 academic session for primary and secondary schools after six months of forced closure…
126 new cases take Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections to 56,604
Nigeria has registered 126 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the new total to 56,604 in the past 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said. Making the announcement via its Twitter handle Wednesday night, the government agency…
Corruption, insecurity, economic hardship threat to Nigeria’s democracy – Obi
As the world celebrates International Democracy Day, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has identified corruption, insecurity of lives and property, and economic hardship as the greatest threats…
188 more test positive to Covid-19 across Nigeria
There have been 188 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Nigeria in the past 24 hours. In an announcement via its Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said there are now 56,017 confirmed cases in the most…
Nigeria’s Covid-19 caseload now 55,829 as 197 new cases recorded
There have been 197 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Nigeria in the past 24 hours. In an announcement via its Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said there are now 55,829 confirmed cases in the most…
Obi urges govts to invest in vocational education, sues for more youth skills acquisition
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2020 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on youths to get themselves involved in learning more skills that will help them in the future, while urging governments to take…
*Lagos establishes LASRERA to regulate real estate sector (Vanguard) *Woman arrested for aiding son’s escape after raping 9-year-old girl (Tribune)
Lagos establishes LASRERA to regulate real estate sector (Vanguard) Lagos State Government has set up an agency, Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority, LASRERA, to monitor activities of estate agents and tenancy transactions in the state. The Special Adviser to…