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COVID-19: Arik cuts salaries by 80%, places 90% of staff on leave without pay

COVID-19: Arik cuts salaries by 80%, places 90% of staff on leave without pay

As the airline industry across the world continues to take a beating following the suspension of most local and international flights, Nigeria’s largest commercial airline, Arik Air, on Thursday informed staff it would cut the salaries of its employees by a whopping 80 per cent. In an internal memo obtained by PREMIUM TIMES the airline’s…

COVID-19: Stop operations now, Kano tells labs, scan centres

COVID-19: Stop operations now, Kano tells labs, scan centres

Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency has directed the 300 private health facilities in the state to operate within their registered competencies or risk being closed down. The agency also advised laboratories and scan centres in the state to stop operations in the time being, while threatening to shut down private hospitals with inadequate…

COVID-19: Adamawa extends lockdown by 14 days

COVID-19: Adamawa extends lockdown by 14 days

Adamawa State Government has ordered the extension of the lockdown in the state for another period of 14 days with effect from midnight Friday, April 24. The order was contained in a statement issued by Mr Solomon Kumamgar, Director-General, Media and Communication to Governo Ahmadu Fintiri, on Friday in Yola. Fintiri said that the lockdown…

Debo Onifade List of Features

1. Top Nigeria Politics Forum: Liberating Nigeria 2020: Vanguard Newspaper Nigeria https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/top-nigeria-politics-forum-liberating-nigeria/   2. Onifade new book discusses Nigeria’s liberation 2020: Vanguard Newspaper Nigeria https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/onifades-new-book-discusses-nigerias-liberation/   3. Onifade’s new book calls on youth to engage in Politics for New Nigeria 2019: Tribune Newspaper Nigeria (Nigeria’s  Oldest Surviving Private Newspaper): https://tribuneonlineng.com/onifades-new-book-calls-on-youth-to-engage-in-politics-for-new-nigeria/   4. Book on Nigerian…