Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 pandemic, while stressing that the gradual reopening of Nigeria’s economy will span a total of six weeks, has said the next phase of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown would be stricter. Mustapha, who made this known on Wednesday during the daily press briefing ...

Shareholders of FCMB Group Plc have again applauded the financial institution for its resilience, dynamism and impressive performance recorded last year despite the challenging operating environment. The shareholders, who gave the commendation at the 7thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) of the Group on April 28, 2020 at its corporate head office in Lagos, also unanimously approved the payment of a cash dividend of ...

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given new guidelines for easing the COVID-19 lockdown which begins on Monday May 4, 2020. See details, below. 1.All places of worship remains closed until further notice. 2. Eateries and restaurants to open between 9am-3pm and are to do only takeout.  No eat in. Also 9am-3pm only! Take note! Must wear gloves and masks. ...

This brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 187. The Lagos State Ministry of Health made this known via its Twitter handle. It tweeted, “49 #COVID19Lagos patients: 28 females and 21 males including a foreign national – a Greek – were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba and Onikan to reunite with the society “The patients: ...

The committee, regarded as “Pan Okun Relief Agenda” was formed to address the various issues relating to the Coronavirus pandemic to the people of the senatorial district. The committee consists of 21-member Steering Committee and sub-committees including Elders’ Advisory Committee, Steering Committee, Media Committee, Fund Raising/Relief Materials Collection Committee, and Contact/Network Committee. Others are Relief Response Funds/Material Management Committee, Audit ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has now announced that Nigeria’s confirmed cases for COVID-19 have reached 1532. The newly-reported cases, as revealed via the Centre’s Twitter on Tuesday evening, show that Lagos, the epicenter of the virus, still has the highest number with 80 patients followed by Kano with 38 cases. Other states include Ogun with 15 cases, Bauchi, ...

The Presidency on Tuesday made clarifications on school resumption following the gradual relaxation of the lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Recall that Buhari had ordered a gradual relaxation of the lockdown starting from Monday next week, but was, however, silent on the reopening of schools. However, Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina while featuring on TVC, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve his request to secure a fresh loan of N850 billion to fund some projects in the 2020 budget. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. According to the letter, ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari,has partially relaxed the lockdown in thefederal capital territory, Lagos and Ogun States, four weeks after it was declared, as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The president who disclosed this in his broadcast to the nation on Monday, however banned social gatherings. “Based on the above and in line with the recommendations of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will at 8 pm today (Monday) broadcast to the nation as the stay-at-home directive caused by the coronavirus outbreak expires. This is coming amidst concerns of the general economic downturn as citizens continue to lament the lockdown on the advice of the Presidential task force to monitor the development of COVID- 19 pandemic disease across the country. ...