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Obasa’s Daily Breakfast Bread Ends As Ramadan Begins.

Speaker Commends Donors The Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa , has announced the end of his ‘breakfast bread’ programme to residents of some parts of the state. The decision to end the house-to-house palliative programme that started when a lockdown was announced in the state follows the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic fasting ... Read More »

COVID-19: OGUN PROTECTIVE GLASS BOX NOW IN USE FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION

The protective glass box recently unveiled by the Ogun State Government is now in use by health workers in the State to collect samples for forward testing at the Ogun State Walk-in & Drive-through Testing Centre at the Ijamido Town Hall, Opposite Ansar-u-Deen Comprehensive College in Ota. This was disclosed during an inspection visit by the Deputy Governor, Engr Noimot ... Read More »

Isolating Adelakun from academic Covid-19 by Louis Odion, FNGE

On a good day, Abimbola Adelakun is a compelling read. But writers do have dry days, when the muse fails the quill abysmally. Such must have been the misfortune of the columnist in her April 23 outing. The tragedy was however not her failure to deliver; the real catastrophe was actually the pedestrian intellection unwittingly exposed within a spell of ... Read More »

Q1 2020: In Spite Of Business Upsets, UBA Records Impressive N32.7bn Profit.

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2020, showing double-digit improvement across all its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver an impressive 8.5 percent year-on-year growth in profit ... Read More »

Access Bank Plc reports profit of N40.9 billion for Q1 2020

Access Bank Plc recorded a profit after tax of N40.9 billion in the first quarter period ended March 31st, 2020. This is according to the company’s financial statement for Q1 2020, which was released earlier this afternoon. Other key details about the company’s Q1 financial performance can be seen below. Net Interest Income: Access Bank’s net interest income for the ... Read More »

COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns by Chukwuma Charles Soludo

This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is raging. At an African regional policy platform, I had expressed some of these (personal) views some weeks ago but have been encouraged by ... Read More »

Mouka continues to add comfort to the lives of its consumers during the Covid19 pandemic.

Mouka has introduced a #stayhomewithMouka campaign to encourage its consumers to stay safe indoors while they enjoy a range of benefits from the brand. Mouka has also teamed up with the online retailer, Konga.com to ensure that their products are delivered safely to the doorstep of consumers. During this period, consumers are spending more time in bed and Mouka intends ... Read More »