archiveApril 2020

  The Federal Government will not borrow from the pension fund to provide palliatives as the country continues to fight coronavirus pandemic, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha has said. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation gave the assurance while...

Facebook said it would expand its Coronavirus Information Centre to 24 more countries in Africa as part of its commitment to empower people around the world. Kojo Boakye, Facebook’s Head of Public Policy, Africa, who made the disclosure on Friday said the expansion of centres would empower people around the...

Data from World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that no fewer than 27, 124 confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in Africa, with Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria having the highest number of infections in West Africa. According to the data, a total of 6,525 confirmed coronavirus cases have been...

Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday staked N2.23 billion on 211.62 million shares transacted in 3,957 deals. This was in contrast with a turnover of 201.48 million shares valued at N3.36 billion transacted in 3,381 deals on Thursday, indicating an increase of 5.03 per cent. A breakdown...

FIFA will release operational funds for 2019 and 2020, amounting to $150 million (about N60 billion), to its member-associations, the global football body said on Friday. The world football ruling body said this would be the first step of a relief plan to help negate the economic impact of the...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, met with some ministers to discuss the forthcoming Economic Sustainability Plan. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said that the meeting was in furtherance of the work of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC). Akande said the ministers were...

The Nigerian Insurance industry has provided live Insurance cover for 5,000 health workers on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 to the tune of N112,500,000 premium. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on (COVID-19) Pandemic, Mr Boss Mustapha,...

The novel coronavirus pandemic will define the modern era in the same way World War II shaped an earlier generation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates writes in a 11-page memo outlining his ideas on how best to tackle the disease. “This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the period of the Ramadan to pray fervently for solution to the challenges of life, especially the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The party made the call in a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. Ologbondiyan...

  urges them to pray for Allah's mercy, end to Covid-19 pandemic Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has felicitated Muslims in the state for witnessing the commencement of the Ramadan fasting. The governor, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,...