archiveApril 2020

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has launched an interactive platform for WASSCE candidates to interface with the Council. A statement by the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, noted that details to the portal, WAECKonnect.com, have been sent to the emails  candidates used in registering for...

Kwara Government has urged the media to ensure dissemination of accurate information about COVID-19 in the state. Mr Kayode Alabi, the State Deputy Governor and Chairman of Technical Committee on COVID-19, made the appeal at a meeting with general managers of all radio stations in the state as part of...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 6,075 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on African continent with 214 deaths. The UN’s health agency gave the update in its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. “They are 6,075 cases on the...

  Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, (LASEPA) and Lagos State Safety Commission on Wednesday sealed off a warehouse of Jumia, an online marketing store for contravening the lockdown order by the Federal government. The agencies also sealed off SPN Packaging Studio Press Nigeria Plc on Plot B, Israel Adebajo Close,...

Lafarge Africa has emerged the worst performing stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the Month of March. Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from NSE on Wednesday showed that Lafarge Africa led eight others to emerge worst performing stock in percentage terms. A breakdown of...

Ministers of Finance in Africa have called for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners to ensure that African countries get the fiscal space required to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. They made the call during a virtual meeting hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), against the backdrop of rising...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 5,406 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on African continent. The UN’s health agency gave the update in its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Wednesday. “ In the past 24 hours, three new countries...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on public companies to publish the impact of coronavirus on their business operations. SEC in acircular dated March 31, and released in Abuja on Wednesday, advised the companies to publish the information on their websites and or other relevant media. “All public...

UEFA has suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches “until further notice” due to the coronavirus pandemic, European football’s governing body said after a meeting on Wednesday. All national team games scheduled for June have also been postponed, including play-off matches for Euro 2020, which has been moved to...

  Some Lagos residents who have been at home since March 26 because of the lockdown order by the Federal Government are complaining of lack of basic needs to survive the 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lockdown of businesses and stay at home order...