archiveMay 11, 2020

Eleven persons died while 44 others sustained injuries in various road crashes in the state since commencement of lockdown between April 4 and May 8. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday....

    NAFDAC, others to carry out analysis before testing Governors seek volunteer health workers to battle virus   The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal drug – COVID Organics (COV) – to Nigeria and other African countries. The drug is for prevention and cure of Coronavirus. Nigeria’s consignment...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has further justified his actions saying the hotel owner unleashed thugs on members of the state COVID-19 taskforce. He made the declaration reacting to outraged that greated his action. Wike in a state-wide broadcast insisted that the demolition of the two hotels in Eleme was...

  Oby Ezekwesili, former Nigerian Minister of Education, has reacted to the decision of the Rivers state government to demolish two hotels in the state for flouting the lockdown order. On Sunday, May 10, Governor Wike shocked many when he supervised the demolition of two hotels for flouting the lockdown...

  Wema Bank Nigeria Plc which is celebrating its 75th anniversary has announced that the Annual General Meeting which is scheduled to take place on Monday, May 18th 2020 will now hold at the 5th floor of the Wema Towers, Marina Lagos, by proxy. Wema Bank considers the well-being of...

  Households in Nigeria spent a total of N2.02 trillion on petrol and electricity in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The NBS said in a new report on consumption expenditure pattern that household expenditure on fuel/light accounted for 11.57 per cent of the total non-food consumption expenditure...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 63,000 in the past 24 hours. The UN health agency gave the update on its official Twitter account on Monday morning. According to...

Saudi Arabia will increase its value-added tax (VAT) from five to 15 per cent in July, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, as part of moves to support the economy amid the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom, starting in June, would suspend its cost of living allowance, a bonus King...