archiveApril 16, 2020

The Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, has further expressed NSE’s commitment to providing corporates and investors, access to the market in meeting their financial and investment needs during this period and beyond. He made this known during the first-ever Digital Closing Gong...

Federal Government has warned that it would henceforth take steps to close any hospital that goes into treatment of Covid-19 patient without proper accreditation. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who gave the warning during the media briefing by the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 on Thursday, said the focus now...

 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended the state’s shutdown to stem the spread of coronavirus until May 15. “Non-essential workers must continue to stay home. Social distancing rules remain in place,” Cuomo tweeted, saying the extension was “in coordination with other states”. Speaking at a daily news conference,...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has introduced palliative measures for customers to give them some relief, in view of the challenges of COVID-19 lockdown extension. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Adeduntan said the bank was introducing special waivers...

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained upbeat on Thursday with the market indices improving marginally by 0.07 per cent. Specifically, the index rose by 14.90 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 22,554.84 against 22,534.94 recorded on Wednesday. Also, the market capitalisation, which opened at N11.746 trillion,...

Britain on Thursday extended its nationwide lockdown for no less than another three weeks, as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak, which has already claimed over 138,000 lives globally. “Relaxing any of the measures currently in place would...

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has made recommendations to help Public Limited Companies (PLCs) manage the guidelines issued by Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on Annual General Meetings. Mr Bode Ayeku, President ICSAN made the recommendations in an executive report on Thursday in Lagos. The report...

The number COVID-19 contacts linked to the only index case in Anambra has hit 39 with three of them living outside the state. Dr Vincent Okpala, Commissioner for Health disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Thursday. Okpala said the state government...

  Cause of fire unknown—Victim Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, visited the scene of the fire incident that razed some shops in Dugbe market, Ibadan, on Wednesday. Makinde, who was accompanied by a number of government officials, told the victims and a crowd of sympathisers, who had...

  The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Thursday, announced the death of three new coronavirus patients in the state. Abayomi via his verified Twitter account said, the deceased are three males, who are 51, 52 and 62 years old. He said, “Unfortunately, Lagos recorded three additional...