archiveMarch 24, 2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has granted a 60-day grace period to companies for the submission of Audited Financial Statements (AFS) due March 30, following disruptions by COVID-19. Mr Godstime Iwenekhai, NSE Head, Listings Regulation Department, disclosed this in a statement posted on the Exchange web site on Tuesday. Iwenekhai...

China on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of the new coronavirus as well as seven new deaths due to the illness, the latest figures from the National Health Commission revealed. Only one of the new cases was reported in Hubei province, where the Covid-19 outbreak first began in December 2019....

  The rampaging COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade to order a total lockdown of the state. The governor made the announcement in a statement on Monday night by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, declaring that all entry points into...

Jigawa State Government has said it is looking to convert some hotels in the state into isolation centers for the northwest region. The state on Monday ordered the immediate closure of secondary and primary schools as part of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Dr Abba Zakari, the...

Buhari is negative The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Kyari reportedly travelled to Germany on Saturday, March 7th to meet with officials of Siemens in Munich on the Nigerian electricity expansion programme. He returned one week later on Saturday,...