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April 7, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: UITH Suspends Consultant Over Alleged Unethical Conduct

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Monday announced the suspension of Prof. Alakija Salami as a Senior Consultant from the hospital. The management said in a statement signed by Mr David Odaibo, the Director of Administration of UITH,...

April 7, 2020 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Boss Elected Into IOSCO Board

The Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk has been elected into the board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, IOSCO. Ms. Uduk is to represent the Africa/Middle-East Regional Committee, AM...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Friends To Support 100 Business Proposals With N100m

No fewer than 100 Nigerian business proposals have qualified to receive N1 million each, as business support grants from friends of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The beneficiaries were selected under the aegis of the ‘March 8 Initiative for Small Busin...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Boss Orders Closure Of Driving School Standardisation Programme Portal

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Driving School Standardisation Programme’s portal in order to induce compliance on the suspension of Driving School Operation in Nigeria and further...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Prudential Zenith Life Insurance Unveils Additional Benefits For Customers

Following the launch of its Coronavirus (COVID-19) initiative, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance has announced some additional benefits designed to address the negative impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives globally...

April 5, 2020 No Responses

Lockdown: Access Bank Unveils Seamless Transactions App

Access Bank Plc has launched a new mobile banking application tagged “AccessMore” to ensure easy access to funds and seamless transactions by customers, amid COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Herbert Wigwe, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, said this in a statemen...

April 5, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Seeks N’Assembly’s Approval For N500b Intervention Fund

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund. Mrs Zainab, with...

April 4, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria To Release 70,000 Metric Tonnes Of Grains

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted approval to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to release 70,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items from the National Strategic Grains Reserve. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, made...

April 4, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: INEC Deploys 100 Vehicles For Contact Tracing

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 100 of its vehicles in six states to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on combating Coronavirus. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Co...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

NPA Boss Reviews COVID-19 Impact On Port Operations, Pledges Support For Sifax, Others

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, on Thursday disclosed that the Agency is collating the challenges confronting Terminal Operators due to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-1...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

NCDC Reiterates Confidence In Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital’s Test Results

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reiterated its confidence in the test results conducted at the Molecular Laboratory at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, made the assertion whil...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: NIMASA, Shippers’ Council Collaborate To Sustain Shipping

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stated that the guidelines for vessels calling at the Nigerian Ports recently issued by the Agency was to ensure shipping activities continue in a way...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

BoI Declares N39.33b Profit, Raises $1.11b To Boost Operations

For the financial year ended December 31, 2019, the Bank of Industry (BoI) recorded a profit before tax of N39.33 billion. According to the Bank, the profit represent growth of 7.2 per cent when compared with ₦36.66 billion achieved in...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19 Relief Fund Hits N15b

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday disclosed that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) stood at N15 Billion. CBN Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, ex...