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Nigeria Bans International Vessels Without Thermal Screening Facilities

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to ban international vessels without thermal screening facilities. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Jimoh said that following the outbreak of COVID-19...

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Ecobank Deploys N100m For COVID-19 Campaign

As part measures to check the rising spread of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19),Ecobank Nigeria votes N100million to drive its National Radio Campaign tagged: “StaySafeNigeria”, In a statement on Sunday, the Bank explained that the campaign, which is a call...

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UBA Presents N1b Cheque To Lagos Government

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Sunday in Lagos presented N1billion cheque to the Lagos State Government as part of the bank’s commitment to help curb the effect of Coronavirusdisease (COVID-19). It is also in fulfilment of the Bank’s...

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SEC Nigeria Unveils Regulatory Framework For Crowd Funding

Conscious of the need to further deepen the nation’s capital market and enable it provide development capital for Medium and Small-scale Enterprises of the economy, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the weekend unveiled an exposure dra...

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COVID-19: Heritage Bank Sustains Seamless Service To Stakeholders

As the world grapple with the impact of the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic, which has continued to cause worldwide challenges for healthcare systems, economies and corporate organisations, Heritage Bank Plc has taken practicable steps to offer seamless servi...

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Buhari’s Address On COVID-19

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and...

March 29, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Establishes Situation Room, Directs Commanders To Enforce Restrictions

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has established a situation room in its Operations Department to receive reports from field commands on the CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19). Meanwhile, the Corps Marshal, Dr B...

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First Bank: Our Branches Are Open Nationwide

Foremost financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, on Saturday, explained that following the directives for partial lockdown in several States across the country, the Bank will be offering skeletal services in some branches across the nation. A s...

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NNPC Assures Nigerians Of Steady Fuel Supply

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians of adequate fuel supply following implementation of sit-at-home order in some states to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Mr Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC, who g...

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COVID-19: Kwara Lauds BUA, Elumelu, UBA

The Kwara State Government has commended Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman, BUA Group; Chief Tony Elumelu, and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) for their financial support to strengthen the campaigns against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the...

March 28, 2020 No Responses

NPA Donates 130-Bed Agura Hotel As Isolation Centre

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com —- As Nigerians grapple with the challenges associated with Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other Shareholders have resolved to donate the fully furnished 130-be...

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FCTA Gets N500m Donation From UBA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday in Abuja received N500 million donation from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to assist the Federal Government’s efforts to curb the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the territory. The Vice Cha...

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Lagos Unveils Economic Stimulus, Targets 200,000 Households

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has unveiled an economic stimulus package for the indigent and the most vulnerable in the society . This comes few days after a stay-at-home directive to residents in order to curtail the spread of...

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Americans To get $1,200 Each As Trump Signs Historic $2.2tri Financial Stimulus Bill

President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bi...