archiveMarch 25, 2020

Lagos State Governor,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered a partial closure of all banks in the state as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor also asked banks and other financial institutions in the state to make their online banking available and accessible to the public....

  The National Examinations Council (NECO), has postponed the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), into Federal Unity Colleges, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday March 28. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday. Sani...

The number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 709, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday. The ministry also warned that the worst was still to come amid the outbreak of the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus. “We are expecting that there’s still going to...

  Nigeria and other oil producing countries in Africa will lose up to $65 billion in revenue because of the impact of Coronavirus on crude oil sales, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said Tuesday. For Nigeria in particular, the ECA said COVID-19, could reduce its total exports of crude...

  ...sends in samples for testing Following his close contact with the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Muhammed and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who have both tested positive for coronavirus, the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has gone into self-isolation. In a statement, Special Adviser...

  Nigeria's Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has tested negative for Coronavirus on Wednesday. Osinbajo went into self-isolation after President Muhammadu Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive for the virus on Monday. Nigeria so far has 46 confirmed cases of the pandemic with one recorded....

    The National President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kolade David Alabi has called for nationwide partial lockdown of all local governments in the country. This, Alabi said, was to complement the efforts of the federal and state governments in curtailing the spread of Coronavirus....