City BusinessNews Archives — Page 264 of 369

April 3, 2020 No Responses

Infantino: Football Will Be Totally Different After Coronavirus

Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global body FIFA Gianni Infantino said on Thursday. “Football will come back, and when it does, we’ll celebrate coming out of a nightmare together,”...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Customs Hands Over N.84m Hemp To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in Bauchi on Thursday handed over 40 bags of Indian hemp it confiscated from fleeing suspects to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for custody and investigation.Speaking at the hand over ceremony in Bauc...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Lauds DPR On Fuel Availability

Sokoto State Government on Thursday commended Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) over fuel availability in the state and warned marketers against selling products above regulated price.Alhaji Chika Umar, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce made the ...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19 Relief Fund Hits N15b

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday disclosed that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) stood at N15 Billion. CBN Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, ex...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Nissan Appoints Cartier As Chairman For Africa, Middle East, India Region

Nissan on Wednesday announced the appointment of Guillaume Cartier as Senior Vice President and Chairman for its Africa, Middle East, and India region (AMI) and Head of the Global Datsun Business Unit, effective from April 1, 2020. In this new...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Kia Motors Delivers 8,583 Units In March

For the month of March 2020, Kia Motors India on Wednesday announced that the company sold 8,583 units. Last month, the company sold 7,466 units of e Seltos and 1,117 units of Carnival MPV, the company said in a statement....

April 2, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Crew Member In Isolation

A crew member of the CMA CGM Marco Polo containership has taken ill on board, showing symptoms linked to the coronavirus infection. The 2012-built ship is currently moored at a terminal in the Port of Algeciras, Spain, according to its...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

NSC Photo News

Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (Left) and Princess Vicky Haastrup, Executive Vice Chairman ENL Consortium Limited, Apapa, during NSC Management’s Working Visit to ENL Consortium Limited

April 1, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Ikeja Electric Suspends Disconnection For Non-Paying Customers

Non-Paying customers within Ikeja Electric Plc franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.According to the Disco, the decision to suspend all disconnection activi...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

NSE Resumes April Trading With 0.94% Loss

Activities opened for the month of April on Wednesday still on a bearish trend, with a loss of 0.94 per cent.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped199.93 points or 0.94 per cent to close...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

Stock Markets Record Worst Quarter In 33 Years

Stock markets around the world suffered historic losses in the first three months of the year amid a massive sell-off tied to the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and London’s FTSE 100 saw their biggest quarterly drops since 1987,...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

Military Impounds 900 Bags Of Rice

The military has impounded more than 900 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and arrested four suspected smugglers in the ongoing “Operations Calm Waters and Swift Response’’ coordinated by the Nigerian Navy. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19:Uber Unveils ‘UberMedic’ For Healthcare Workers

Ride-hailing company Uber on Tuesday said it has launched a new service ‘UberMedic’ to help transport frontline healthcare workers to medical facilities and other critical areas across India. “Uber is providing a new service, UberMedic, to tr...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

Lockdown: DPR Warns Against Hoarding

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday urged oil marketers to ensure distribution of petroleum products even with the stay at home order meant to check Coronavirus spread in the country.The DPR Abuja Zonal Director, Mr Buba Abubakar, gave...