Day: November 23, 2020

138 Youth Corps members test positive for COVID-19 – NCDC

Gbenga Adeoti

  A total of 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said on Monday. Disclosing this during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the NDDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the safe reopening of the NYSC orientation camps across the country was successful. He stated that none of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps. According to him, “a total of 34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities have been…

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Buhari crashes levy on imported ‘Tokunbo’ cars from 35% to 5%

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Government has slashed the levy to be paid on imported cars popularly called Tokunbo in the country from 35 per cent to five per cent. This is stated in the draft bill of the 2020 Finance Bill to be presented to the National Assembly. The bill, which was recently approved by the Federal Executive Council will become law after it is passed by the legislature and assented by President Muhammadu Buhari. The import duty of tractors and motor vehicles for the transportation of goods has also been slashed from 35…

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Nigeria’s Varsity Lecturers in Crucial Meeting to review 8-month Strike

Wonuola Olujobi

  The Members of the National Executive Council (NEC), of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are currently in a meeting at the University of Lagos, to discuss vividly on whether or not the strike should be suspended. There will be a meeting of all ASUU executives between Monday and Thursday, in all the government-owned universities across the country, to discuss their resolve before the general meeting on Friday. Details later.

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How Nigeria’s refineries made zero naira, spent N81.41b in eight months

Efe Wellington

  A total of N81.41 billion was expended on Nigeria’s refineries between January and August this year, but the facilities refined no drop of crude oil all through this period. The latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which showed this, gave details of how the refineries made zero naira but spent the N81.41 billion during the months under review. Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Port Harcourt Refining Company and Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company posted a cumulative revenue of N6.54 billion during the eight-month period. With a…

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