By Mike Eboh Gas flaring in Nigeria’s oil fields has taken a huge toll on the economy, as the country flared 225.1 billion standard cubic feet of gas, (bscf) between January and July 2020. The monetary value of the burnt gas in the international market is $787.7 million (about N299.33 […]
Month: August 2020
Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique By Kingsley Omonobi The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has reiterated the relentless commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to adding value in the ongoing efforts to end communal clashes, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminality in Benue State […]
By Ozioruva Aliu The All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were weekend locked in a war of words over an attack on the campaign convoy of the APC in Ekpe, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area. The APC had finished it’s campaign, with its governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, […]
By Elizabeth Osayande Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor, International (Recruitment and Global Pathways), Aston University, Birmingham, Kathy Daniels, has charged human resources, HR, managers to deliberately create convenient workplace policies for employers and employees considering the impact of Covid-19. She maintained that employers should always consider fairness and flexibility in this regard, and […]
By Esther Onyegbula Leadership experts have said for the sustainability of future generations and economic growth, society must seek responsible and visionary leaders, who are willing to nurture others, take the lonely path and act differently. They made this call at the Leadership Guardian virtual summit on the theme “Preserving […]
Calls for thorough discharge of duties By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government last week, through the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, inaugurated the 8-man Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award, NNMA, to as a positive force of transformation. The inauguration was done by […]
From left— Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA Executive Director; Benjamin Anthony, National President, AUPCTRE; Aderonke Ige, CAPPA Associate Director, and Musa Ukpo of AUPCTRE, at the briefing. Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, have asked the […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised the need for effective COVID-19 prevention plans as countries reopen their economies and borders. Its Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, gave the advice during a news briefing from Geneva on Monday. Ghebreyesus said he had observed the eagerness of countries to “get their economies […]
Ehanire The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it will be difficult to flatten the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) curve, if testing for the virus is not adequate. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, on Monday in Abuja. Osagie said […]
Emeka Nwajiuba The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says the discussion is still ongoing on school resumption. Nwajiuba said this during the Presidential Task Force on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing on Monday in Abuja. Also read: Govt. doing everything humanly to bring every child of school age […]