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The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) yesterday assured that some banks have resume operations in Apapa area of Lagos to facilitate clearance of goods and other essential services. Banks in ...

Akwa Ibom State government has rejected results of the five cases released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Coronavirus as it affects the state, thereby seeking immediate reconfirmation test on suspected cases. It, therefore, insisted on a ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is to partner two independent fact-checking organisations operating in Nigeria–Dubawa and Africa Check–to provide accurate information while detecting and dispelling misinformation on the epidemic. Since the declaration of the virus as a global ...

To address the coronavirus pandemic, Google is providing $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and non-profit organisations fighting misinformation across the global. Through its Google News Initiative (GNI), the search engine would be supporting Africa Check in Nigeria, and Data ...

The Federal Government has apologised for openly begging American billionaire businessman, Elon Musk for ventilators. The President Muhammadu Buhari administration came under fire for the undignified manner it went about requesting between 100 and 500 ventilators from the United States ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to ensure prompt salaries of workers henceforth to cushion hardship in the wake of the ongoing lockdowns to check the spread of the novel coronavirus nationwide. He also ...

Members of the Rivers House of Assembly have resolved to donate their one-month salaries to assist the Governor Nyesom Wike administration in containing the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The Speaker, Ikwuiyi Owaji Ibani, dropped the hint while briefing reporters ...

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has directed immediate payment of April 2020 salaries to civil servants in state. The governor, however, refuted claims that he ordered security operatives to shoot on site any of the arrested 37 returnees who entered ...

Downpour has inflicted hardship on residents of Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City council areas of Rivers State, who were already observing the stay-at-home directive to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak. The rains, which lasted for about three hours, ...

To support efforts of the federal and Lagos governments in ameliorating the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, MultiChoice Nigeria has unveiled a number of initiatives. The entertainment and media company’s contribution in the fight against the pandemic ...