archiveApril 2020

As a way of providing succour to the residents and indigenes of Otan Ayegbaju, in Boluwaduro local government area of Osun State, as a result of coronavirus pandemic, stakeholders from the town have formed an intervention group named ‘Otan COVID-19 Relief Team’. In a statement, Dr. Segun Aina, representing elders...

  Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,  Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the engagement of 774,000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. Ahmed disclosed this at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures in response...

Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, yesterday disclosed that he has tested negative for COVID-19. The governor who had tested positive for the virus on March 30, said yesterday evening via his Twitter that he now tests negative for the virus. He said he received his second negative test for...

In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence being circulated to link CORONAVIRUS or COVID-19 with 5G Technology, it has become imperative for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide the following clarifications; First, there is no correlation between 5G Technology and COVID-19. 5G...

  as UBA, Unity Bank lead donations by corporate organisations Revered Ibadan businessman, Sir (Chief) Bode Akindele, has emerged the top individual donor to Oyo State COVID-19 Endowment Fund in its first week of coming on stream. The businessman, with a donation of N25 million, which was made at the...

Following the launch of its Coronavirus (COVID-19) initiative, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance has announced some additional benefits designed to address the negative impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives globally. According to a statement released by the company, the benefits which apply for a period...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has donated food and medical supplies to the Lagos State Government in support of its efforts at containing the spread of COVID-19. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President of LCCI, said in a statement on Sunday that the donation would help to mitigate the...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has elected Prof. Bayo Olugbemi as the 21st President of the institute, alongside other officers whose tenure would run from 2020 to 2022. The announcement of Olugbemi’s emergence, along with other elected officers, was one of the highlights of the institute’s virtual Annual General Meeting on Saturday, where...

Access Bank Plc has launched a new mobile banking application tagged “AccessMore” to ensure easy access to funds and seamless transactions by customers, amid COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Herbert Wigwe, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, said this in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. Wigwe described AccessMore as an innovative mobile...

Three Nigerians have been confirmed dead as a result of Coronavirus in the United States. Nigeria’s Consul General in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, confirmed the deaths in a statement on Saturday night, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Okoyen said one of the victims was a doctor from...