Agency Reporter German output shrank by 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020, official data showed Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic tipped Europe’s top economy into a recession. The quarter-on-quarter contraction is “the worst since the financial crisis” in 2009, federal statistics
By CHARLES IWUOHA The South-East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA) has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammad Adamu, for instilling professionalism and discipline among police personnel in the enforcement of COVID-19 lockdown measures. SEAMATA is the umbrella union of traders in all
Members of the House of Representatives have approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to raise N850 billion. The Federal Government is to raise the money in the New External Borrowing Plan in the 2020 Appropriations Act in naira, from the Domestic Capital
By EDITH IKE-EBOH The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N113.28k per litre to N108.00K per litre across all its products loading facilities. This was contained in a statement issued
By PAMELA EBOH, Awka Traders in Nnewi, Anambra State, have called on the State Government to avoid a repeat of the lockdown in the country in view of its socio-economic implications on them. Markets in the state were forced to close for over
By SODIQ OYELEKE The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the reopening of markets on selected days in the state. He spoke during a televised press conference on Wednesday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, in a series of tweets, said
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night, April 27, once more extended the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and Abuja by week. In his nationwide address delivered minutes ago, he said the lockdown would be lifted in phases effective Monday, May 4, 2020 – with
Rich and influential Nigerians as well as state and local governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) have been urged to borrow a leaf from the strategy deployed by the Zinox Group and Konga to reach and deliver much-needed succour to poor and needy families
By CHUKWUEMEKA OPARA Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Thursday directed the establishment of task forces across the state to check increase in prices of goods and services occasioned by the Covid-19 lockdown. Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) disclosed
By ‘FEMI ASU The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said Nigeria did not benefit from the recent debt relief by the International Monetary Fund because the country is not indebted to the IMF. Ahmed, in a tweet
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
As the world steps into 2025, Mr. Okwuosa Charles Chinedu, CEO of Birotojob, has called
As the dawn of a new year brings renewed hope and aspirations to homes across
In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ