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Government officials announce plans to extend Covid-19 relief package to 2.4m Nigerians

NIGERIAN government officials have announced ambitious plans to ensure that 2.4m households benefit from the Covid-19 stimulus package aimed at providing families with cash handouts in a bid to boost the economy.

 

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Oyedepo opposes Company and Allied Matters Act aimed at regulating Nigerian churches

 

LIVING Faith Church Worldwide founder Bishop David Oyedepo has kicked against attempts by the Nigerian government to regulate religious houses saying the Company and Allied Matters Act (Cama) was promulgated out of jealousy.

 

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I will know Nigerians are serious about addressing the power problem when they at least start manufacturing the following items locally

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Transformers
(2) Generators
(3) Turbines
(4) Windmills
(5) Electric cables
(6) Solar panels
(7) Electricity meters
(8) Ancilliary equipment like fuses, valves, electricity keys, etc
(9) Circuit breakers that enable the substation to be disconnected from the transmission grid
(10) The busbar that can split the distribution power off in multiple directions

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Mikel to undergo medical at Stoke City tomorrow after he and the club agree one year deal

 

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi is to undergo a medical tomorrow at English Championship side Stoke City after agreeing a one year contract with the club desperately seeking a return to the Premier League.

 

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Security officials invite Na'abba for questioning after he criticises Buhari over insecurity

 

FORMER speaker of Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives Hon Ghali Umar Na'abba has been invited for questioning by the Department of State Services (DSS) for critici9sing President Muhammadu Buhari's security record.

 

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Can someone please explain to me why Nigeria is not a major player in the global ceramics market

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Do you know that the global ceramics market was worth about $230bn annually in 2018?

(2) It is projected to grow to $407bn by 2025 as increasingly, ceramics are venturing into new areas like dental implants

(3) Now, Nigeria has an abundance of the raw materials used for ceramics like soda ash, kaolin, clay, silica and sand

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Sokoto State government enters into pact with UK agency to provide it with ICT as part of a digital agenda

 

SOKOTO State government has entered into partnership a UK agency as part of an ambitious telecommunications programme aimed at founding and improving information and communications technology (ICT) facilities under a unique skills programme.

 

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Nigerian Waste to Energy Bill 2020

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Every state capital must be home to at least one waste-to-energy (WtE) plant that processes urban garbage into electricity

(2) Every industrial park must have a WtE facility where its waste is converted into power

(3) Every WtE facility will have a micro grid attached to it that can distribute the generated power within the state in which it is located

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UN warns that combination of increased Boko Haram attacks and Covid-19 could lead to starvation in northeast Nigeria

 

UNITED Nations (UN) officials have warned that the deteriorating security situation in northeast Nigeria since the beginning of the year combined with the impact of Covid-19 could lead to widespread starvation and hunger across the region.

 

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Nigerian unemployment rises by over 27% during the second quarter of the year as a result of Covid-19

 

UNEMPLOYMENT rose by a staggering 27.1% during the second quarter of 2020 across Nigeria due to the debilitating impact of the coronavirus pandemic according to the latest data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

 

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