As the COVID-19 challenge shakes the globe to its very foundation, investors in the Nigerian capital market have been enjoined to adopt proactive measures to the problem the losses in stocks and other investments notwithstanding. A Research Analyst with Investment ...
Read More »Global shortage of testing capacity, ventilators, others threaten efforts to contain COVID-19
As the number Nigerians battling the COVID-19 rises above 97, there are indications that global shortage of testing capacities, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators, may threatens the chances of patients to survive and nations to stop the spread of ...
Read More »DG, governors’ forum, wife test negative for Coronavirus
Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Asishana Okauru and his wife, Ifueko, have tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Okauru stated this in a statement issued in Abuja, following the tests earlier conducted on him and his wife at ...
Read More »Umahi closes markets as Owerri Catholic Diocese cancels mothering Sunday
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has ordered the closure of all markets and shops that are not dealing on essential commodities, a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Keneth Ugbala has disclosed. The directive, in which ...
Read More »Publish weekly details of spending on COVID-19, SERAP tells Federal Government
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to “publish weekly details of funds and other resources allocated and received from the private sector, as well as details of their use in combating the spread COVID-19.” ...
Read More »Labour canvasses interventions for vulnerable groups in Nigeria
Organised labour has stressed the need for the three tiers of government to design intervention packages to help vulnerable groups escape hardship during the shutdown. Immediate past General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, said it ...
Read More »Terminal donates N100m for COVID-19 fight
APM Terminals Nigeria has earmarked N100 million to support the efforts of the Federal Government in curtailing the spread of COVID-19 in the most populous black nation. The port operator added in Lagos that was maintaining continuity in its operations ...
Read More »Inaugural Afrika business, investment forum holds in Abuja
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment yesterday announced Nigeria’s readiness to host the inaugural Afrika Business and Investment Forum (AFRIBIF) 2020. According to the Director of Investment Promotion in the ministry, Mrs. Olukemi Arodudu, the event would hold ...
Read More »Ban on public gatherings in Rivers for safety of lives, Governor Nyesom Wike insists
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that the ban on public and religious gatherings in Rivers State was part of measures to protect life and property in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, appreciating Christians for complying with the ...
Read More »Border closure a means to diversify the economy, says Delta government
Executive Assistant to Delta State Governor, Raymond Mbakpor, has commended the relief team for its proactive steps to curtain the scourge in the state. He urged the people to prioritise social distancing orders of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and ...
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