archiveMarch 2020

  AXA Mansard Health Limited (a Health Management Organisation), has donated millions of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Lagos, Ibadan, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  (NCEC) Abuja to aid in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The organisation said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that the equipments were donated...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended the issuance of Foreign Exchange and granted a two-week market holidays to the Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators. This followed a request by the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) to the CBN for the regulator to grant...

The Lagos State Government on Friday said it expects to see up to 39,000 cases of COVID-19 in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a Press briefing at the Ministry of Health in Alausa. According to him, “Our mathematical modelling shows that the worst-case...

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained positive trend on Friday with the indices appreciating further by 0.48 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index, which opened at 21,757.47 inched 104.31 points or 0.48 per cent to close at 21,861.78. In the same vein, the market capitalisation rose by N55...

  The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has confirmed testing positive for coronavirus. Boris made this known via his twitter account, Friday afternoon. He wrote: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on behalf of the Bankers’ Committee, on Thursday in Lagos said it had formed the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, told newsmen that the coalition was in partnership with the private sector, led by Aliko Dangote Foundation and...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola and Tony Elumelu; and others who have contributed to fight against coronavirus pandemic. In a couple of tweets on Friday, the Presidency reeled out the appreciation message. It should be noted that Nigeria has recorded 65...

 The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has donated Intensive Care Unit beds with ventilators to Lagos State on behalf of the ministry. The 78-year-old cleric also donated ICU beds and ventilators to the Ogun State and Plateau State governments. In a statement...

  United States of America now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests, according to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University. Latest figures show that US has overtaken China’s 81,782 cases and Italy’s 80,589. But with almost 1,300 Covid-19-related...

The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 in Africa has reached 83 as confirmed positive cases surpassed 3,243, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Friday. The Africa CDC, specialised agency of the 55-member AU, in its latest situation update said the cases were spread...