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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Financial institutions especially deposit money banks have been exempted from the two weeks lock down imposed on Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus in the country. President Muhammad Buhari had on a televised nationwide broadcast on Sunday night announced a two-week lockdown in
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians of adequate fuel supply following implementation of sit-at-home order in some states to contain the spread of the COVID-19.Mr Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC, who gave the assurance in a tweet on Saturday, said supply of petroleum product would not
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The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is part of a 274 million dollars (N103 billion) assistance package to no fewer than 63 countries affected by the disease, according to a
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President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bipartisan bill, which the Senate passed on Wednesday. The News Agency of
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By Mathew Dadiya, AbujaThe World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Friday, urged official bilateral creditors to provide immediate debt relief to the poorest countries facing COVID-19. This, the World Bank group and other international creditors believed would enable these 56 poor nations to prioritize their spending to curtailing the
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed all eateries to withdraw all eat-in arrangements in their premises and make use of takeaways packs, as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Abuja. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, gave the directive on Thursday, in Abuja
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The United Bank of Africa (UBA) Group says it will provide the sum of N5 billion ($14 million) as COVID-19 relief support across Africa. The bank stated this in series of tweets in its verified Twitter handle @UBA Group on Thursday. The company said “to catalyze a comprehensive pan-African response to
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on behalf of the Bankers’ Committee, on Thursday in Lagos said it had formed the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, told newsmen that the coalition was in partnership with the private sector, led by Aliko Dangote Foundation and Access
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Fidelity Bank Plc says it will be actively involved in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as a responsible corporate organisation.Mr Charles Aigbe, the Bank’s Divisional Head, Brand & Communications, made the assertion on Thursday in a statement in Lagos, pointing out that one of the staff members tested positive to COVID-19.Aigbe
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal and State Governments to provide palliatives to Nigerians to enable them comply and survive the directive to work at home. Abubakar, in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the call was important as large percentage of Nigerians did not
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