The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies worth N15 million to the Lagos State Government to help in the fight against COVID-19 in the state. Speaking in…
Read More
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) has released the guidelines for the ease of COVID-19 guidelines which will come into effect on May 4. In a briefing on Wednesday, PTF Chairman and the Secretary to the Government of…
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had disbursed N43.41bn ($120.6m) to 24 states under the performance-based grant component of the World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Programme-for-Results. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National…
Trading on the floor of Nigerian stock market on Tuesday maintained a bullish trend following gains recorded majorly by blue-chip stocks. The major market performance measures, the NSE All Share Index and market capitalisation, rose by 0.49…
9mobile on Tuesday announced free access to health and educational websites, including the National Open University, to its customers. The company said this service was aimed at mitigating the impact of the lockdown and restricted movements occasioned…
Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) reports that US$4.81billion were tracked as investment announcements for Q1 2020, representing about 62% less than the value in the corresponding period in 2019 (US$12.7billion. The drop in value is related to…
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday, approved $3.4 billion in emergency financial assistance for Nigeria under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to enable the country meet the urgent balance of payment needs…
Nigerian startup OkwuEco has launched a marketplace platform to smooth solid waste disposal and encourage recycling, and is in the process of piloting its solution ahead of a full rollout. Based in Jos, OkwuEco helps users identify, sort, buy,…
The Bank of Industry on Monday said it has reduced the interest rates on all its funded projects from 10 per cent to eight per cent per annum. The bank said the decision, which took effect from…
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared the readiness of his administration to upgrade the popular Akufo Farm Settlement to an Agricultural Estate. The governor stated this during an on-the-spot inspection tour of the Farm…
