archiveMay 11, 2020

A Coalition of Private Sector Leaders, under the umbrella of Coalition Against COVID-19, (CACOVID), has donated an isolation center worth N200 million to the Kano State Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the coalition was formed following the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, under the leadership of...

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N1.95 trillion to the federal, state, local governments  and other statutory agencies in the first quarter of 2020. NEITI disclosed this in its quarterly report released in Abuja, on Monday. It said the disbursements showed...

  A Lagos-based medical doctor, who came into Osun State on Saturday to be with his family has tested positive to coronavirus. A statement on Monday by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, also disclosed that on arrival in the state, the said doctor checked into our Isolation...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an order of interim forfeiture of N510million contained in an account belonging to a company – Elioenai International College, allegedly owned by former Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Uko Etim Ebong. Justice Ahmed Mohammed granted...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured that foreign investors in Nigeria interested in transferring their funds abroad will not face hurdles in doing so despite the current economic condition. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, gave the assurance in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, adding that the...

Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has disclosed that a worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghana’s president said this in a nationwide address on Sunday night as he lifted the three weeks restriction on...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 248 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 4,399. The NCDC also said that 17 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus across the country, bringing the total number...

  By Olukayode Kolawole Clearly, Nigeria has climbed the plateau of Coronavirus crisis with the daily upsurge in the confirmed cases and deaths. Nearly the entire 36 states and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are on the infected case chart. COVID-19 contagion is also now at the community transmission...

  Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) announces with deep regret, the passing away of its Managing Partner, Mrs. Bisi Akodu. She passed away in the early hours of Sunday 10th May 2020 at the age of 66. Akodu joined the Board of Partners at OAL in 2009 and became Managing Partner...

    By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Global disruptions caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have made individuals, organiastions and countries to think out of the box to be able to survive in the various aspects of life. It has made them to make necessary adjustments....