Covid-19 Archives — Page 9 of 27

September 17, 2020 No Responses

FIFA: COVID-19 Pandemic To Cost Football N5.4tr This Year

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost club football 14 billion dollars (about N5.4 trillion) this year worldwide, a leading official at global football body FIFA said on Wednesday. Olli Rehn, who heads the FIFA committee set up to tackle...

September 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 160 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 160 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 56,177. According to NCDC, in the last 24 hours, two people died from the virus, bringing the...

September 12, 2020 No Responses

SEC Donates 150 Infrared Thermometers To Enugu

The Capital Market Support Committee on COVID-19 (CMSCC) on Friday donated 150 units of infrared thermometer to Enugu State Government to help in curbing the spread of the pandemic in schools.The leader of the committee, Chief Patrick Ezeagu, presented the...

September 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 188 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday announced 188 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country with total number of infections now 56,017. According to NCDC, the 188 cases were reported from 18 states and the FCT....

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Anxiety As 300,000 Seafarers Are Stuck At Sea

Some seafarers have now been on board their ships for more than 17 months, exceeding the 11-months limit set out in the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim has said. The IMO boss has also urg...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Oil Prices Slip

Oil futures fell in early trade on Thursday, paring overnight gains, on worries about fuel demand after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles rose last week, rather than dropping as expected, and COVID-19 cases continued to rise aroun...

September 8, 2020 No Responses

CMA CGM Declares $7b Revenue In Q2

For the second quarter of 2020, French container shipping major, CMA CGM improved profitability in all its business activities despite challenges related to COVID-19. The company posted a net income of $136 million in Q2 2020, up sharply compared with...

September 6, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 162 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday confirmed 162 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to 54,905. According to NCDC, Lagos state led with 53 and followed by Go...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19 Gulps N700m In Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Taskforce on COVID-19 has expended over N700 million in the fight against the pandemic in the state. Deputy Chairman of the taskforce, Mr Ahmed Baba-Yahaya made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lafia when the taskforce appeared before...

August 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 250 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 250 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 53,727. According to NCDC, the 250 new cases were reported from 20 states of the federation, with...

August 28, 2020 No Responses

India Records 77,266 New Coronavirus Cases, 1,057 Deaths In One Day

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, showed the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry. As many as 77,266 new COVID-19 cases and 1,057 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Still, there...

August 26, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Harps On Trade Facilitation, Standard Operating Procedure

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has challenged stakeholders to adhere strictly to laid down procedures as part of measures to facilitate trade especially export. Spe...

August 25, 2020 No Responses

NECA Implore Stakeholders On Economic Growth

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to move the nation’s economy away from a downward slide. The Director-General of NECA, Mr Timothy Olawale, made the call on Monday in Lagos fo...

August 24, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Earns $378.42m From Crude Oil, Gas Export

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total crude oil and gas export earnings of $378.42 million in June, as against $133.16 million it posted in May 2020. The corporation disclosed this in its June Monthly Financial and...