Nigeria Breaks Another COVID-19 Daily Record
Nigeria Friday added 386 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, another new daily high for the country. Thursday had the last record of 381 new cases with Lagos contributing 183. The total number of cases presently stands at 3912 with 679 recoveries and 117 deaths nationwide. Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic, also maintained its dominance […]
Kano COVID-19 Chair Reveals Drugs, Herb Used to Cure Virus
Abdulrazak Habib, the co-chairman of Kano State Task Force on COVID-19, contracted the virus and for twenty days he was mired in the virus trouble. Habib, a professor of medicine working with Aminu Kano Teaching University, said his survival of the ravaging disease was down to orthodox and unorthodox medicine. He gave a lowdown of […]
Stock Market Appreciates By 4.45% in One Week
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) and Market Capitalisation appreciated by 4.45percent to close the week ended May 8 at 24,045.40 points and N12.531 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher in the review trading week with the exception of NSE ASeM, which depreciated by 0.1percent. Liquidity level will continue to play major […]
Lagos, Kano, Jigawa Top as Nigeria Records 381 New COVID-19 Cases
Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. The centre said this is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country. The NCDC also said […]
Orji Kalu Regains Freedom As Supreme Court Quashes His Conviction, Orders Retrial
The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu and ordered retrial of the case. In a unanimous judgement on Friday by a seven-man panel, led by Justice Amina Augie, the Supreme Court held that the Federal High Court in Lagos, convicted Kalu, his firm – Slok Nigeria […]
Kogi Raises Alarm as Expatriate makes Suspicious COVID-19 Claims – STATEMENT
UPDATE ON THE CASE OF AN EXPATRIATE WHO FEARED SHE HAD COVID-19 IN KOGI STATE Background A distress call from an expatriate working with an international organization in Kogi State who suspected that she had symptoms similar to those associated with COVID-19 had generated widespread speculation and it is therefore pertinent that we set the […]
GTB Reopens Over 40 Branches, Lists them, Extends Opening Hours
Guaranteed Trust Bank Plc has announced the opening of over 40 of its branches amid the coronavirus pandemic. The development was made known via a statement the bank released, which it made available to newsmen wherein it added that its opening hours equally experienced similar fortune. The list(Click on it to view) The statement read […]
Access Bank to Open 10 “CLOSA” Branches, Denies Plan to Sack 75% Workforce
Amid the uncertainties that have trailed Access Bank’s alleged closure of 340 branches across Nigeria, the bank has not only denied the allegations, insisting the branches were closed at the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown; but as part of its commitment to increase access to banking services in communities across the country, Access Bank said […]
President Buhari Approves 5 Accounts for COVID-19 Donations
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogubike disclosed that […]
Jaywon Arrested For Violating COVID-19 Curfew
“This Year” singer Iledare Olajuwonlo-James better known as Jaywon has been arrested by the police for violating the curfew order issued over the COVID-19 pandemic. According to The Guardian, the singer was arrested at around 11pm by the policemen attached to the Dolphin Estate Division of the Lagos State Police Command. He is said to have […]
