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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-19). Bala Usman, who visited Terminals to...

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...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

Oil Price Drops To Lowest Level In 18 years

The price of oil has sunk to levels not seen since 2002 as demand for crude collapses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude fell to $22.58 (£18.19) a barrel at one point on Monday, its lowest level since November 2002....

March 31, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: FirstBank Donates N1billion

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the donation of N1 billion toward the joint effort by the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID). The bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, made this known in a statement in...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

UBA Presents N28.5m To Nasarawa

The United Bank for Africa (UBA), through the UBA Foundation, has donated N28.5 million to the Nasarawa State Government, as the bank’s contribution towards the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Danjuma Salihu, Regional Head, UBA North Central, pres...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Shutdown Driver’s License Capture Centres

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the shutdown of Driver’s License Database (DCLs) Nationwide with immediate effect. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement on...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Bans International Vessels Without Thermal Screening Facilities

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to ban international vessels without thermal screening facilities. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Jimoh said that following the outbreak ...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Deploys N100m For COVID-19 Campaign

As part measures to check the rising spread of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19),Ecobank Nigeria votes N100million to drive its National Radio Campaign tagged: “StaySafeNigeria”, In a statement on Sunday, the Bank explained that the campaign, which is a call...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Buhari’s Address On COVID-19

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and...

March 29, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Establishes Situation Room, Directs Commanders To Enforce Restrictions

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has established a situation room in its Operations Department to receive reports from field commands on the CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19). Meanwhile, the Corps Marshal, Dr B...

March 29, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Salutes Tinubu At 68

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Nigerians and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in celebrating a former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the ruling party, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on his 68th birthday on March 29. The president’s congratulator...