The eCommerce platform to offer the full support of its ecosystem to help protect communities on the continent Africa’s leading e-Commerce platform Jumia has offered the support of its integrated ecosystem which include a marketplace, logistics and online ...

Nigerian businesses need to prepare and brace themselves for a highly challenging period ahead as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts day-to-day life and commerce. This follows the Federal and State Governments’ recent announcements of a set of bold measures ...

Access Bank Plc says it has temporarily closed its Ligali Ayorinde branch for thorough disinfection. This comes after a customer who visited the branch on Monday, March 16, tested positive for coronavirus. According to a statement released on ...

As more Nigerians get infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on the federal government to issue an executive order for free and mandatory testing of all citizens, saying such ...

The Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a two weeks break for civil servants in the state. The governor who was speaking during a live press conference in the state said civil servant from level one to ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has directed all Zonal Assistant IGs and Commissioners of Police nationwide to avoid unnecessary arrests and detentions against the backdrop of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) Global Health threat. The directive came in a ...

FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello has inaugurated an Emergency Response Team to order to provide a formidable response and curtail the spread of the Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja, The Minister explained that ...

The Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods have shut 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores for offenses bordering on the illegal operation and operating beyond scope of practice. The Commissioner for Health, Professor ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has suspended public mass attendance by faithful. Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins, the Archbishop of Lagos said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He noted that the suspension was due to the ...

Nigeria has recorded the first case of death to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle. According to NCDC, the case was a 67-year-old male who ...

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 35. The figure rose after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Monday that five new cases had been confirmed. According ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will arraign Winifred Oyo-Ita, former head of service, for alleged fraud on Monday. In a statement on Sunday, Tony Orilade, EFCC acting spokesman, said Oyo-Ita will be arraigned alongside ...

Calls for national mobilisation to end insurgency, banditry, kidnapping A Senate ad-hoc committee has reflected on the mounting security challenges facing Nigeria and concluded that the country is technically at war. However, as part of efforts to find ...

China is showing another advance in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday, after military scientists tested the country’s first candidate on 108 healthy people in Wuhan, the epicenter here of the disease outbreak. Press reports detail ...

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz has died at the age of 76 after contracting coronavirus. Sanz had been admitted to a Madrid hospital on Tuesday after suffering the symptoms of the coronavirus. His son said he had ...

Canada became the first country to boycott the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic and Australia told its athletes to prepare for an Olympics next year as Japan and the IOC flagged the prospect of a postponement ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers Committee have announced a list of local pharmaceutical companies that will be engaged in their intervention programme in a bid to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus disease. The ...

The Managing Director of Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Ahmad Salihijo, at the weekend, assured Nigerians that the recently launched $200m Nigeria Electrification Project aims to address the energy access challenge through mini-grids, the solar home systems and the ...

The Lagos State government has ordered all bus drivers and conductors to wear masks and gloves while driving, as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The state Ministry of Transportation said this in ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Sunday in quarantine after meeting a doctor who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as Germany further tightens rules on public gatherings and plots a taboo-breaking package of support for Europe’s top economy. ...