archiveApril 21, 2020

The Capital Market community has launched an initiative aimed at raising one billion Naira as palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on poor and vulnerable Nigerians. A statement by Mrs Efe Ebelo, the Head, Corporate Communication of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said the Acting Director-General of the...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, over the violation of health safety and social restriction rules during the burial of Abba Kyari, the dead...

Some experts are optimistic that capital market would recover from the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and rebound in 2021. NAN reports that the capital market lost N1.71 trillion or 12.54 per cent as market capitalisation fell from N13.657 trillion on Feb. 28 to N11.945 trillion as at close...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday threw his weight behind calls for an international inquiry into China’s initial response to the coronavirus and its origins. “I think such an inquiry is important and we can respectfully have a difference of view from that that has been put by China,”...

 The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa had risen to over 23,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account, @WHOAFRO on Tuesday. “More than 23,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with government and people of Oyo State over the passing of an illustrious son, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide. According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Femi Adesina in Abuja on Tuesday, President Buhari...

Commences local production of ventilators   The Federal Government has disclosed that researchers in the country’s universities are working on vaccine and cure for COVID-19. It has also commenced local production of ventilators as part of efforts to ensure COVID-19 patients who require the intensive care equipment get them. Speaking...

The Lagos State Government says it has recorded two new Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths, as the total confirmed cases in the state hit 379. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, through his Twitter handle said the deceased included a 45-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman. “One of the deceased...

Strong indications emerge on Tuesday that the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) demutualisation exercise is being delayed by the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos indicates that NSE demutualisation process is being affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the country which led...

Chief Richard Akinjide, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) and former Attorney General of the Federation, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the renowned legal luminary died in the early of hours of Tuesday. A family source told newsmen that Akinjide  died on Tuesday morning at his Ibadan...