archiveMarch 2020

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....

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday suggested a total lockdown in Lagos State because of the increasing COVID-19 pandemic in the state. He also commended the preventive measures being taken by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a bid to check the...

The domestic equities market closed update on Tuesday with a growth of 0.19 per cent just as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained all rates in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MPC at the end of its two-day policy meeting, unanimously voted...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has postponed all its programmes scheduled to take place between March 23 and June 30 to check the spread of coronavirus in the country. A statement by the Registrar/ Chief Executive of CIBN, Mr Seye Awojobi,  however, said that three of its...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “profound grief and sorrow’’ over the loss of soldiers who were ambushed by terrorists in Gorgi Village, Borno State. About 47 soldiers according to the military authorities lost their lives as a result of the ambush. The President in a statement by his Senior Special...

An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced two septuagenarians and four others to death by hanging for the murder of one Sola Adeniyi. The six persons were: Oniyelu Olu, 63; Folorunso Oluwatoba, 65; Peter Ajayi, 73; Tijani Arowolo, 80 (who died during the pendency of the suit);...