Covid-19 Archives — Page 18 of 27

May 26, 2020 No Responses

Publisher Lauds FG Planned Stimulus Package For Media, Creative Industry

A leading Online Publisher, Femi Soneye, has commended the Federal Government for the stimulus package being initiated to cushion effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian media and the creative industry.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also received a...

May 25, 2020 No Responses

ILO Issues Guidance For Safe Return To Work During COVID-19

Two guidance documents for creating safe and effective return-to-work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO).The Guidance Note says that return to work policies need to be informed by a h...

May 25, 2020 No Responses

Stephanie Linus Unveils “Hygiene First” Campaign

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com As people and nations around the world grapple with the new reality of Coeronavirus Disease (COVID 19), Stephanie Linus is inspiring a long-term and purposeful lifestyle change among Nigerians to stimulate personal and commu...

May 23, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19: Niger Gets $25,000 Grant From South Korea

The South Korean Government through the United Nations Habitat Programme (UN Habitat), has given grant of twenty-five thousand dollars (USD $25,000) to support Niger Government in preventing the spread of Coronavirus in the state. This is contained in a statem...

May 23, 2020 No Responses

Task Force Rates Ekiti High On Covid-19 Response, Management

Ekiti State Taskforce on Covid-19 has hinged the low prevalence of the pandemic in the state to the prompt response and proactive nature of the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi in combating the disease in the state. The Commissioner for Health...

May 22, 2020 No Responses

Presco Donates Palliatives to Delta State Government

Foremost vegetable oils and fats producer, Presco Plc, has donated 1,000 pieces of 5-litre jerry cans of Olein vegetable oil in 250 cartons to Delta State Government. In a statement, the company which operates in Edo and Delta States explained that th...

May 22, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Targets 1m Students In Free e-Learning Platform

First Bank of Nigeria Limited is targeting one million students in free e-learning solutions platform in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. In a statement on Thursday, First Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, explained t...

May 22, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Govt Faults Governors On Worship Centres Opening

The Nigerian Federal Government has accused governors of breaching the protocols designed to guide the country out of Coronavirus spread. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 control Chairman, Boss Mustapha warned on Thursday of the danger in allowing lar...

May 22, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19: Seaport Lay Off Entire Personnel

The Port of Helsinki will temporarily dismiss its entire personnel due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions on the port’s business. “Because of this, we have been forced to start extensive cost reductions. As a...

May 21, 2020 No Responses

Adeduntan: FirstBank Will Maximise COVID-19 Induced Opportunities

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has assured its stakeholders that it will optimally maximise the opportunities from the disruptions occasioned by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy to their advantage. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executi...

May 18, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Mulls Full Re-Opening Of Economy

The Lagos State Government is considering full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy after assessing the readiness of businesses to re-open. Speaking on Sunday after State’s Security Council meeting, the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ...

May 16, 2020 No Responses

Italy To Lift Travel Restrictions June 3

Italy’s government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. It will also allow travel between the regions – which has so far...

May 16, 2020 No Responses

Open Letter To Governor Nyesom Wike

By Charles Isichie, Port Harcourt. Your Excellency, I write as a citizen and businessman who is concerned about how some of the decisions you have taken in the management of the COVID-19 Pandemic affects the maritime sector within which I...

May 15, 2020 No Responses

EU Diplomat Seeks Independent Investigation Of Coronavirus Origin

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an independent scientific investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus. In a guest column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Friday, Borrell called on China, where...