archiveApril 13, 2020

French President, Emmanuel Macron, has extended the lockdown in France to May 11 with the hope of carrying out more tests and stopping the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Macron said by then France should be able to test everyone, who presents symptoms of COVID-19. He added that from...

  The police on Monday said they had arrested 191 suspects in connection with the activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said exhibits recovered...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday debunked reports that it had started its 2020 recruitment exercise. A statement by Mrs Efe Ebelo, the commission’s Head, Corporate Communications, urged the general public to disregard messages and videos being circulated on social media of alleged recruitment exercises. Ebelo described...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condoled with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the death of his mother-in-law, Madam Mildred Bisalla. Lawan commiserated with Gbajabiamila's wife, family members and friends and mourned with them over the loss. He also condoled with the...

  Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria have increased to 343 in Nigeria after 20 new infections were recorded on Monday. Of the 20 new cases, 13 were recorded in Lagos State, two in Edo, two in Kano, two in Ogun and one in Ondo. The Nigeria Centre for Disease...

  Now more than ever, investors are looking for newer investment options that can provide the much-needed diversity to their portfolios. In presenting some of the instruments available to the investing public, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) partnered with ABSA Securities Nigeria to host a webinar on Thursday, 9 April...

 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on COVID-19 loan application as claimed in false reports circulated on social media. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Okorafor explained that procedures for...

  Charges people with land use facilities to follow suit The Government of Oyo State, on Monday, kicked off the decontamination and fumigation of all necessary areas in the State as a way of containing the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The Government said the decontamination was one of the...

  The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) on Monday said it has resumed oil exports from the Forcados Oil Export Terminal.NAN reports that SPDC halted exports on April 4 over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ in its operations. Mr Michael Adande, an SPDC Spokesman who confirmed the development to News...

Address by H.E Muhammadu Buhari, President of the federal republic of Nigeria on the extension of COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown at the state house, Abuja. Monday, 13th April 2020. Fellow Nigerians In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as...