Category: News
Mikano International Limited retrench 600 workers
Mikano International Limited, Lagos, Nigeria, the sole manufacturers of Mikano Generators and also franchise holders of Geeky and ZNA6 brand of vehicl [...]
Arik restructures, cuts salaries, puts staff on leave without pay
As the airline industry across the world continues to take a beating following the suspension of most local and international flights, due to the coro [...]
How Oyo’s 1st COVID-19 death lied about travel history, flouted isolation rules
Yesterday, Oyo State recorded its first COVID-19 death. He was a Kano-based Assistant Comptroller at Customs (name withheld) who not only lied about g [...]
Nigerian doctor develops COVID-19 testing booths to increase testing
Following the low number of people who have had to undergo COVID-19 testing, just less than 10,000 as against Ghana and South Africa, who have tested [...]
Sunlight and humidity kill coronavirus fastest -US scientists
US scientists say coronavirus dies fastest when it is exposed to direct sunlight, though a study cited has not yet been made public and awaits externa [...]
US job losses from Covid-19 soar to 26 million
Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has climbed to 26.4 million as Congress is poised to approve a new stimulus measure and [...]
Trump suggests injecting COVID-19 patients with disinfectant to ‘clean’ lungs
President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of an injection of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the [...]
Naira further crashes to N425/$1
As the price of crude oil continues to slump, the downward slide of the naira in the parallel market appears not to end anytime soon, and as such, pre [...]
UBA records impressive N32.7bn profit in Q1 2020
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2 [...]
Onlne teaching will not replace third term – LASG
The Lagos state government have reacted to plans by some private schools in the state to resume on Monday April 27, for the third term academic sessio [...]