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April 26, 2020 No Responses

Kaigama Mobilises Palliatives For Vulnerable Nigerians

The Catholic Church is mobilising palliatives to vulnerable and less privileged Nigerians as part of measures to cushion the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama has said,...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

RAMADAN: FRSC Boss Felicitates With Muslim Faithfuls, Assures Of Safety During Holy Month

With the announcement of the sighting of the crescent of the new moon of Ramadan in parts of Nigeria and formal declaration by the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs for commencement...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

NPA Renews Engagement With Customs On Overtime Containers, Inagurates N33.6 b Cranes

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hormail.com — As the Seaports become more efficient, efforts must be made to enhance cargo delivery processes and free the ports of longstanding cargo, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usm...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: FirstBank Sustains Faith With Customers

Amid shuttering of social activities especially commercial services, through various lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, FirstBank has proven that as long as its customers require services, the Bank will be waiting right in front of them. As...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Extends Suspension Of Passport Processing, Migrants e-Registration

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the extension of the temporary suspension of processing of passport and migrant e-registration from the 23rd April to 23rd May. Babandede gave the order in a s...

April 23, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Bans Inter-State Movement Of COVID-19 Patients

Nigeria has banned inter-state movement of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, explained on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 that all persons diagnosed with the virus would hencefo...

April 23, 2020 No Responses

Welfare Board Holds First Virtual Meeting With Nigerian Seafarers

The National Seafarers Welfare Board (NSWB) would today, April 23, 2020 at 11am address the challenges and fears of Nigerian seafarers offshore and ashore in the face of the COVID -19 pandemic, to provide them the necessary support for the...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

UN Warns Of Food Crisis In Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Others

The world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the UN has warned. David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a catastrophe. A report...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

Five Star Logistics Donates N20m Protective Materials To NPA

Five Star Logistics Limited has supported the fight against coronavirus at the seaports with the donation of hand sanitizers and facemasks worth N20million, a statement said on Tuesday. Mr Rigo Nazarri, General Manager, Comet Shipping Agencies, a sister-compan...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 1,000 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigeria Customs Services has seized no less than 1,000 bags of smuggled foreign rice stockpiled in a residential apartment in Gombi town in Adamawa. Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, the Customs Controller in-charge of Adamawa and Taraba states, explained on Tues...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Loses N152b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation on Tuesday inched lower by N152 billion, amid sell pressure in 27 stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.945 trillion lost N152 billion or 1.27 per cent to close at N11.794...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns Akinjide

National Leader of All Progressives Congress, (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family of one-time Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide, over his demise. Tinubu, in a condolence message by his media officer, Mr Tunde Rahman, in Lagos,...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Extends Closure Of Airports, Records 665 COVID-19 Cases

The Nigerian Government on Monday announced the extension of the closure of airports in the country by two weeks. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this on Monday, said the decision was due to the coronavirus pandemic. He tweeted,...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

JAMB Releases 2019 Provisional Admission List

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has published the 2019 provisional matriculation list of admitted candidates on the official website of the board. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...