Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market, mainstream business activities...
The head of communications of UNICEF field office in Kano state, Rabiu Musa, has died following a brief illness. The death of Musa, 60, was confirmed...
Kaduna State government has confirmed that the state recorded 16 more positive cases of COVID-19. The state, however, said that out of the 16 cases, 15...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday, revealed that he was the index COVID-19 case in Kaduna, who infected four others in the state. El-Rufai who...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has confirmed two fresh cases of the novel COVID-19 disease which has claimed no fewer than 86...
The Sokoto State government has recorded 13 new cases of the COVID-19 disease in the state and one death arising from the virus which has fast...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that Nigeria, just like the rest of the world, would...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it suspected a sinister move in the alleged plan to pass a bill on infectious disease control at the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 220 COVID-19 cases in the country. The latest figure has further increased the number of COVD-19...
The Kebbi State government Saturday announced the death of a COVID-19 patient who reportedly absconded from the hospital after his samples were taken for COVID-19 test....
The US Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels paid homage to essential health care workers at the frontlines of the pandemic Saturday with fly-over salutes....
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19-related deaths in the state. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, however,...
Men of the Delta State Police Command have apprehended one Imam of Ekakpamre, Mohammad Young Okotie for violating the social distancing and lockdown directives of the...
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed the discharge of an additional 22 COVID-19 patients from the isolation centres in the state. The state Ministry of Health...
The Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserve, Haruna Suleiman, said on Saturday the Federal Government had directed the release of about 17,500 metric tonnes...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said Saturday the agency had not granted approval for...
Osun State has lost another patient to COVID-19, making the total persons to die of the virus in the state three. The state Commissioner for Health,...
A group, the Association of Progressive Nigerians, on Saturday appealed to the Central Bank to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country...
The Akwa Ibom State government has relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown in the state and has also imposed the wearing of face masks in public places. Governor...
The Kano State government has recorded three deaths arising from the infection of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country. This was...
The Federal Government on Friday said the situation in Kano which has left many people dead is also an opportunity to take action for better results....
The Nigerian Government has been criticized by a popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, over its decision to ease the lockdown imposed on parts of the...
Report by an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), The Press Emblem Campaign, has revealed that COVID-19 has killed 55 journalists in 23 countries across Africa, Europe, the...
The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Saturday announced new measures to be taken, in line with government’s directives in the transport sector. It said beginning...
Sometimes most people of Goodwill, regardless of color, wonder how rugged and durable Africans survived all the impediments and odds they face daily. Even in their...
Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo has decried the decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria to ease the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja despite a growing...
The government of Ekiti State has announced that before people would be allowed to transport dead bodies into the state, that the corpses must undergo examinations...
An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mbam James, has been arrested for flouting the border lockdown ordered by the Ebonyi State...
Nigerian athletes will each get the sum of N50,000 as a relief fund to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world at this...
The Ogun State government led by Governor Dapo Abiodun has declared that the COVID-19 lockdown in the state has been extended by one week and will...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has kicked against the decision of the Federal Government to ease the total lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal...
The Northern Governors Forum on Friday, had another teleconference meeting on how to tackle COVID-19 in the region. During the meeting chaired by the forum’s Chairman,...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha have been dragged to court, for allegedly violating the regulations and...
The Kwara State government led by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has granted executive pardon to no fewer than 101 prisoners in the state in...
The recent declaration of loss by Netherlands-based global oil and gas giant, Royal Dutch Shell, for first quarter 2020 might stand in the way of the timely...
The Adamawa State government Friday confirmed two fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Basheer Ahmed, disclosed this at a media...
The Minister of Health, State, Olorunnimbe Mamora, Friday warned hospitals forcing pregnant women to pay for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to desist from it. The minister...
The spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kano State reached a new high Friday night after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed...
To mitigate the economic effect of COVID-19, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, announced Friday a 50 per cent cut in salaries of senior political appointees. He...
The founding Chairman of DAAR Communication, High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi, and seven other members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19. This came exactly four...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Friday warned state governors against slashing workers’ salaries over the outbreak of COVID-19 in the...
The Bauchi State government Friday confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, told journalists the results...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday advised Nigerians to adopt all the COVID-19 containment measures including the use of face masks. These measures, the...
Any objective analysis of a long-winded essay, “COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns?”, by Chukwuma Soludo, would wonder if the renowned economist is suddenly cast with a...
Husky singing R&B musician, Timi Dakolo has faulted the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the gradual relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown in the Federal...
The Federal Government on Friday issued guidelines for the ease of lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The lockdown imposed on parts of the...
Comoros has recorded its first coronavirus case, making it the penultimate country in Africa to be hit by the pandemic. Lesotho remains the only country in...
The Chinese government has reacted to a $200 billion class action suit filed by a group of Nigerian lawyers for not being transparent enough on the...
A team of longstanding pandemic experts have predicted in a report released on Thursday that the new COVID-19 disease is likely to keep spreading for at...
Reports have confirmed about 7,933 new Covid-19 cases in Russia on Friday- the country’s highest single day spike. The whooping figure sums into a national total...
