Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 12th June 2020
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Monsoon Accessorize Shuts 35 Stores
More than 500 jobs are set to be lost after Monsoon Accessorize entered administration, as the hit from coronavirus threw its turnaround plan off course. The business expects to make 545 staff redundant as it closes 35 stores, despite Monsoon’s founder Peter Simon buying the business out of administration almost immediately. However, the deal will …
Man Denies Manslaughter Over Death Of Grandfather
A man has denied manslaughter over the death of a grandfather following an incident at a Butlin’s holiday park. Michael Loughlin was taken to hospital after a fight in a bar at the popular seaside resort in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, in June 2019. The 52-year-old, from Barton-le-Clay in Bedfordshire, had suffered a punch to …
ISS Awards NSS £35 Million Cleaning Deal
Nationwide Specialist Services (NSS) has had its long-term cleaning service contract renewed by ISS, the global facilities management business. NSS has been delivering window and technical cleaning across the UK for ISS for 10 years. The five-year framework agreement was renewed following “an in-depth negotiation process, significantly expanding on the existing relationship between the two companies”. …
Germany Welcomes €9bn National Hydrogen Strategy
The German federal government has adopted a National Hydrogen Strategy, allocating €9bn to make the country the leading supplier of modern hydrogen technologies. The funding includes €7bn to promote and develop hydrogen technologies in Germany, and €2bn to develop international partnerships. Transport has been identified as one of the target sectors for the strategy, alongside …
Scotland Set To Reopen Hospitality Sector
Hospitality venues in the UK were ordered to close on 20 March in order to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Fergus Ewing, tourism secretary for Scotland, said yesterday (10 June): “I have been engaging with businesses since the beginning of the outbreak and I have heard their calls for more clarity, which today I can …
British Gas To Axe 5,000 Jobs In Restructuring Plan
The owner of British Gas has said it will cut 5,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan to turn around the company. Centrica says half of its 40-strong senior leadership team will step down by the end of August – and it also plans to strip out three layers of management to slimline …
SaskPower Reports Successful Month At Boundary Damn
In a monthly update, SaskPower has revealed that the carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at Boundary Damn Power Station captured 67,694 tonnes of carbon dioxide in May. The average daily capture rate when the facility was online was 2,184 tonnes per day, with a peak one-day capture rate of 2,423 tonnes. During the month …
COVID-19: Moderna Start Final Testing In July
on Thursday confirmed it plans to start a trial of 30,000 volunteers of its much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine in July as the company enters the final stage of testing. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech said the primary goal of the study would be to prevent symptomatic COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The key secondary …
Amazon Faces EU Antitrust Objections In Online Sales
Amazon.com Inc. will get a formal antitrust complaint from European Union regulators as soon as next week, according to a person familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity. Issuing a so-called statement of objections would ramp up a probe into the potential misuse of merchants’ data on the online sales platform. The …
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 681 Record High New COVID-19 Cases As Total Crosses 14,000 Mark
Nigeria’s COVID-19 total figure has surpassed the 14,000 mark after latest reports from across the country saw a record high additional 681 new confirmed cases push the new total to 14,554 on Thursday night. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in tweeting the latest update, also added a #TakeResponsibility, urging Nigerians to continue to …
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