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  Defence counsel’s Ill-health stalls ex-Gov Aliyu’s trial for alleged N2b fraud November 23, 2020 By  Ripples Nigeria Absence of one of the defence counsels on Monday stalled the alleged N2billion trial of the former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, at the Federal High Court, Minna, on Monday. Justice A.B. Aliyu was forced to adjourn the case till January 18 and 19 next year after Mamman Mike Osman, the counsel to the former governor’s chief of staff, Umar Gado Nasko, was declared ill. However, the prosecution counsel, G.O Adebola, rejected the application for the adjournment of the case on health ground, saying he went to a great length to bring witnesses from Abuja and Port Harcourt and other places to the court. However, the ex-governor’s counsel, Musa Sulaiman, supported the application for adjournment of the case. READ ALSO:  MONEY LAUNDERING: Court adjourns retrial of ex-Gov Babangida Aliyu The counsel said he was not aware of any human being that is immune to sickness. Ju

 The Comparative Cost advantage. It may sound common as usual, but we have to start from the root. What is Comparative Cost advantage?  Comparative Cost advantage theory states that, a country will specialize in production of such good where she has the greatest comparative    advantage or least comparative disadvantage. Jacob intensify his efforts in animal rearing and it paid off, have u ever look deep and check for your best area where you have greatest 0comparative advantage over other in life ? David start by keeping the sheep and later reigned as king. Where you are now, you have that advantage where ur opportunity cost is very low and the paid off is high just dog deep and exploit the resources God bless you with.... Enjoy your day till we meet again. 

  Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Published 3 hours ago Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE COPYRIGHT OXFORD UNIVERSITY/JOHN CAIRNS image caption The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is currently in the final stages of testing The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms, a large trial shows. Interim data suggests 70% protection, but the researchers say the figure may be as high as 90% by tweaking the dose. The results will be seen as a triumph, but come after Pfizer and Moderna vaccines showed 95% protection. However, the Oxford jab is far cheaper, and is easier to store and get to every corner of the world than the other two. So the vaccine will play a significant role in tackling the pandemic, if it is approved for use by regulators. "The announcement today takes us another step closer to the time when we can use vaccin

  Up'     Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva ‌ BUSINESS Nigeria to resume fuel imports from Niger Republic Published   November 20, 2020             ‌ ’Femi Asu and Okechukwu Nnodim Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from a neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday in a statement that the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday for petroleum products transportation and storage. According to the statement, Niger Republic’s Soraz Refinery in Zinder, some 260km from the Nigerian border, has an installed refining capacity of 20,000 barrels per day. “Niger’s total domestic requirement is about 5,000bpd, thus leaving a huge surplus of about 15,000 bpd, mostly for export,” it said. The ministry said the MoU was signed by the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari and the Director-General of SONIDEP, Mr Alio Toune, under the supervis

  ASUU Strike Nigeria: Academic Staff Union of University, Federal Government meeting update today 20 November 2020, 19:01 WAT New Informate 4 hours wey don pass WIA DIS FOTO COME FROM, OTHER Academic Staff Union of University [ASUU] and Federal Government meeting to today end without any agreement. Nigeria striking university lecturers [ASUU] tell BBC Pidgin afta di meeting dis evening say Federal Goment don shake bodi small but dem go need to meet wit oda members of di union. See di outcome: Earned Allowances, Revitalisation Fund Tori be say no agreement dey reached yet, but goment bin shift grounds on how to equip schools, and increase money ontop di university lecturers allowance from 50 to 65 billion naira [40bn for earned allowance and 25bn for revitalization fund alias money to take equip universities]. Before Friday meeting, di goment agreement na 50 billion [20bn for revitalization fund and 30bn for allowance]. But di striking lecturers bin dey demand 110 billion naira to take