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May 31, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 553 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC,...

May 31, 2020 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Partners ESLF On Support For Less Privileged In Benue

Fidelity Bank Plc has donated the sum of N10 million to Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF), a pet project of the Benue First Lady. According to the Bank, the donation would enable the organisation, in no small measure implement...

May 31, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Promotes Kazeem, Omeje, Others

The Federal Road Safety Commission Board, on thursday 29th May, 2020, approved the promotion of 10 Corps Commanders (CC) to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) and 32 Deputy Corps Commanders (DCC) to the rank of Corps Commander. The...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Obasanjo,Kufour, Jonathan,Sirleaf, Others Rally Support For Adesina

No fewer than 15 former African Presidents on Friday rallied support for President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina. In a statement signed by the ex presidents, including Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the former le...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

AfDB: Why The US Is Targeting Akinwumi Adesina

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank’s Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor, Larry Madowo. Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, i...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Five Vessels Laden With Fuel, Wheat Await Anchorage At Delta Ports

Five vessels laden with fuel and Wheat are awaiting anchorage at the Delta Ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) disclosed on Friday NPA in its daily report, Shipping Position explained that the ships were awaiting anchorage at the Escravos, Koko...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Air Peace Evacuates 301 Chinese From Nigeria

Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China’s most populous, commercial city. Mr Stanley Olisa, Spokesman of the airline, explained in a statement on Frida...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Institutes Task Force To Support Customers In Cyclone Affected Area

Hyundai Motor has formed a relief task force to support its customers impacted by cyclone Amphan in West Bengal of India.As part of the initiative, the company has positioned dedicated emergency roadside assistance service teams to support the cyclone affected...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Climb To 9,302

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria climed to 9,302 on Friday as 387 new infections were reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) . According to NCDC, other details are: Lagos-254FCT-29Jigawa-24Edo-22O...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Renault Sacks 15,000 Workers

French carmaker, Renault on Friday announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years. Renault said on Friday that nearly 4,600 jobs will be cut in France in addition to more than 10,000 in...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

Rice Production In Nigeria Hits 35m Bags Per Annum

With over 34 integrated rice mills and clusters, Nigeria currently produces 150,000 bags of rice daily and about 35 million bags per annum. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

NCC Absolves Pantami Of Involvement In Office Space Allocation Controversy

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, is not involved in the process of offer of office allocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at its Complex. In a...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Leverages Technology For Customers’ Virtual Accounts Opening

FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has put in place measures to enable customers open accounts through their mobile phones, without visiting its branches nationwide. Mr Chuma Ezirim, FirstBank Group Executive, e-Business & Retail Products, said in a statement on...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

Bua Cement, Flour Mills Top Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Expand Growth By N53b

The key performance indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the last trading day of May with 0.40 per cent growth. Specifically, the market capitalisation on Friday inched higher by N53 billion or 0.40 per cent to close at...