Apple Is Donating 9 Million Masks To Combat The Coronavirus
Apple will donate 9 million N95 protective masks to combat the coronavirus, Vice President Mike…
Month: March 2020
UN Sees Africa Sliding Into Recession Without Debt Help
frica could fall into recession this year if multilateral lenders and investors don’t help the…
Another 11% Swing in the Dow Average Shows Value Still a Mystery
As Wall Street celebrates the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s biggest surge in nine decades, spare…
Fidelity Bank Reports Profit of 30.4bn, A 21% increase from Previous Year
Fidelity Bank Plc has recorded an impressive full-year result, sustaining the sterling financial performance that…
Sanwo-Olu Orders Partial Closure of Banks In Lagos
Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, placed a partial closure on banking activities in the state…
Akeredolu Orders Immediate Closure of All Markets And Malls In Ondo State
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has ordered the immediate closure of all markets, malls,…
Aero Contractors suspends flight operations for 2 weeks
Aero Contractors Tuesday announced the suspension of its flight operations for 2 weeks with effect…
Bundesliga Players Accept Pay Cuts
Footballers at Germany’s top teams including Bayern Munich have agreed to take pay cuts to…
Chevron CEO vows to avoid first dividend cut since Great Depression
Chevron is pulling out all the stops to cope with the historic collapse in oil prices. The…
Osun Government suspends weekly markets indefinitely, sensitises market women
The Osun Government has ordered the indefinite suspension of designated weekly markets across the state…
India Orders Complete Lockdown For Its 1.3bn Citizens
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ordered a “complete” lockdown for India’s 1.3 billion. Modi…
Apple To Open Some Stores In The First Half Of April
Apple Inc is expected to start re-opening some of its retail stores in the first…
Nike Rakes In $10.1bn In Quarterly Revenue, Beats Wall Street Estimates
Nike Inc (NKE.N) has beaten Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, powered mainly…
Dow Has Best Day Since 1933 as Congress Nears Deal on Aid
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and…
Coronavirus: Lagos on ‘Lockdown’ From Thursday 26 March 2020
Lagos state government has ordered the closure of all banks, offices, markets and courts in…
Banks in the UK close branches
Scores of bank branches are closed and others have restricted opening hours as a result…
McDonald’s And Nando’s To Shut All Restaurants in the UK
McDonald’s(MCD) and Nando’s will close all their restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland starting…
China Trying To Revive Economy After Shutdown
China is trying to jump-start its huge economy without triggering a second wave of coronavirus…
IOC postpones 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after talks…
Coronavirus: NPA, Shippers’ Council, And Lagos Courts On Lockdown
THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, yesterday, shut down their…
BREAKING: CBN Retains MPR At 13.5% To Allow ‘Interventions Play Out’
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted unanimously to…
IMF predicts negative outlook for global growth in 2020
International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected a negative outlook in 2020 for global growth following…
Russia Asks Citizens To Go Cashless To Curb Spread Of Coronavirus
Russia has urged consumers and businesses to use digital payments rather than cash in an…
Stock Market Loses N260bn
Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday witnessed another drop in…
Coronavirus: Carmakers answer pleas to make medical supplies
Car firms are answering calls from governments to help make more ventilators and face masks…
Coronavirus Shuts Down Buhari Govt, FEC, NEC Suspended
Coronavirus literally shut down the Nigerian Government on Monday with the suspension of the weekly…
Nigeria Makes Brutal Oil Price Cuts. But Has It Gone Low Enough
Nigeria opened a new front in the oil price war between some of the world’s…
Recoveries At 100,000; Wuhan To Lift Lockdown
China plans to lift lockdown measures in Wuhan, the city subjected to a mass quarantine since the…
Stocks Climb From Lowest Since 2016; Dollar Drops
Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management founder and chief executive officer, says he is going…
NSE Shuts Trading Floors, Resorts To Remote Trading Because Of Corona Virus
Following the raging effect of COVID-19 in the country, the Nigerian Stock Exchange will temporarily…