Recession: Peter Obi Predicts Long Haul for Nigeria, Warns Economy may Run Out of Control
Former vice presidential candidate in the 2019 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and one-time governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has predicted that the present recession that Nigeria has slipped into would be worse than what it was in 2016. Obi, a businessman and financial expert, also painted a…
UN’s $250M Support Package Aligns with Nigeria’s Economic Recovery Plans says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday, that the United Nations’ $250M support package for COVID-19 aligns with Buhari administration’s economic recovery plans. He said this at the launch of the United Nations Plus Offer for Socio-Economic Recovery attended by the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and top officials of the world body at the…
Looting of Palliatives: Edo NBA Rejects Trial of Suspects in Mobile Courts
The chairman of the Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Pius Oiwoh, has knocked the Edo State government over its plan to set up mobile court to try suspected looters of COVID-19 palliative warehouses and arsonists in Benin, the state capital. The mobile court, which is supposed to be located at the premises…
COVID-19 and The Paris Grand Slam Thrill
Welcome to Roland Garros, (Paris, France) the final Grand Slam of the COVID-19 hit season. The French Open event which was originally scheduled for May 2020, had to be moved due to the coronavirus pandemic that has taken the world by storm with millions of lives lost. What was usually the second slam of the…