archiveApril 9, 2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday extended positive stance, closing the Easter Holiday with a growth of 1.47 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index appreciated by 310.77 points or 1.47 per cent to close at 21,384.03 compared with 21,073.26 achieved on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation garnered N162 billion...

Rick Parry, the Chairman of English Football League (EFL), has told member-clubs the league organising body needs about 56 days to complete the 2019/2020 season. British media reported Parry as saying on Thursday that EFL intends to conclude the campaign with the playoffs in all three divisions. The EFL also...

Ikeja Electric (IE) says  supply of free electricity to Nigerians during the period of the Coronavirus pandemic is only a proposal which is still undergoing stakeholder reviews on its feasibility. Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications,  IE, made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. The News...

Some of the  police officers on enforcement of restriction of movements order  in Lagos State have arrested 202 suspects for violating the stay-at-home directives of the Lagos State Government.   The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, stated this in a statement he signed and made...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday applauded members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 for their efforts in the management of the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Lawan commended the Task Force for standing so firm to execute the assignment given to it. He however advised...

    Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The Information Centres form part of Facebook’s effort to help the global fight against COVID-19 by providing people with the latest news and information from trusted health authorities as well as resources...

  By Olukayode Kolawole The advent of the novel coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, into the country seems to have destabilized our social norms and behaviour. Nigeria, like all other countries of the world where this pandemic has visited, has responded by both treating the people who have contracted...

  The attention of the leadership of the National Assembly has been drawn to reactions to some newspaper reports on its meeting with the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, which held on Tuesday 7th April, 2020. The leadership of the National...

The coronavirus pandemic will spark the worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday. “The world is facing an unprecedented crisis in the coming year, a period which would be unusually difficult,’’ IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva,...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has not approved any vaccine for clinical trials to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Clearing the air on the rumours that clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine will soon begin in African countries, including Nigeria, the agency stressed that...