Whistleblowers are the first line of defence against corruption, crime and cover-ups, according to a 2019 paper by the All–Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on whistleblowing in the UK. For Sambo Abdullahi, head of internal audit at the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, it has been one long tortuous journey. Over the past two years, he has been…
The Nigerian Government on Wednesday proposed $30 per barrel of oil so as to work the 2020 national budget around that. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, in Abuja. Ahmed advised a review of the 2020 budget using a $30 per barrel price benchmark in favour of the previous…
PETALING JAYA: Private hospitals are asked to put profits aside for now and in the name of service, support the Health Ministry in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association (Fomca) CEO Datuk Dr Paul Selvaraj said in this time of crisis, private hospitals, especially those run by government-linked companies, should give their…
SINGAPORE: All new and existing work pass holders, including dependants, planning to enter Singapore from Malaysia, are required to obtain the approval from the republic’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) before they commence their journey. In its website, the ministry said upon arrival in Singapore, all affected work pass holders will be placed on a mandatory…
Efforts to scale up testing for the covid-19 coronavirus has been slow in some countries, and some tests are more accurate than others, which could make it harder to slow the spread Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238477-how-does-coronavirus-testing-work-and-will-we-have-a-home-test-soon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is currently in self-isolation in compliance with a directive from the Nigerian Center for Disease Control. The development is coming after President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to Osinbajo on Media…
The most powerful person in Aso Rock, Abba Kyari; who is the chief of staff to the president, has tested positive to Covid19. No government official can reach President Buhari without him. There is a ripe suspicion that the kitchen cabinet might have been infected. Likewise in Europe, the most powerful person, Angela Merkel the chancellor…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has finally added Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, and Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, to its real-time count of confirmed cases of persons infected with Coronavirus in Nigeria. SaharaReporters had on Monday exclusively reported that Kyari was infected with the virus as his…
The big Social Networking company has released a new update in their system which is directed towards advertisers. They have improved their ad formats which will make advertisements on Facebook more consistent. The changes that are made generally focus on Page post link ads, page like ads, event ads and offer ads as these formats…
Geneva – New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries accelerate efforts to stop people with tuberculosis (TB) infection becoming sick with TB by giving them preventive treatment. A quarter of the world‘s population is estimated to be infected with TB bacteria. These people are neither sick nor contagious. However, they are at greater…