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  No fewer than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus. Among them are four African countries – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritius, with Nigeria also considering to suspend travel from the UK. The chairman of the Presidential...

  Japanese organisers said on Tuesday the total cost of the Tokyo Olympics will grow to 1.64 trillion yen ($15.9 billion) due to the postponement over the coronavirus pandemic. The postponement led Tokyo organisers to spend an additional 294 billion yen, including 96 billion yen earmarked for coronavirus counter-measures. The latest figure was...

 The Federal Government on Tuesday clarified that it has not declared a fresh lockdown of the country following confirmation of a second wave of COVID-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave this clarification when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme, “Politics Nationwide’’, monitored by the...

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERA AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE END-OF-YEAR REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON COVID 19 AT THE STATE HOUSE, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 22ND DECEMBER, 2020   PROTOCOLS:   The year 2020 has been most challenging for...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the launch of X-PO, an online platform for the subscription of public offerings (POs) on Friday, December 18,2020, following the “No  Objection” letter received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a press statement from The Exchange, The X-PO, the...

says state targets 70 per cent performance budget will consolidate our infrastructure development' synergy among arms of govt making governance process easy - Gov Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, signed the state’s 2021 Budget of N268.8 Billion into law, declaring that it will consolidate his administration’s infrastructure...

  The President Mohaammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 till March 2021. The extension of the PTF mandate came at a time when Nigeria battled the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The President met with the members of the task force led...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) gained N334 billion on Monday due to buying interest in Dangote Cement and 22 other stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation rose by N334 billion or 1.74 per cent to close at N19.570 trillion compared with N19.236 trillion achieved on Friday. Also, the All-Share Index which...

  The Federal Government, on Monday, announced a new wave of restrictions following the increase in cases of COVID-19 as it ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to stay at home for the next five weeks from Monday. It also announced that all schools would...

The North Central States Governors’ Forum on Monday called for the establishment of Military Camps or Training Grounds in forests in the region to check the movement of hoodlums. This is contained in a communiquè read by its Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State shortly after their regional meeting...