March 2020

Nigeria’s Senators have donated 50 percent of their salaries to support efforts at combating coronavirus pandemic in the country. Daily Trust had earlier reported that the federal lawmakers were under pressure to donate their salaries for the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease. This according to Femi Adesina the special adviser to the President, is in line with the exercising of the powers…

Nigerian on-demand music platform MePlaylist has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from investors that include Mathew Knowles, father of artists Beyoncé and Solange Knowles.  A subscription and advertisement based on-demand music streaming application, MePlaylist aims to create an…

As part of the effort to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, is to upgrade and equip medical facilities in six geo-political zones of the country. This was…

Billionaire businessman Alhaji Aliko Dangote has promised to establish a 600-bed isolation centre within the Kano’s Sani Abacha Stadium. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje announced this during the inauguration of a fundraising committee to provide succour to the less…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari announced a 14-day shutdown of business, economic and social activities in Lagos State, Ogun State, and Abuja FCT. He made this pronouncement in a nationwide speech on Sunday evening. The President said the…

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic…

The Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria (SEC), at the weekend unveiled an exposure draft of its regulatory framework for crowdfunding in the country. The draft, if approved, proposes conditions under which private companies are permitted, “with the…

The Chairman of the Chrome Group, Sir Emeka Offor, has donated medical equipment and educational materials worth $30 million to Nigeria and 18 other African countries. Offor, who set up the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) to…

NIGERIA’S 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of…