Routine Cleaning And Disinfecting Leaves No Trace Of Coronavirus On Surfaces In Hospital Clinic, Study Finds
A new study that tested multiple surfaces of a New Jersey oncology unit found no traces of the coronavirus, suggesting…
Year: 2020
Nigeria: FSDH Predicts Continued Sluggish Economic Activities In 2020
Analysts at FSDH Merchant Limited have anticipated that the sluggish economic performance recorded in the second quarter of the year…
Nigeria’s Q2 GDP Decline Better Than Forecast
The Presidency has said that the 2nd Quarter (Q2) 2020 Gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, which measures economic growth, published…
Nigeria’s Forex Devaluation Timeline – 2020
Speculations started March 12 that the naira might be devalued. This is a timeline of every decision taken since the…
Dollar Sags As Investors Brace For Dovish Fed Signals
The dollar wallowed near its lowest level for the week on Thursday as investors looked for hints from Federal Reserve…
Nigeria Approves Auditors For Delta Region Development Agency Probe
Nigeria’s government has approved auditors led by Ernst & Young to examine the finances of a government organisation set up…
30 States Have Been Approved To Offer An Extra $300 A Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits
Unemployed workers may soon get a bump of $300 or more in their weekly jobless benefits. What’s more, it seems…
Cash Transfer: Nigerian Govt Warns Facilitators
The federal government has warned facilitators of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to shun corrupt tendencies. Kola Solomon, National Training…
Ghana: Nigeria Shut Borders Without Notice… Why Have Economic Community If We Can’t Trade?
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, has retaliated comments made by Geoffery Onyeama, her Nigerian counterpart, about trade restrictions.…
Nigerian Students In Northern Cyprus Disagree With Dabiri-Erewa On Safety
Nigerian students in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) have faulted the statement by the Chairman of the Nigerians…
OECD: ‘Unprecedented’ Economic Collapse For Developed Nations
The economic damage done to developed nations by the COVID-19 crisis has far eclipsed the damage done by the financial…
EY Advocates Reshaping Of Tax Agenda For Nigeria, Other African Countries
Ernst & Young, EY has explained the need for Nigeria and other African countries to reshape its tax agenda in…
Coronavirus Concerns Fall And Trump Approval Ticks Higher In Swing States, CNBC/Change Research Poll Finds
Voters’ concerns about the coronavirus have fallen and President Donald Trump’s approval rating has ticked higher in six swing states…
Euro Zone Economy Growing According To ECB’s Baseline
The euro zone economy is growing in line with the path the European Central Bank projected in June, and the…
CDC Quietly Revises Coronavirus Guidance To Downplay Importance Of Testing For Asymptomatic People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer recommending testing for everyone who’s been exposed to Covid-19, saying…
Forex Non-Repatriation: CBN Orders Banks To Submit Details Of Defaulting Exporters
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to submit the names, addresses and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) of exporters…
Some Countries Don’t Want To Wait For Superpowers’ Vaccines
After Covid-19’s emergence in Buenos Aires led to a strict lockdown in March, Juliana Cassataro and her fellow vaccine researchers…
An Economy In Crisis
The crisis is another wake-up call to restructure the economy Even when the numbers are open to broad interpretation, the…
Nigeria: COVID-19 Knocks 15% Off Export Earnings In One Month
Nigeria’s export earnings dropped by nearly $2 billion in one month due to the global coronavirus pandemic, which affected prices…
Nordstrom’s Sales Fall 53% As Department Store Chain Suffers Store Closures Amid Pandemic
Nordstrom said Tuesday its net sales fell 53% during the second quarter, as its stores took a hit from being…
Chloroquine Kills Coronavirus In Early Stage, Says NAFDAC DG
DIRECTOR-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Tuesday stated that…
CBN Debits Banks N2.476tr In 3 Months
Between last April and July, the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN)debited N2.476trillion from the commercial banks as Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) and…
6.1% Shrinking Of Economy: FG Won’t Be Able To Service Rising Debts, Fund Budget –MAN, Others
Key players in the nation’s economy including the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry…
How Nigeria’s Cocoa Revenue Can Hit $1.1b In Five Years’
If Nigeria deploys measures to increase yield, land area under cultivation, quality of cocoa beans through new techniques in fermentation…
Nigeria: FG Targets Creation Of 12m Jobs With National Gas Expansion Programme
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) will…
Canadian Dollar Lags G10 Peers As Bets Mount Against The Currency
The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart and all the other G10 currencies on Monday, as recent data showed…
P2P Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Africa Pivot: Nigeria And Kenya The Target Markets
Leading cryptocurrency exchanges are bullish about Africa’s growth prospects as evidenced by their ongoing forays into the continent. During the…
Oil Steadies And Fuels Gain With Storm Laura Menacing U.S. Gulf
Oil traded near $42.50 a barrel as Laura was predicted to become a major hurricane, menacing crude production and refineries…
Domestic And Foreign Portfolio Participation In Equity Trading
On a monthly basis, The Nigerian Stock Exchange polls trading figures from market operators on their Domestic and Foreign Portfolio…
Nigeria: Emefiele To Host CEOs Of Multinational Companies Over Export Market
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has hinted on plans to meet with the Chief…