Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 18th May 2020
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FG Seizes Canadian Aircraft, Detains Crew
LAGOS – The Federal Government on Sunday impounded a Canadian Airline Flair Jet, and detained its cabin crew for operating commercial flight into Nigeria despite the airspace closure in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was learnt that the aircraft, a Legacy 500 with registration number G-ERFX, with 13 available passengers’ seats and …
Nigerian Banks’ Profitability Risk May Linger Into 2021
LAGOS – While the vast majority of tier-1 banks in Nigeria reported positive earnings in the first quarter of 2020, profitability would become more challenging going forward as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic sets in, according to Daily Independent investigations. Respondents on earnings outlook for the banks expect significant pressure to be placed on …
APC Demands Probe Into Lagos FCC Slot Controversy
LAGOS – The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday demanded an investigation into how the name of Miftah Bolaji Are got into the list of the new appointees of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) as the nominee for Lagos in the initial list sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the …
Court Didn’t Order Suspension Of Infectious Diseases Bill — Reps
ABUJA – The House of Representatives has said that the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja regarding the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 did not ask the green chamber to halt legislative processes on it, saying that it only demanded an appearance and a defence before the court. The spokesman of the …
COVID-19: Lagos Considers Reopening Economy Fully
CHIOMA UMEHA; VICTORIA OJUGBANA; CHINWENDU NNADOZIE; BOLU-OLU ESHO Lagos State is considering full reopening of the critical sectors of its economy, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Sunday, but said the move would not be pushed in a hurry. In the coming days, Sanwo-Olu said the state government would be rolling out register-to-open initiative as part …
Why Yoruba Nation Within Nigeria Is Impossible To Achieve – Ajomale
Otunba Henry Ajomale, former Lagos State chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in this interview with JOY ANIGBOGU, speaks on measures needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpts Amidst rising cases of COVID-19, what do you think should be done to flatten the curve, especially in the midst of allegation that some security …
Whither Nigeria
OLABODE GEORGE All over the world, from Australia to the farthest reaches of Iceland, from the blue fields of Nicaragua in South America to the steppes of Asia – every inch of mother earth is infected with the scourge of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no escape. There is no immune corner of the globe. …
Rebuilding Nigeria’s Economy After COVID-19
LAGOS – Nigeria, no doubt, has demonstrated considerable resilience in recent weeks, successfully developing new homegrown policies on how to rejuvenate the economy in light of the COVID-19 crisis while at the same time strengthening its global ties. Amidst the current uncertainties around the pandemic and its impact, some financial analysts in telephone discussions with …
COVID-19 Will Herald New World Economic Order – Onu
ABUJA – The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has stated that the current COVID-19 pandemic ravaging Nigeria and the global community would herald a new world economic order to the advantage of developing countries. Speaking with DAILY INDEPENDENT after the recent facility visit to the SHEDA Science and Technology Complex (SHETSCO) in …
Anambra: Police Arrest Businessman Over Trademark Infringement
AWKA -The Nigeria Police Force has reportedly arrested an Anambra businessman, Ifediba Umejidike, following a Committal Order made by the Federal High Court, Enugu. Justice R. O. Dugbo-Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court, Enugu, had on December 3, 2019, issued an order for Police or DSS to arrest Umejidike and hand him over to the …
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