Oyo Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, has explained how herbal concoction helped him recover from Coronavirus after about two months in isolation....
Governor of Oyo, Seyi Makinde has said that 21 more patients had recovered from COVID-19 pandemic in the state. He meanwhile, announced that the state also...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Friday that government agencies needed to stop milking businesses in order to improve Nigeria’s prospects of climbing higher on the...
Monday through Friday, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) added gain to gain, consolidating a fiercely bullish market that reached back to the two days before last...
Russia’s coronavirus vaccine is finally undergoing its last testing phase, and is expected to be registered by next week. This was disclosed by the Russian Deputy...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday over anxieties that a new wave of coronavirus infections worldwide will cause fuel demand recovery to stall amid tighter lockdowns just...
World football rule-making body, IFAB says players who deliberately cough at other players or match officials during matches can be sent off. The guidance is the...
A new study by a group of Italian scientists (which has not been peer-reviewed yet) has found that people can transmit the deadly COVID-19 SARS-COV-2 virus...
Three hundred more Nigerians stranded in the United States (US), on Saturday returned to Nigeria. According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the stranded Nigerians...
Courier and logistics businesses in Nigeria are facing a double whammy of coronavirus crisis and license fee hike in a country with a bad name for difficulty...
The Nigerian government hopes to amass income of between N13 and N18 trillion through oil and non-oil means with a view to bolstering its revenue to...
The Lagos government has said that it was spending a huge amount of money to treat COVID-19 patients and maintain isolation facilities in the state. The...
Oil prices weakened on Wednesday, with industry figures of growth in United States’ crude stockpiles confounding analysts’ expectation and a dramatic increase in the country’s coronavirus...
Oil prices jumped on Tuesday on the back of favourable reports of vaccine trials and of a European Union rescue package deal, touching heights last witnessed...
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) Tuesday said it had set in motion the implementation of a tax relief scheme that would deliver further incentives and...
Madagascar’s COVID Organics (CVO) cannot effectively cure coronavirus as claimed, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has said. NIPRD disclosed this in its...
The exchange rate of naira closed at N470 to the United States’ dollar at the unofficial parallel market on Wednesday, signalling a 1.1% markdown from that...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday condemned a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari for flouting Covid-19 preventive measures. In a series...
Two Madagascan lawmakers have died after testing positive to the novel coronavirus, the country’s president, Andry Rajoelina said on Sunday. He also said that 25 other...
Oil prices declined on Monday, extending Friday’s losses as coronavirus infections touched their all-time daily high, following huge swells in infections during the weekend in the...
Brazil President, Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. The president who had repeatedly downplayed the virus, calling it “a little flu” took a fourth test...
Oil prices dropped on Tuesday over worries that a new coronavirus wave, notably in the United States, would hurt fuel demand rebound. Brent crude futures fell by...
A supervisor posted to Zamfara State by the Nigeria Centre for the Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. J.J. Shalanga, has died of COVID-19. Shalanga had been in...
A recent release by the Debt Management Office (DMO) has placed Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom as leading Nigeria’s most indebted states. The country’s monumental debt burden hardly seems...
New figures provided by the Johns Hopkins University on Friday have revealed that the global COVID-19 cases have exceeded 11 million, marking another milestone in the...
Nigeria’s monumental debt burden hardly seems to ease, not only because the nation’s inclination to borrow for virtually every reason has risen with the passage of...
The Chief of Staff to the Plateau State Governor, Noel Donjur, has tested positive for coronavirus. The Commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang, disclosed this in a...
The family members of the late monarch Anele Orlu Oriebe of Akpor Kingdom, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, who allegedly died of...
The United States of America has set a new 24-hour record of covid-19 infections after no fewer than 49,286 cases were recorded on Wednesday. The new...
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Wednesday announced it had committed $530 million to projects in the Nigerian financial, agriculture and health sectors as well as...
The United States announced on Tuesday that 1,000 inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in a California prison, San Quentin. San Quentin is one...
The economic shocks of the coronavirus pandemic through lockdowns and eternal vulnerabilities might trigger income loss of around $34 billion in Nigeria and other oil-exporting countries...
Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African nations require over $110 billion additional financing to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Power distribution companies (Discos) on Sunday revealed that the decision to increase electricity tariffs beginning from 1st July was not a unilateral one made by electricity...
The number of persons confirmed positive for coronavirus across the globe has surpassed 10 million. The milestone was reached on Sunday, according to a tally from...
The Federal Government has said that about 40 Nigerians in the diaspora had died after contracting the dreaded coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed on Friday by...
An Ethiopian man aged 114 years has reportedly recovered from the coronavirus disease. Aba Tilahun Woldemichael had tested positive for the novel coronavirus during a random...
Nigerian banks are on the verge of restructuring more than a third of their entire loan portfolio after encountering repayment troubles on account of the coronavirus...
Oil prices slid on Wednesday, obliterating last session’s gains as concerns regarding a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic subdued support from a steady reopening of...
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, following a turbulent session triggered by uncertainty over the fate of U.S.-China deal. Markets were upset by shocking comments from White...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Monday no state in Nigeria was free of the COVID-19 pandemic....
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the evacuation of no fewer than 35,000 Almajiri children to 17 states and some neighbouring countries. This was confirmed in...
A two-years old girl has tested positive for the Covid-19, an official announced in Ogun State on Sunday. A statement from the Federal Medical Centre in...
Naira fell 6.2% lower against the United States dollar on Wednesday at the official market as traders quoted the local currency close to the over-the-counter spot...
The volume of crude oil imported by the United States from Nigeria plummeted by 61.7% in the first quarter of this year relative to the last...
Two million smallholder farmers in Nigeria are to enjoy zero-interest financing options through the Agric for Foods and Jobs Plan (AFJP) as a mitigant against the...
Oil prices posted modest gains on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses as optimism regarding additional cuts in crude output dampened the fears that a resurgence of fresh...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike. The move was announced by the NATD president, Dr Aliyu Sokomba...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied its involvement in the arrest of popular Instagram celebrity, Ramon Igbalode, better known on social media as...
Nigeria’s public transport sector lost an estimated N200 billion in three months due to the lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic,...