•Inflows drop 75% •Analysts list measures to revive market By Babajide Komolafe Medical staff THE uncertainty and general decline in global economic activities caused by the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic as well as […]
LAGOS – National President of Ogalaja-Ofada in Ogbonicha, Ofu local government of Kogi State, Chief Abubakar Agene, has appealed to the state government and other relevant authorities to check the menace of […]
DAMATURU – The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has distributed shelter kits and food items to internally displaced persons (IDPs) from neighboring Borno communities of Mainok and Auno in Konduga and […]
LAGOS – Kaduna Electric is participating as sponsors and exhibitors at this year’s Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival. The festival which kicks off this Wednesday will be rounded up on Saturday […]
So, Roger Goodell says the show will go on. The NFL commissioner, in a league-wide memo distributed on Thursday, told the owners and general managers in no uncertain terms that the annual […]
It’s 10:30 in the morning, and we’re running late for the conference call. It’s for my son. He’s 4 years old. As the coronavirus multiplies exponentially, so do the demands on parents’ […]
Part 8 of a series analyzing the New York Knicks: David Fizdale and his interim replacement Mike Miller each thought Kevin Knox had a tendency to play “soft’’, according to an NBA […]
An FDNY auto mechanic died from coronavirus on Sunday — the department’s first known employee to succumb to the illness. James Villecco, of Staten Island, worked in the FDNY’s Bureau of Fleet […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks this is the wrong time for second-guessing about who made what calls before the coronavirus became a clear crisis — except that, if he made any errors, […]
In the worst case of perverse priorities since an Iranian cleric last month called on citizens to congregate in holy sites despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Fatah rulers of the Palestinian Authority […]
Grammy-winning American singer John Prine has been hospitalized for coronavirus and is in “critical” condition, his family said Sunday. “After a sudden onset of Covid-19 symptoms, John was hospitalized on Thursday,” his […]
Venezuela’s authoritarian Nicolás Maduro is even more evil than the world knew: He’s not just driving his own country to ruin, he’s apparently a global drug kingpin, too. The US Justice Department […]
By Owei Lakemfa THESE are times people are burdened. When many, with the future appearing bleak due to partial or full lockdowns, need help to get by. This is when religious leaders […]
Gov. Cuomo for veep? Well, never say never — but it’s unlikely. Yes, the governor is up to his neck in five-star reviews for his management of the coronavirus crisis. His TV […]
“THE long awaited FEW3 service, which is a direct service from the far East into Eastern Nigeria has started, and we are here to witness the first call”. With these words, the […]
Oliver Cyrus, Garrett Goble, Peter Petrassi, Anil Subba — four New York City transportation workers, all dead last week amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept Gotham. The deaths are a reminder […]
Northern New York farmer Russ Finley is one of the millions of Americans who make do without health insurance. So when a tree limb fell on his head last month, piercing his […]
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday flouted his government’s social distancing guidelines against the spread of the coronavirus by mixing with supporters on the streets of Brasilia and urging them to […]
President Trump announced Sunday that a huge cache of desperately-needed coronavirus-fighting supplies has landed in New York. The first flight in the FEMA project dubbed “Project Airbridge” landed at John F. Kennedy […]
Passengers on a virus-stricken cruise liner stranded off Panama in Central America were told Sunday the company was still searching for a port which will allow them to disembark, even as they […]
Olamide has proven over the years that he is a versatile artiste that can work with any producer to make hit songs. In his over a decade of journey in the music […]
Media watch: A Disaster for Democracy Americans have mixed feelings about many institutions amid the virus crisis, a recent Gallup poll found, but they’re unanimous in their disdain for one institution: the […]
By Osa Amadi, Arts Editor Ato Arinze Nigeria’s Bob-Nosa Uwagboe’s fame has risen rapidly as Africa’s foremost protest artist. Since he hit the international limelight through his distinctive style of painting, concepts, […]
Stand outside Joe Lewinger’s office long enough and you’d see why he was the heart and soul of The Mary Louis Academy. His office — basically a large sports closet with a […]
Chopra, 73, who led the meditation by live link from California, quickly moved over to Facebook Live to continue the session, intended to set “collective energy toward healing the world at a […]
LAGOS – The aggregate credit in the banking sector since the inception of the Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR) policy has grown by N2.35 trillion. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the […]
FBNQuest Asset Management has encouraged investors to consider contrarian investing by taking advantage of the FBN Nigeria Eurobond (USD) Fund. Contrarian investing is an investment strategy that involves purchasing and selling in […]
Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs) have been granted a request to embark on a two-week holiday by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This followed a request by the Association of Bureaux […]
LAGOS – Konga, Nigeria’s e-commerce Company has again assured Nigerians of its utmost commitment to ensuring that essential deliveries reach them, irrespective of their locations, especially as the country gradually approaches a […]
ONITSHA – Tablet Line Chairman, Bridge- Head, Drug Market, Onitsha, Mr. Ndubuisi Chukwuleta has set the pace in preventing the spread of the dreaded corona virus among traders and customers coming to […]
LAGOS – MTN Group has extended its partnership with Ericsson in the West African nation of Benin to provide managed services, including Network Operations Center, Field Services in Radio, Core and Transmission […]
LAGOS – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Green Eagle Agribusiness Solution, has injected N46billion into agricultural business towards sustaining the sector against Coronavirus spread in the country. The group lamented that COVID-19 has […]
ONITSHA – As the world continues to ponder in shock and helplessness over the ravaging coronavirus which is currently threatening global existence and economies, traders of Eze -lweka Industrial Clusters, Awada- Obosi […]
ONITSHA – Four Chairmanship aspirants in the forthcoming Bridge-Head Drug Market, otherwise known as “Ogbogwu International market’’ yesterday held a debate in the market premises where they aired their plans on various […]
Ecobank Nigeria has launched a ‘StaySafeNigeria’ media campaign being part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the rising spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The integrated media campaign is a […]
Union Bank has announced N50 million ($130,000) donations to tackle the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The donation was made into a fund set up by 54gene, an African genomics […]
DR TIMI OLUBIYI The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which originated in China, has infected more than 600,000 people as at today. Its spread has left businesses and individuals around the world counting […]
As part of the plans to safeguard the lives of its staff and customers, and also prevent the spread of Covid-19, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has started a running skeletal operation. Yinka […]
UMUAHIA – A Data Validation team, from Abuja Office of the Nigeria Erosion and Watereshed Management Project(NEWMAP) has visited Abia State to verify Erosion Projects that has been completed. Mukhtar Yakubu Tanko, the […]
Ogoni Liberation Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, focusing on the development of Ogoni environment and its people, yesterday called for the support of national and international donors to raise N1billion for the development […]
The apprehension sweeping across Nigerians, including members of the governing elite over the COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus disease is only normal, given that the ailment is highly contagious, infectious, has no […]
ARC. GBENGA ONABANJO With the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, new vocabularies and terminologies have been introduced into our literary space. Among these new vocabularies is social distancing. It refers to […]
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu has donated N200 million to support current effort of the Federal Government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or […]
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended “social distancing” guidelines until April […]
Even if New York gets all the ventilators it needs to handle the growing coronavirus crisis, there’s still one major question — who will operate them, medical experts say. Gov. Andrew Cuomo […]
President Trump on Sunday announced that federal social-distancing guidelines would be extended to April 30 in an effort to curb the coronavirus outbreak. The initial 15-day period of social distancing urged by […]
There are plenty of Giants fans salivating over the prospect of using the fourth-overall pick of the draft on the freak Swiss Army knife Isaiah Simmons. Understandable on several levels: He is […]
Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, attends the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja on July 25, 2018. The Chief of Staff to the […]
This chinese man collapsed while him and his chinese friend were taking a walk in the streets of Lagos when one of them collapsed and started acting strange on the floor, his […]
An evangelical Christian relief organization on Sunday began setting up a massive field hospital in Central Park to help New York City cope with the crush of patients sickened by the deadly […]