Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 07/23/2020 - 09:49
Ayo Akinfe
(1) From henceforth, the Nigerian Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) will become a quasi-government body with 50% of its directors coming from the private sector
(2) The NDDC will have 10 public sector directors, one from each of its nine member states and one representing the federal government. They will sit on the board along with the 10 private sector directors
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 18:00
MICROSOFT'S billionaire owner Bill Gates has donated $1m to the United Nation's One UN Covid-19 Response Basket Fund launched to help Nigeria fund the federal government's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 17:35
NIGERIA is failing to meet its coronavirus testing target of 30,000 tests a day set by the federal government aimed at ensuring that 2m of its citizens were tested with three months in a bid to beat the pandemic.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 16:55
NIGERIA'S ongoing corruption investigation drama has taken a new twist with the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu revealing that assets recovered by the agency were auctioned to the government.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 16:38
NIGERIA plans to fund about one third of its 2021 annual budget using loans as a result of the total collapse of the country's oil economy brought about by the recent coronavirus pandemic that has paralysed the crude oil industry.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 16:12
SUPER Eagles striker Victor Osimhen could become available to English Premier League clubs again after Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis gave the striker until the end of the week to conclude his transfer from Lille or he would pull out.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 11:47
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Brazil produces about 770m tonnes of sugarcane annually that generates about $36bn in revenue for the country’s economy
(2) As far back as 2011, 1.1m people were employed in the Brazilian sugarcane industry. Despite instances of poor conditions for workers, it is one of the highest paying agricultural sectors in Brazil, second only to the soybean industry
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 16:52
NIGERIAN fashion designer Izuchukwu Madubueze has committed suicide at his Florida home in the US after he was accused of a sexual assault that led to his name being added to a database of sex offenders.
Mr Madubueze, a creative designer and founder of Uhuru Designz, lives in Tampa, Florida, where he moved to when he relocated to the US some years ago. Popularly known as Izu, he graduated from King’s College, Lagos in 2013 before getting a scholarship to study at the University of Florida.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 16:19
NIGERIAN doctors on the verge of leaving the country in response to the growing demand for their services abroad as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have been warned to think again as they may be putting themselves at risk with such moves.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:37
NIGERIA'S airspace will remain closed to international flights until October 15 despite the resumption of domestic journeys and the easing of other coronavirus restrictions after the federal government said it is not yet ready to end all embargoes.
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