Business and Economy
-
COVID-19 Lockdown: NNPC commends Tanker Drivers for hitch-free distribution of products
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commended Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) for their sacrifice ferrying petroleum products across the…
Read More » -
NNPC applauds Gov. Wike for facilitating truck-out from PH depot
The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commended Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his timely…
Read More » -
Contributions to CACOVID Relief Fund hit N15 Billion
ABUJA Monetary contributions to the account set up at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the auspices of the…
Read More » -
FG further reduces pump price of petrol to N123.50 per litre from April 1
By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja, March 31, 2020 The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced further reduction of the…
Read More » -
Prudential Zenith Life protecting its customers during the Coronavirus (COVID – 19) pandemic
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance is rolling out a range…
Read More » -
CBN assures of undisrupted financial services during COVID-19 lockdown
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has assured that banks will remain operational during the lockdown directed by President Muhammadu…
Read More » -
Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 begins operation; Sets up medical facilities in 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria
The Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), set up in Nigeria to battle the novel coronavirus pandemic has started operation…
Read More » -
COVID 19: CBN disinfects Head Office, branches
ABUJA As the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), intensifies…
Read More » -
COVID-19: NIMASA bans international vessels without thermal screening facilities
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA , Dr. Bashir Jamoh has announced that following…
Read More » -
COVID-19: NNPC, Oil Industry donate N11billion to combat Coronavirus in Nigeria … As Corporation supports University of Abuja Teaching Hospital with medical equipment
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), International Oil Companies (IOCs) as well as Independent Oil Companies in the Upstream and…
Read More » -
Sterling Bank contributes N250m to Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19
Lagos, Nigeria, 27 March 2020: Sterling Bank Plc, has contributed N250 million as part of its commitment to the newly…
Read More » -
UBA provides N5 billion ($14 million) for COVID-19 relief support across Africa
March 26, 2020 United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Thursday announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million),…
Read More » -
COVID-19: Fidelity Bank’s proactiveness nips spread
Fidelity Bank says one of its staff returning from holidays in the UK has tested positive for COVID-19 but the…
Read More » -
CBN to remain operational while COVID-19 lasts
Following the current impact of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) on the global economy coupled with efforts by the Nigerian Government,…
Read More » -
Coronavirus: Close non-essential parts of markets, Obi begs market leaders nationwide
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to market…
Read More » -
COVID-19: NNPC Directs Non-Management Office-based Staff to Work from Home
In compliance with the Federal Government’s directive on the COVID -19, the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)…
Read More » -
Abule-Ado gas explosion: Dangote donates N100m cement to victims for reconstruction …As Dangote Cement management commiserates with Gov Sanwo-Olu
Dangote Cement Plc yesterday donated N100 million worth of cement to the Lagos State government, to support the ongoing reconstruction…
Read More » -
COVID-19: MTN staff to start working from home Monday
By Okuanwan Offiong Lagos, March 22, 2020 MTN Nigeria on Sunday said its team would start working from home as…
Read More » -
Zenith Bank commiserates with Sanwo-Olu on Abule-Ado explosion, donates N100m support to Emergency Relief Fund
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has donated N100 million to the Emergency Relief Fund set up by the…
Read More » -
Fragility of Nigeria’s economy: Effect of Coronavirus, oil price collapse By Dr Kazeem Bello
There is need to revisit the issue of the fragile nature of the Nigerian economy. For sometime now, the economy…
Read More » -
Dangote Group Company to launch N4trn fertiliser project in Nigeria soon
By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, March 19, 2020 Dangote Group of Companies has embarked on a fertiliser project of N4 trillion…
Read More » -
COVID-19: CBN to inject N1 trillion stimulus on economy …Meets with bank chiefs on March 21 …Health sector to get additional N100b loan boost
ABUJA Two days after it unveiled a six-point palliative to ameliorate the continued impact of the corona virus on the…
Read More » -
COVID-19: FG reduces 2020 budget by N1.5trn, suspends recruitment, reviews Social Investment Programmes
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, March 18, 2020 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved reduction in the size of…
Read More » -
Dangote Fertilizer’s Indian contractor staff tests negative to coronavirus
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has said that the Indian Dangote Industries Limited, DIL, contractor who was…
Read More » -
Mother’s Day: Konga celebrates mothers, pledges continuous support
Ahead of the 2020 celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, Konga has underlined its determination to…
Read More »













