NCDC Confirms 4 New Coronavirus Infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced four new coronavirus infections in the country.…
Month: March 2020
Canada Sees More Restrictions Coming As Coronavirus Cases Soar
Many Canadians can expect more restrictions after the number of coronavirus cases in the country jumped significantly.…
Johnson Announces Strict New Rules To Curb Coronavirus
Strict new curbs on life in the UK to tackle the spread of coronavirus have…
Historic Fed Boost Fails To stop Wall Street’s Virus-Driven Sell-Off
Wall Street’s slide deepened on Monday as the rapidly spreading coronavirus forced more U.S. states…
Amazon Teams Up With Bill Gates-Backed Group To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is partnering with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick…
Merkel Tests Negative For Coronavirus
Angela Merkel’s initial test for coronavirus came back negative, a government spokesman said on Monday,…
FIRS Generates N338bn in January
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, collected tax revenue of N338.1 billion in January. The…
Fed takes emergency action to stave off a depression
The Federal Reserve is signaling it will do whatever it takes to save the coronavirus-ravaged…
UBA And Transcorp Postpone AGMs
United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Transcorp have announced the cancellation of their 2019 Annual…
ABCON Directs BDCs To Comply With N380/$ Official Rate
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has directed bureaux de change…
Coal Is Now the World’s Most Expensive Fossil Fuel
Oil’s epic collapse over the past month means the global crude benchmark is now priced…
U.S. Futures Reverse Drop, Bonds Up on Fed Pledge
U.S. equity futures reversed a decline and Treasuries extended an advance after the Federal Reserve…
Banks Adjust Operations, Advice On E-Channels Over Coronavirus Pandemic
Over the weekend, some Nigerian banks worked out plans to prevent exposure of their staff…
Chloroquine Effective In Treating Covid19 – Chinese Ministry Of Science and Technology
This is based on the results of Clinical Trials which confirms that Chloroquine Phosphate primarily…
BREAKING: NCDC Announces First Coronavirus Death in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first coronavirus death in Nigeria. The…
Walmart ups minimum wage in e-commerce warehouses by $2 as orders surge on virus worries
Walmart Inc said on Monday it has temporarily raised entry wages for workers in its…
Stocks crumble as more nations shut for business to curb virus
Asian shares sank on Monday as a rising tide of national lockdowns threatened to overwhelm…
Stanbic IBTC Declares N75b Profit For 2019
STANBIC IBTC Holdings Plc has declared a profit after tax of N75 billion for the…
MTN workers start working from home
MTN Nigeria on Sunday said its employees would start working from home as part of…
SoftBank to sell up to $41 billion in assets to expand share buyback, cut debt
SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said on Monday it is selling up to 4.5 trillion yen…
Central banks deploy record sums to break financial logjam, but may need more
Central banks have offered trillions of dollars of support to markets in recent days to…
McDonald To Close All Restaurants In The UK By End Of Monday
McDonald’s will close all 1,270 of its restaurants in the UK by the end of…
Breaking: Atiku’s Son Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has announced that is son has tested positive for…
40% To 80% Of New Yorkers Will Get Coronavirus – Cuomo
— New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday morning that an estimated 40% to…
Sanwo-Olu Orders Civil Servants To Stay At Home For Two Weeks
The Lagos State Government has declared two weeks break for civil servants in the state,…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel To Self-Quarantine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested…
Coronavirus supplies donated by Alibaba’s Ma arrive in Africa
A first planeload of protective and medical equipment donated to Africa by Chinese billionaire and…
Wall Street braces for another bleak week, with coronavirus risks amplified
Wall Street analysts and investment managers expect another rough week for U.S. markets, as coronavirus…
World Bank moving forward on first $1.7 billion in pandemic aid projects
The World Bank’s executive board is expected to consider later this week the first fast-track…