archiveMarch 2020

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has confirmed the discharge of five patients who previously tested positive to the COVID-19 from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sanwo-Olu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile on Monday in Lagos said that the patients were discharged after treatment and...

Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc has announced the postponement of its 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for April 22. Mr Uaboi Agbebaku, NB Company Secretary, stated this in a notice to the investing public and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Agbebaku said the company’s Board of Directors took the decision...

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun under lockdown to help stop the spread of coronavirus in the country is valid, legal and enforceable. Malami said this in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja while reacting to Mr Ebun...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the apex bank and other financial institutions will open for business in spite the two weeks lockdown decared by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states. Mr Isaac Okorafor, the CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications made this known in a statement in...

The Director- General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Monday the agency was now tracing 6,000 people who reportedly had contact with COVID-19 cases in the country. He also said the NCDC had tested over 2,000 persons for the disease. Chikwe, who stated...

    “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” Makinde tweeted on Monday evening. “I have designated Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the Head of COVID-19 Task Force while I...

  Nigerian billionaire owner of Globacom , Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr, has donated N1.5 billion for the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) through the Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF). Giving the breakdown of the N1.5 billion donation, the Foundation said: "N1billion will go to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which is...

  tells residents not to panic, assures of security   In support of the position of President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on restriction of movements in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja in a national broadcast on Sunday, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated restrictions of movement in the state in...

With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal. The virus was already killing people in the Seattle area, about an hour’s drive to the south. But Skagit County hadn’t reported any cases. Schools...

    As part of a robust effort to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria, the management of Keystone Bank today announced the donation of N1 billion for the purchase of relief materials, critical care facilities and protective gear to contain the spread of the virus. The pledge was...