archiveApril 9, 2020

The 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) operating in Nigeria have clarified that the planned two-month holiday for electricity consumers in the country would be paid for by the federal government. The Discos said that contrary to reports that the power supply for the two months would be given free of...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria is making progress in rice production and processing. Mr Ebrima FAAL, Senior Country Director of the bank, stated this while suggesting measures to be taken for quick economic recovery during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. FAAL said this...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has continued to uphold its commitment to maintain operations in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic by supporting companies to raise capital in these challenging times. These efforts are evidence by the successful listing of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc and Primero BRT Securitization SPV Plc...

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, said on Thursday that the world has spent about $8 trillion so far to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects. The IMF boss who delivered a speech, ‘Confronting the Crisis: Priorities for the Global Economy,’ ahead of the World...

Continue his coronavirus recovery in hospital ward   UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken out of intensive care in a sign he is winning his coronavirus battle, according to Daily Mail Online. The Prime Minister, who has been in hospital since Sunday, has spent three nights in a...

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has helped 997 Americans return home to reunite with family and friends during this time of unprecedented challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 6-8, three U.S. Consulate-organized chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American citizens from the...

A civil servant (names withheld) in the employment of the Ondo State Government has been suspended after he ‘employed’ his wife and placed her on level 14. The wife was said not to have attended any interview nor the state government aware of her employment but she was collecting salaries....

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno at the State House, Abuja. Zulum, who spoke to State House Correspondents after the meeting, said he was in the state House to brief the President on the recent military action against Boko Haram by Chadian soldiers on...

As fund hits N200m mark Food, other items donations worth millions received curfew remains in force—Govt   Barely a week after the Oyo State COVID-19 Endowment Fund was set up, donations from corporate organisations, religious groups and individuals from within and outside the State have continued to rise. As of...

The Chairman, Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Lagos Chapter, Dr Akinde Joseph, has described the rise in numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases as “worrisome”. Joseph, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, called for total enforcement of the lockdown order to effectively contain...