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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 human-centred approach that puts peoples’ rights at...

May 25, 2020 No Responses

NRC Working Out Guidelines To Contain Covid-19 Spread

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is working out new guidelines of operations to help to contain the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19 ). The Director of Operations of NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, made the disclosure in an interview with...

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 18, 2020 No Responses

Vatican, Italy Resume Public Church Services

Pope Francis on Monday inaugurated the full reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and Catholic churches across Italy as he held public Masses for the first time in two months.The inauguration was the latest move in easing of...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Weststar Reopens Facilities, Fumigates Premises

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com Weststar Associates Limited, authorized general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria has reopened its facilities in Lagos and Abuja for business operations. However, due to Coronavirus pandemic and in line with gove...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

NAFDAC Warns Against Use Of Chloroquine

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has, again, warned Nigerians against taking Chloroquine as treatment for Coronavirus (COVID-19). “Nobody should buy Chloroquine and use. If you have COVID-19, go to a doctor. We have...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

Kia Motors Nigeria Resumes Operations, Explains Safety Modalities

By Citybusinessnews@yahoo.com Kia Motors Nigeria has opened its facilities inline with government’s and health experts’ directives for business operations as the Coronavirus lockdown eases in phases. Marketing Manager, Olawale Jimoh, in a ...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners NCDC On Sensitization

Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is collaborating with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to contain the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the Maritime community in Nigeria. Under the arrangement, the council will hand over hundreds of...

May 11, 2020 No Responses

Minister: Lagos, Abuja Isolation Centers Saturated By 600 Evacuees From Foreign Countries

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday said over 600 evacuees from different countries are already at various isolation centres in Lagos and Abuja. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja, the...

May 11, 2020 No Responses

Stallion Group Partners Morsun Mobile Clinics On Free Medical Treatment In Lagos

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com Stallion Empowerment Initiative (SEI), the charity arm of Stallion group has sealed partnership with Morsun Mobile Clinic to offer free medical consultations and drugs to Lagos State residents. A statement issued at the...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Predicts 120,000 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases By July

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state may record between 90,000 and 120,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by July. Abayomi, who made this known during a media briefing on COVID-19 update on Friday...