By Willie Samson JAGUAR Land Rover marked the end of 2020 with a second successive quarter-on-quarter recovery in sales, despite the continuing impact of COVID-19. Felix Brautigam, Jaguar Land Rover Chief Commercial Officer, said: “2020 was a year of two halves and, although COVID-19 continues to significantly impact the global […]
By Theodore Opara KIA Motors Corporation has revealed its new corporate logo and global brand slogan that signify the automaker’s bold transformation and all-new brand purpose. The introduction of the new logo represents Kia’s ambitions to establish a leadership position in the future mobility industry by revamping nearly all facets […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha By Emmanuel Okogba Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, Monday, announced plans to form a new political movement in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. Vanguard reports that Okorocha who had earlier given the hint when he visited Governor Nyesom Wike to commission projects in […]
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has obtained a court order to auction 88 vehicles forfeited to the state government by violators of traffic rules. The Chairman of the agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs […]
The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost one of its Special Forces (SF) personnel in a gun battle as troops of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ neutralised 30 bandits at Maje Riverline near Yar-Katsina, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Zamfara chapter, had received 8,000 letters of complaint about non-payment of pension refund, deducted from members’ salaries, Mr Bitrus Gyang, NLC State Secretary, said. Speaking to journalists in Gusau, on Monday, Gyang explained that the complaints ranged from lack of updated records, wrong computer number […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. …Suspends extra-curricula activities By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has described the compliance level on the resumption of schools for the Second Term 2020/2021 Academic Session as “impressive,” describing the decision to reopen as “difficult,” amid COVID-19 spike in the state. The state government […]
No fewer than 13 Permanent Secretaries and 2,888 other categories of civil servants are yet to be paid their retirement benefits by the Zamfara Government, the state’s Pensions Commission has disclosed. Secretary of the State/Local Governments Contributory Pensions Commission, Alhaji Mansur Mustapha, who made this known to journalists in Gusau, […]
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State. Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development ((LINKS) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), have secured an N10 billion intervention fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revive companies impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the […]