Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 4th August 2020
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WHO Advance Team To China Concludes Its Mission – Report
World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Monday that the WHO advance team that traveled to China has concluded their mission to lay the groundwork for further joint efforts to identify the virus origins. “One of the areas that we’ve been continuing to study is the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19,” WHO Director-General Tedros …
Barcelona Government Pursues Climate Goals With 40 Projects
Barcelona is pursuing 40 climate action projects to help the city’s ‘green recovery’ from the Covid-19 crisis and meet its environmental commitments, after declaring a climate emergency earlier this year. With €95m from the European Investment Bank, the EU’s lending arm, the city government will undertake regeneration projects, energy efficiency schemes and invest in social …
Why We Sacked Our Pilots — Air Peace
LAGOS – Air Peace on Monday attributed the sack of most of its pilots to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. This is as the airline warned that more of its staff may be shown the exit in the future if the current difficult situation did not improve. The largest airline in Nigeria in terms of route …
Conflicting Reports On ShopRite’s Plans To Quit Nigeria
South Africa’s supermarket retailer, ShopRite, has announced it is considering a sale of “all or a majority stake” of its business in Nigeria, 15 years after it opened in the country. But its consultant has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the …
United Overseas Bank Aims To Empower Employees With New Finance Academy
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched a training and development programme to equip its employees in finance function. Designed in-house, the new UOB Finance Academy is accredited by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF). It builds on its group-wide learning and development programme Better U. The academy aims to enhance employees’ banking know-how …
Ibori, A Political Colossus At 62
Born on August 4, 1958, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta State and Patron, Former Governors’ Forum, is the most persecuted yet most venerated political leader in present day Nigeria. He cuts the image of a statesman in his carriage and actions. Despite his vicissitudes, Chief Ibori remains the most impressive, sought-after, and …
Microsoft Office Reopens January 2021
Microsoft has informed its employees that it won’t fully reopen its offices until January 2021, delaying a return to the office originally slated for October this year. According to an internal memo spotted by The Verge, the earliest possible date for opening workplaces without restrictions is January 19, 2021, and the company is currently planning a six-staged …
UK Businesses Push Through Online Life During Lockdown
British businesses have been adjusting their work to take advantage of the possibilities offered by going online. New research from domain registry Nominet found that a huge number of UK firms have pivoted online during the lockdown period in order to benefit from the flexiblity of ecommerce. Nominet found that April 2020 saw record numbers …
France Suffers Record GDP Plunge
France’s economy slumped by a record 13.8% in the second quarter as businesses bore the brunt of a strict coronavirus lockdown that slammed consumer spending, the INSEE statistics agency said today. The seasonally-adjusted drop in GDP from the first quarter was not as steep as many analysts had expected, but worse than the performance of most …
Aer Lingus Reviews Operations At Cork, Shannon
Aer Lingus is considering compulsory redundancies and is reviewing its operations in Cork and Shannon Airports. In a communication to staff today, seen by RTÉ News, the airline’s chief executive Sean Doyle said that previously announced job cuts “will be implemented on a voluntary basis if possible, but on a compulsory basis if necessary.” He went …
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